[MPlayer-users] appreciate your help: Can play anything but realvideo(Linux), see detail inside

[JJ Tang]

hi, guys

sorry if this issue seems pretty easy for you, i wasn't able to find
anything useful from the archives. basically, the problem is, i can play
*.avi files, *.mov files, but not *.rm and *.rmvb files. the system keeps
reporting that certain files can't opened, while they actually CAN in the
linux terminal.

so i came here to ask, hope you can throw some insights on me. thanks in
advance.

technical details for your debugging:

system information is :
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% uname -a
Linux rhas25 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 20:34:58 EDT 2004 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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my command line for configure is
./configure --prefix=/remote/u/jjtang/tools/mplayer-1.0 --enable-largefiles
--with-codecsdir=/remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs
--with-reallibdir=/remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs

i am using "MPlayer-1.0pre7try2" and "essential-20050412" as the codec
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and i have the following WARNING messages at the end of the compiling.
honestly i dont know what these things mean.
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make: warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
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after "make install", i could watch XviD avi, QuickTime, and other stuffs.
but when i tried to watch a realvideo file, i got the following error
messages:
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MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Opteron Sledgehammer (Family: 8, Stepping: 10)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2


Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Inappropriate ioctl for
device
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
startup scripts.
Playing [APTX4869][CONAN][426][V2].rmvb.
REAL file format detected.
Stream description: Audio Stream
Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
Stream description: Video Stream
Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo
VIDEO:  [RV40]  640x480  24bpp  23.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 name: [ÃûÕì̽¿ÂÄÏ][µÚ426»°.¸øСÀ¼µÄÇéÊé]
 author: [ÃûÕì̽¿ÂÄÏÊÂÎñËùM2R&AС×é][NicoleѹÖÆ]
 copyright: http://www.aptx.cn
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
AUDIO: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 16000->128000)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm:faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG2/MPEG4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
SDL: Using driver: x11
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
opening shared obj '/remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drvc.so'
Error: /remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drvc.so: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.so.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
opening shared obj '/remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drv4.so.6.0'
Error: /remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drv4.so.6.0: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drv4.so.6.0.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drv43260.dll.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
opening shared obj
'/remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc'
Error: /remote/u/jjtang/tools/codecs/drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.bundle
/Contents/MacOS/drvc.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30345652.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
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Checking audio filter chain for 32000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 32000Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 32000Hz/2ch/s16le
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Permission denied
[AO ARTS] can't connect to aRts soundserver
[AO ESD] esd_open_sound failed: Connection refused
[AO SDL] Samplerate: 32000Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
[AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device
AO: [null] 32000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 32000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 32000Hz/2ch/s16le...
Video: no video
Starting playback...
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the errors message seems ridiculos, since i DO have the so-called "missing
codecs" at exactly the place where mplayer is trying to find!  i tried
several different codecs which i can find on the mplayer webpage, and they
all give the similar result.

what do you gurus think ?

best regards
Webber