[MEncoder-users] V210 Codec

[Larry Reznick]

P.J. Trudell wrote:
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Larry Reznick <lreznick at idistream.com> wrote:
> From: Larry Reznick <lreznick at idistream.com>
> Subject: Re: [MEncoder-users] V210 Codec
> To: pjtrudell at yahoo.com, "MEncoder usage discussions" <mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 10:17 AM
>
> P.J. Trudell wrote:
>   
>> I hope someone working with the v210 codec can point me in the right
>>     
> direction.  I had it working once but
>  had to wipe the machine and I can't
> seem to get there again.
>   
>> Every time I try to play (using mplayer) or convert a video with v210 I
>>     
> get the following error.  I have tried recompiling from source and all the
> codecs I could get my hands on, but I can't seem to get it to work again. 
>   
>> Thanks.
>>
>> pj at padiwan:~/Desktop/VideoTest$ mencoder -nosound -ovc raw -of rawvideo
>>     
> -frames 100 infile.mov -o outfile.dv
>   
>> MEncoder dev-SVN-r28127-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
>> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
>> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
>> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
>>
>> success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x64a95960
>> libavformat file format detected.
>> [lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
>> [lavf] Audio stream found, -aid
>>     
>  1
>
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>>     
> Download the Blackmagic v210 codec, install it, and modify your copy of 
> codecs.conf to include the configuration for it. You can find a copy of 
> the configuration text at 
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2008-February/071810.html 
> but I have changed the output format to RGB32.
>
> The distributed copy of codecs.conf also has a reference to the fourcc 
> v210 for a qtcine (CineWave) using the qtvideo driver. However, 
> something about it does not work. With the Blackmagic codec I've never 
> needed to worry about it for my own needs.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> --Larry
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>   
> Larry,
> Thanks for the tip,but I am not quite there.  One of my
> issues is that I don't seem to have a codecs.conf file.  My best guess
> is that mplayer seems to create an internal binary one when I compile
> it or use a .deb.  ( I am using ubuntu).  I have created one with just
> the v210 codec, but then it seems to not recognize the other codecs.  I
> have downloaded the blackmagic codec and installed it in the
> /usr/lib/win32/ directory prior to compiling mplayer.
>  My setup
> seems to be able to find v210 but it is having trouble displaying it,
> at least I think that is what the following output means.
> What do you think.  
> Thanks again.
> P.J.
>   
>
> MEncoder dev-SVN-r28127-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1
>  MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
>
> success: format: 0  data: 0x0 -
>  0x64a95960
> libavformat file format detected.
> [lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
> [lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> VIDEO:  [v210]  720x486  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:44  fourcc:0x30313276  size:720x486  fps:29.970  ftime:=0.0334
> Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
> Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [qtvideo] Quicktime Video decoder
> QuickTime6.3 DLLs found
> QuickTime.qts patched!!! old entry=0x6693c3e0
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> WARNING! Invalid Ptr handle!
>
> ### Searching for QuickTime plugins (*.qtx) at /usr/lib/win32...
> ### FindNext: AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx
> ### FindNext: BeHereiVideo.qtx
> ### FindNext: QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx
> ### FindNext:
>  QuickTimeEssentials.qtx
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> Cannot find requested component
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30313276.
> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> ==========================================================================
>
> Exiting...
>   


Hi, PJ. Please don't top-post your replies on this list. Thanks.

The codecs.conf file is a textfile. You'll find it in mplayer/etc 
subdirectory. Copy it into your ~/.mplayer subdirectory. Then, edit that 
~/.mplayer/codecs.conf copy, not the original, to include the Blackmagic 
configuration. MPlayer does use an internal list when your own is not 
present. Yours would take precedence once you put it in your ~/.mplayer 
dir. The v210 your output shows is the qtvideo version, not the  
Blackmagic version.

--Larry