[MPlayer-users] /usr/lib/codecs/avisynth.dll missing - but is that error message a bug?

[Bryce Nesbitt]

I'm attempting to play:
http://www.archive.org/stream/more_dangerous_then_dynamite/more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4

And I get:
> mplayer more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4

Playing more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4.
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll,
/usr/lib/codecs/avisynth.dll, /usr/lib/win32/avisynth.dll,
/usr/local/lib/win32/avisynth.dll
Exiting... (End of file)


But is that the real answer?  Missing avisynth.dll?  Maybe not:

>  mplayer -v more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4
[file] File size is 405 bytes
STREAM: [file] more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for Nullsoft Streaming Video
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename
more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4 ext: .mp4
Trying demuxer 7 based on filename extension
Checking for MOV
demuxer: continue fuzzy content-based format guessing...
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 72
AVS: avs_check_file - attempting to open file
more_dangerous_then_dynamite_64kb.mp4
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll,
/usr/lib/codecs/avisynth.dll, /usr/lib/win32/avisynth.dll,
/usr/local/lib/win32/avisynth.dll
AVS: failed to load avisynth.dll
AVS: Init failed
Checking for PVA
Checking for MPEG-TS...
COULDN'T READ ENOUGH DATA, EXITING TS_CHECK
Checking for LMLM4 Stream Format
Invalid packet in LMLM4 stream: ch=15432 size=1279147066
stream_seek: WARNING! Can't seek to 0x18D !
LMLM4 Stream Format not found
MPEG Stream reached EOF
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
MPEG packet stats: p100: 0  p101: 0 p1B6: 0 p12x: 0 sli: 0 a: 0 b: 0 c:
0 idr: 0 sps: 0 pps: 0 PES: 0  MP3: 0
Not MPEG System Stream format... (maybe Transport Stream?)
Checking for DV
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
LAVF_check: no clue about this gibberish!


Any hints on what this file is?  Any chance of a better error message in
a future release?
              -Bryce

> mplayer --version
MPlayer SuSE Linux 10.0 (i686)-Packman-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon Thunderbird (Family: 6, Stepping: 4)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
--disable-runtime-cpudetection.