[MPlayer-users] -demuxer lavf on HD-DVD problem

[The Wanderer]

Martin Cracauer wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I have trouble with -demuxer lavf giving me a "LAVF_check: no clue
> about this gibberish!", but only on one of two similar files.
> 
> I think it's fairly certain this 
> 
> Details:
> - HD-DVD
> - comes in two *.EVO files on the same disk
> - both play video fine in today's SVN version mplayer with no special
>   options, gives you video but no audio
> - first evo file plays fine with -demuxer lavf -aid 1.  Reports
>   "LAVF_check: MPEG-PS format"
>   "libavformat file format detected."
> - but second evo file gives me a 
>   "LAVF_check: no clue about this gibberish!"
> 
> Can I just force lavf to assume the second file is MPEG-PS, too? As a
> first step in debugging that sound like something to try but I don't
> see any options.

It's in the man page, though not necessarily obvious if you don't know
where to look. Try '-lavfdopts format=vob' or similar.


> As I said above, if I use the default demuxer instead of lavf the
> file plays, but video only.

What demuxer does it say it's using then?

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