[MPlayer-users] Isolated EVO video problems

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Hi!

 <phillong69 <at> netscape.net> writes:

> ./mplayer -vc ffvc1 -demuxer lavf -fps 24000/1001 -ac ffeac3 -aid 3  
> /movies/BLUE_PLANET_DREAM_ALIVE_HDDVD/HVDVD_TS/feature_BLUEPLANETVC1_HD1.EVO 

Doesn't that work without -vc ffvc1 (at least for h264, it does for me)?
And without -ac ffeac3 (I never tested that)?

> However, I've had a problem with Norbit and Black Snake Moan which report:
> Forced video codec: ffvc1
> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x3267706D.

mpg2

[...]

> As it's an HD-DVD it must be VC1 or AVC, right?  (Unless it's MPEG-2 
> which would be dumb but no problem to detect and play), and AVC is well 
> supported so I'm scratching my head.
> 
> Any hints/suggestions?

I guess it can't autodetect MPEG2 as long as you add -vc (or at least -vc
different from mpeg12, ffmpeg12 and ffmpeg12mc - you may want to compare
performance).

Carl Eugen