[MEncoder-users] Problem with pre6 -> pre7

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 11/21/05, Cultural Sublimation <cultural_sublimation at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have problem about new MPlayer version 1.0pre7.  The
> files
> I encode with mencoder don't work on my DVD player
> anymore:
> I only get sound but no video.  Everything worked okay
> with
> 1.0pre6.
>
> I tried rpms from livna, rpmforge, greysector, and
> freshrpms
> and they all have the same problem, so I am sure that
> something
> must have changed from pre6 to pre7 which my dvd
> player don't like.
>
> I suspect fourcc.  LAVC now uses fourcc=34504d46
> [FMP4], and
> I am almost sure that this was different before.  Can
> somebody
> tell me which fourcc was used before?  I can try using
> -ffourcc
> option to test if my theory is correct.

RTF FAQ: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#id2886267


> Also, which rpms are recommended?  I know at least
> four different
> providers of mplayer rpms.  The mplayerhq.hu site
> links to greysector,
> but those rpms don't have XviD enabled, so I prefer
> others.
> Any experiences?
>
> I can try to compile mplayer myself, but I am a bit
> affraid of
> the task.

You shouldn't. It's not as hard as it seems, and this experience is
very valuable as that way you don't have to depend to other to make
fresh builds.

Guillaume
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