[MPlayer-dev-eng] .ac3-files not recognized

[Niels Andersen]

Is mplayer unable to play .ac3-files, or does my .ac3-files have errors in it?

$ mplayer Pi.1998.Audiostream.Normal.192Kbps.\(delay.66ms\).VC-Distro.ShareReactor.ac3 


MPlayer 0.90pre4-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)
[...]
Playing Pi.1998.Audiostream.Normal.192Kbps.(delay.66ms).VC-Distro.ShareReactor.ac3
header block 1 size: 119
============= Sorry, this file format not recognized/supported ===============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author! ===

*** free_stream() called ***

Exiting... (End of file)

$ mplayer Pi.1998.Videostream.Only.VC-Distro.ShareReactor.avi -audiofile Pi.1998.Audiostream.Normal.192Kbps.\(delay.66ms\).VC-Distro.ShareReactor.ac3  


MPlayer 0.90pre4-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)
[...]
Playing Pi.1998.Videostream.Only.VC-Distro.ShareReactor.avi
Detected AVI file format!
MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (272) HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED
AVI_NI: No Audio stream found...  ->nosound
VIDEO:  [DX50]  512x304  24bpp  29.97 fps  962.4 kbps (117.5 kbyte/s)
header block 1 size: 119
============= Sorry, this file format not recognized/supported ===============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author! ===
Failed to open audio demuxer: Pi.1998.Audiostream.Normal.192Kbps.(delay.66ms).VC-Distro.ShareReactor.ac3
[V] filefmt:3  fourcc:0x30355844  size:512x304  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
Clip info: 
 Software: Nandub v1.0rc2
open: No such device
Couldn't open /dev/mga_vid
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device!

*** free_stream() called ***

Exiting... (End of file)
$

It's a movie I downloaded just to play with AC3 and surround... :)

When I get it to work, I want to play around with making my own ac3-files...

-- 
Mvh.

Niels Andersen