Re: need help watching mpeg movies from archive.org

From: bsdnooby (bsdnooby_at_optonline.net)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:48:20 -0500
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    bsd-mail@nyc.rr.com wrote:

    >On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:14:10 -0500
    >bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> wrote:
    >[...]
    >
    >
    >>http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=19296
    >>
    >>I downloaded every version of it, and haven't been able to watch any of
    >>them. I tried some other movies, with the same results. Basically, I
    >>get the sound along with a blue video.
    >>
    >>
    >[...]
    >
    >The mpeg4, which mplayer identified as a QuickTime movie, played the
    >video aspect of it just fine, but failed to play any sound.
    >
    >The mpeg1, mplayer identified as the following:
    >
    >MPEG-PS file format detected.
    >VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 12) 29.970 fps 1150.0 kbps (143.8 kbyte/s)
    >
    >This played just fine, both sound and video, and I stopped there.
    >
    >Did you install mplayer from ports? If you're on i386, did the port
    >also install the win32 codecs? Not sure if the latter makes any
    >difference though.
    >
    >Otherwise, I'm not sure what to suggest.
    >
    >- John.
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    I think this line is bad:

       "The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec."

    Here is all of it:

    bash-2.05b$ mplayer MyJapan1945.mpg
    MPlayer 1.0pre5try2-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

    CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville 13.5 MHz
    (Family: 6, Ste
    pping: 6)
    Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
    CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
    Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
    To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
    --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
    Reading config file /usr/local/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file
    or direc
    tory
    Reading config file /home/b/.mplayer/config
    Reading /home/b/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
    '/home/b/.mplayer/codecs.conf':
     No such file or directory
    Reading /usr/local/share/mplayer/codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs
    font: can't open file: /home/b/.mplayer/font/font.desc
    font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
    Using usleep() timing
    Can't open input config file /home/b/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file
    or direct
    ory
    Input config file /usr/local/share/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds

    Playing MyJapan1945.mpg.
    MPEG-PS file format detected.
    VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 12) 29.970 fps 1150.0 kbps (143.8 kbyte/s)
    ==========================================================================
    Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
    MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
    AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 28000->176400 (224.0 kbit)
    Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
    ==========================================================================
    vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local
    display)
    ==========================================================================
    Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
    VDec: vo config request - 352 x 240 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
    Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
    Opening video filter: [scale]
    The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
    VDecoder init failed :(
    Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1
    Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
    ==========================================================================
    Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
    AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
    AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
    AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
    Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
    Starting playback...
    VDec: vo config request - 352 x 240 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
    VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
    Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
    VO: [xv] 352x240 => 352x264 Planar YV12
    New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%
    Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
    subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).% 0 0 0%
    bash-2.05b$

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