[MPlayer-cygwin] setting aid on the fly

[Alexander Turcic]

Joey,

Did you have a look at the MoviX project?
http://movix.sourceforge.net/

It is based on Mplayer, and it appears to support audio id switch at
runtime. From http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/movix/MoviX/NEWS?rev=1.18&view=auto
:
  New cool MPlayer features
  -------------------------

  The MPlayer binary bundled with MoviX contains now many cool features,
  mainly imported thanks the GeexBox project, namely:

  - subtitles 'on the fly' switch 
  - audio track 'on the fly' switch 
  - possibility to start DVD,VCD,AudioCD directly from within the MPlayer menu
  - support for MPlayer menu even while an audio-only file is playing
  - support for songs info while an audio-only file is playing
  
 Wouldn't that be our solution? MovieX is open-source and GPL.


-----Original Message-----
From: Joey Parrish
Sent: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:34:58 -0500
To: Win32/CygWin porting <mplayer-cygwin at mplayerhq.hu>
Subject: setting aid on the fly

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:58:54AM +0200, Jurgen Metzler wrote:
> Hi, I have a Problem to change the audiopid in mediaplayer on the fly.
> Setting the right pid bevor playing at the commandline or permanent in the
> config works fine (aid 0). This works well with all VCD/SVCD I have tested.
> But when I want to play any DivX or Xvid movie I had to disable the aid
> switch in the config to get working sound. Is it possible to export the
> aid-switch to the keyboard.

There is no audio track switching at runtime.  You can use -aid on
command line whenever needed.  If you put aid in your config file, you
may end up with a divx movie without that track number.  For example, if
you vcds number the tracks aid=0,1,2,... but the divx avi may have video
on track 0, audio on track 1, ... such that aid=0 means no audio.

Temporary solution: stop putting aid in your config file.  Suck it up
and use -aid on the command line when needed.

Long-term solution: help restructure the player core to allow things
like audio track switching to be done without big hacks.  This is not
easy.  (Send a patch.  :)

--Joey

-- 
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