January 2005 - MPlayer-advusers - lists.mplayerhq.hu

rtsp url not working...
by compn 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

rtsp://rx-lvl3-tex09.rbn.com/farm/*/usanet/usanet/g2demand/scifi/tripping/f… does not continue after: Connecting to server rx-lvl3-tex09.rbn.com[209.247.111.148]:554 ... tested in MPlayer dev-CVS-041204-13:23-3.2.3 works in realplayer.

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pnm port and stream problem.
by compn 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

pnm can be accessed on port 80 as well as 7070. pnm://www.darrelbowen.com/videos/commercials256.rm vs pnm://www.darrelbowen.com:80/videos/commercials256.rm it still doesent work with mplayer, but it does connect :) i've also heard of an evil way if pnm:// fails on port 7070 you can sometimes use rtsp:// on port 7070 to get it working. so in theory pnm:// 7070 default, if timeout, pnm 80, if timeout, rtsp 7070. comments?

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dvr ms codec (lol!)
by compn 06 Mar '05

06 Mar '05

ok, so i see some requests for this codec, on XBMC lists and on -users i finally got a sample to check out... its an asf container with mpeg2 video. libmpeg2 kind of decodes the sample i have, but with some errors... ffmpeg wont decode it for me. add format 0x20525644 under videocodec mpeg2 in codecs.conf mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/microsoft-new-way-to-shove-mpeg2-in-asf.dvr-ms good site, lots of ms info from: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];316992 Microsoft Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms) In Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, Microsoft introduced the *.dvr-ms file format for storing recorded TV content. Similar to *.asf files, *.dvr- ms file enhancements permit key Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality, including time-shifting, live pause, and simultaneous record and playback. Video contained in a *.dvr-ms file is encoded as MPEG-2 video stream, and the audio contained in the *.dvr-ms file is encoded as MPEG-1 Layer II audio stream. To play back unprotected *.dvr-ms files on Windows XP-based computers, you must have the following software and hardware components: � Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later. � The update that is documented in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base must be installed on the computer: For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 810243 DirectShow playback support for files recorded with Windows XP Media Center Edition � A Windows XP-compatible DVD decoder. For more information about *.dvr-ms files, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwmt/html/dvrfilechanges.asp

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Re: rtsp fallback to http and different formats over rtsp?
by Ross Finlayson 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

>On 2005.01.19 15:07, compn wrote: >>rtsp://wmvstream.surfnet.nl/a/av-user-uva4/assets/349/Frank_VTS_08_1- >>mpeg1-vhs-wmdvd-med.wmv >>http:// works, but mplayer does not failback rtsp:// to http:// >>automatically. > >That's a different problem. wmv over rtsp is not implemented yet Even worse: WMV over RTSP is not even *defined* yet - at least, not in any document that I've been able to find. Running "openRTSP" on the "rtsp://" URL above reveals that the stream uses three 'experimental' RTP payload formats: "audio/X-ASF-PF", "application/X-WMS-RTX", "video/X-ASF-PF". However, I don't know anything about these payload formats; they seem to be Microsoft-specific crap. Ross Finlayson LIVE.COM <http://www.live.com/>

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rtsp fallback to http and different formats over rtsp?
by compn 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

rtsp://wmvstream.surfnet.nl/a/av-user-uva4/assets/349/Frank_VTS_08_1-mpeg1-vhs-wmdvd-med.wmv http:// works, but mplayer does not failback rtsp:// to http:// automatically. rtsp:// does not because its not .rm file. is this a live.com or mplayer demux problem? also see >> http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=149 for earlier rtsp://mp3 problem, but i dont know if they are similar bugs.

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playlist parser as a demuxer?
by compn 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

i know this has been talked about with automatic playlist parsing but what was the final verdict? is it possible to have the parser be called as a demuxer (always the last demuxer) and only for files under 10k filesize (or if on streaming servers that dont report size, for asx, pls, ram, smi, smil)? e.g. -playlist becomes -demuxer 99 ?

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Re: [MPlayer-advusers] playlist parser as a demuxer?
by compn 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

> Hi, > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:29:29PM -0500, compn wrote: > > i know this has been talked about with automatic playlist parsing > > but what was the final verdict? is it possible to have the parser > > be called as a demuxer (always the last demuxer) and only for > > files under 10k filesize (or if on streaming servers that dont > > report size, for asx, pls, ram, smi, smil)? > > > > e.g. -playlist becomes -demuxer 99 ? > > I am totally against it, for multiple reason. A playlist is something > very different than a media file and forcably handling it like one by > moving a demuxer will most probably become a bug. quite possible, not coding because things could become bugs have never stopped anyone before. > Also there is a security aspect. Playlist can contain any filename > located anywhere, they should not be executed "just like that" without > the user knowing about it. ok, how about 'all demuxers have failed, we dont know what type of file this is' 'y/n to use -playlist parser on it?' mplayer -playlist http://unknown.file vs mplayer http://unknown.file there is no difference, user is stupid either way. users try to -playlist anything. > One thing is e.g. that it could tell mplayer to read /dev/random - this > could cause some problems with certain programs (yes, bad example I > know). i'd then say that the playlist parser shouldnt access such crazy things... if mplayer's playlist code is not secure then it shouldnt be used currently. > Also MPlayer has no access to network settings that are e.g. in the > browser - like maybe a list of hosts to block because they throw around > with ads. and also proxy servers. > The only place where some kind of "automatic" playlist parsing is > important is in browser plugins. And I really think it should be them > who should parse it - they have access to browser settings, thus > should be able to do wiser decisions than MPlayer and often the > playlist formats are (similar to) things like xml which the browser > probably supports already anyway. i agree some playlists are just in html and this should be handled by browser/plugin, and it is possible to set the mime/extention type to call mplayer -playlist on files of .pls .smi .smil .ram .asx in the opts of the browser (if you know where to look) but majority of users dont use browser plugins (i think only 1 person in #mplayer per month asks about mplayer-plugin) > > Greetings, > Reimar Döffinger thanks for reply anyways (sorry for dupe again, hate my client) how about 'this file might be a playlist, try with -playlist' ? ;p

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incoming/Compn_New_Chicks_1_1.wmv
by compn 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

incoming/Compn_New_Chicks_1_1.wmv this isint my file, someone is using my name. just another ffwmav2 problem, -ac wmadmo works on it. ready to delete anyone doing incoming cleanup/testing? should i go at it again?

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