[MPlayer-cygwin] Largefiles ?????

[Gianluigi Tiesi]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:51:38AM -0700, Asonganyi Defang Ngunyi wrote:
> 
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> > 
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:11:58 +0200
> > From: Sascha Sommer <saschasommer at freenet.de>
> > Subject: Re: [MPlayer-cygwin] Distributable binaries
> > for windows
> > To: "Windows porting (Cygwin/MinGW)"
> > <mplayer-cygwin at mplayerhq.hu>
> > Message-ID:
> > <200508111211.58651.saschasommer at freenet.de>
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> > 
> > On Wednesday 10 August 2005 18:47, Joey Parrish
> > wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 02:04:29PM +0100, Burrows,
> > Ashley wrote:
> > > > I need a version of mplayer/mencoder compiled
> > with --enable-largefiles
> > > > -- I'm using mencoder to transcode mpeg2 (.ty)
> > streams from a series 1
> > > > TiVo.... these files frequently reach sizes
> > greater than 2Gb.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a distributed package with
> > --enable-largefiles set?  If so,
> > > > could someone point me in the direction of it...
> > >
> > > http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
> > > Mencoder included, newest package from Jan 2005.
> > > I can send you a newer version in private if you
> > are missing some
> > > features you need.  This binary also has vstream
> > client support compiled
> > > in, so you can stream directly from you Tivo
> > without copying the files
> > > to your PC first.  Just try "mencoder
> > tivo://hostname/fsid".
> > >
> > > There are also a lot of other mplayer for windows
> > packages out there,
> > > you can get a full list from:
> > >
> >
> http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/projects.html#windows
> > > I cannot say if any of those use the tivo vstream
> > library, but if you
> > > don't like my packages, there are plenty others
> > you can try.  Sascha's
> > > (first on that list) are generally met with high
> > regard.
> > >
> > 
> > Yes, however mingw does not support largefile
> > support the same way as other 
> > platforms do, so I would recommend him to try your
> > builds first.
> > 
> > >
> > > > As a small aside, does anyone know why
> > --enable-largefiles is not set
> > > > by default?
> > >
> > > For historical reasons, I presume.  Cygwin and
> > mingw both used to be
> > > very difficult platforms for compiling MPlayer. 
> > They have both made
> > > great strides since then.
> > >
> > 
> > It is afaik, but it is not implemented in mingw. I
> > don't know about cygwin.
> > 
> > Sascha
> 
> 
> 
> 
> sorry, 
> 
> but i do not understand you people. I use MeWig and
> the mingw build from the mplayer website.(
> http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/MPlayer-mingw32-1.0pre7.zip)
>   
>   I have used it to  play and encode files > 5Gigs!!!!
>    on winxp ( yes I did, generated by mplayer
> dumpstream). so what do you mean by the fact that
> mingw does not support largefiles????
> What is the definition of a largefile then. ???
> 
> DEF
> 
> 
The problem is when seeking in large files, dumping a large stream
shouldn't be a problem.
Bye

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Gianluigi Tiesi <sherpya at netfarm.it>
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