February 2005 - MPlayer-advusers

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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mplayer fails on rtsp://helix.nfb.ca/oscar/ryan_hv.mov
by compn 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

rtsp://helix.nfb.ca/oscar/ryan_hv.mov uploaded to incoming as ryan_hv.mov downloaded using windows program NetTransport. appears to be sorenson and qdm audio in rm file. mplayer detects as REAL format, but cannot find stream. quicktime can play the stream but not the saved file. realplayer10 cannot play the stream, but it could be a missing codec problem. (dunno about local file).

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java video formats?
by compn 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

http://adcouncil.org/campaigns/flu_prevention/ click spacesuit, click the play logo, up comes some java video player http://cdn.eyewonder.com/100125/400136/400907/rel.jar http://cdn.eyewonder.com/100125/400136/400907/spaceman30-300.eye http://cdn.eyewonder.com/100125/400136/400907/spaceman30-aud.eye http://www.eyewonder.com/ website of the company that makes it. also an older thread about another java video format: http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2004-February/042757.html

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vobsub error messages
by compn 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

a user in #mplayer had a problem with the way this error message was worded. [01:00] <Run> VobSub: Can't open IFO file and No matching VOBSUB language found! sounds pretty serious, so - when then you see no subtitles, you think that is the reason :/ he was confused that those messages meant he wouldnt see any subtitles. "VobSub: Can't open IFO file" can it be removed? iirc, ifo are not needed anymore? "No matching VOBSUB language found!" how about "No matching VOBSUB language found! (using default language)" ?

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3-pass encoding bug or design flaw?
by Zoltan Hidvegi 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

When encoding a video which has a significant section that is completely black with ffmpeg mpeg4, the 3-pass encoder pushes up the quantizers to 31 in the black region. This only happens in the third pass for some reason. The problem is that it does not really save any bits, and when some more complex content follows the black region, it takes a few seconds until the quantizers are reduced back to sane levels, and the video looks really horrible during that time. I have tried to set vqblur=0.0 and I've tried to use vrc_override, but neither helps. It seems that vrc_override is completely ignored in the third pass, and vqblur worked exactly opposite as I expected, after setting vqblur=0.0 it took a longer to reach q=31 in the blank region, but there was no change in the rate of decrease of the quantization levels after the blank region. One solution would be is to avoid pushing up the quantization at blank frames, but if an automatic solution is difficult, respecting vrc_override would help too. Thanks, Zoli

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dump movie configuration file feature request
by Diego Biurrun 13 Feb '05

13 Feb '05

Sounds interesting..

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mplayer CVS fails on url where pre6 works.
by compn 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr… pre6 works, cvs reports: bandwidth too small, file cannot be played!

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