[MEncoder-users] V210 Codec

[P.J. Trudell]

P.J. Trudell wrote:
> Larry, 
> I don't think I have an /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf or a ~/.mplayer/codecs.conf
>
> pj at padiwan:~$ ls -al /etc/mplayer/
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 2009-01-10 22:58 .
> drwxr-xr-x 140 root root 12288 2009-02-17 12:21 ..
> -rw-r--r--   1 root root  3760 2007-11-03 09:14 input.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root root  3654 2007-11-03 09:14 menu.conf
> -rw-r--r--   1 root root  3270 2008-04-12 19:17 mplayer.conf
> pj at padiwan:~$ ls -al ~/.mplayer/
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x  3 pj pj 4096 2008-12-11 13:33 .
> drwxr-xr-x 66 pj pj 4096 2009-02-17 10:31 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj   44 2008-12-10 19:42 config
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj 2531 2009-02-17 08:38 gui.conf
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj   25 2009-02-17 08:38 gui.history
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj    0 2009-02-17 08:38 gui.pl
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj    0 2009-02-17 08:38 gui.url
> -rw-r--r--  1 pj pj   36 2008-12-11 12:09 registry
> drwxr-xr-x  3 pj pj 4096 2008-12-11 13:28 skins
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 pj pj   53 2008-12-11 11:16 subfont.ttf -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf
>
>
It is the same on all my computers regardless if I installed them with
apt-get or compiled from source. Wait a second, on the machine I
compiled it on, a find * |grep codecs.conf found a codecs.conf file in
the directory I used to compile mplayer, but it doesnt seem to be used
when I use mplayer.  Should I copy it to /etc/mplayer or ~/.mplayer/  ?
or should I make the changes prior to compiling?
> P.J.
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>   
>
>The original (current by SVN) codecs.conf file is in the etc subdir of 
>the mplayer dir you update from SVN and compile in. So, the one your 
>find showed is the one I mentioned. That's the one you want to copy into 
>your ~/.mplayer subdir and then modify to include the Blackmagic 
>configuration.
>
>Copy codecs.conf after you update with SVN, either before or after you 
>successfully complete your compile. Your copy of codecs.conf gets read 
>each time you start MPlayer so it is independent of compiling. Because 
>the only change I make to the latest version from SVN is the Blackmagic 
>configuration, I always copy & modify the latest one after SVN if I get 
>a successful compile. Most people don't need ~/.mplayer/codecs.conf 
>because the built-in settings are typically sufficient.
>
>--Larry
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Lary,
It worked great.  Thanks for your help!!!  

I commented out the cinewave codec you talked about above and added the blackmagic section and it plays well.  

By the way I am looking for a good format to convert my uncompressed (v210) home movies to to work with them in cinelerra without much of a loss in quality.  Any suggestions of a format and a sample command.

Thanks again.

P.J.