Hi, I can't play the files I recorded with a Logitech Clicksmart 510 webcam in standalone mode. This problem seems to be codec-specific. I can play back the files under Windows but not with mplayer. I've been using mplayer for nearly two years now, and it always worked for me, so I beleive the problem is really codec-related. What should I do? I uploaded a sample to the sample directory (sp5x_problem.avi), and here follows mplayer -v output. I am uploading the rest of the details in a .txt file now (sp5x_problem.txt). greetings, Ivan {kvz063% szivan} /data2/ls/software/mplayer/cvs/main/mplayer -v sp5x_problem.avi Using GNU internationalization Original domain: messages Original dirname: /usr/share/locale Current domain: mplayer Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale MPlayer CVS-021127-00:19-2.95.2 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS) CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE Reading /home/szivan/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs CommandLine: '-v' 'sp5x_problem.avi' get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/szivan/.mplayer/font/font.desc' Font /home/szivan/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (140 chars) Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such device (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.) Using usleep() timing get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/szivan/.mplayer/input.conf' Parsing input config file /home/szivan/.mplayer/input.conf Input config file /home/szivan/.mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds Setting up lirc support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: Connection refused Failed opening lirc support! You won't be able to use your remote control Playing sp5x_problem.avi Not an URL! File size is 49848 bytes Detected AVI file format! list_end=0x138 ======= AVI Header ======= us/frame: 102600 (fps=9.747) max bytes/sec: 393216 padding: 0 MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (2064) HAS_INDEX TRUST_CKTYPE frames total: 10 initial: 0 streams: 2 Suggested BufferSize: 12288 Size: 320 x 240 list_end=0xD4 ==> Found video stream: 0 ======= STREAM Header ======= Type: vids FCC: SP54 (34355053) Flags: 0 Priority: 0 Language: 0 InitialFrames: 0 Rate: 10000/1026 = 9.747 Start: 0 Len: 10 Suggested BufferSize: 12288 Quality 0 Sample size: 0 found 'bih', 40 bytes of 40 ======= VIDEO Format ====== biSize 40 biWidth 320 biHeight 240 biPlanes 1 biBitCount 12 biCompression 875909203='SP54' biSizeImage 115200 =========================== list_end=0x138 ==> Found audio stream: 1 ======= STREAM Header ======= Type: auds FCC: (0) Flags: 0 Priority: 0 Language: 0 InitialFrames: 0 Rate: 8000/1 = 8000.000 Start: 0 Len: 8214 Suggested BufferSize: 8000 Quality 0 Sample size: 1 found 'wf', 16 bytes of 18 ======= WAVE Format ======= Format Tag: 1 (0x1) Channels: 1 Samplerate: 8000 avg byte/sec: 8000 Block align: 1 bits/sample: 8 cbSize: 0 Broken chunk? chunksize=158 (id=JUNK) list_end=0xC200 Found movie at 0x1EA - 0xC200 Reading INDEX block, 11 chunks for 10 frames (fpos=0xc208) AVI index offset: 0x0 (movi=0x1EA idx0=0x1EA idx1=0x11EA) Auto-selected AVI video ID = 0 Auto-selected AVI audio ID = 1 AVI: Searching for audio stream (id:1) XXX initial v_pts=0.923 a_pos=0 (0.000) AVI video length=40880 VIDEO: [SP54] 320x240 12bpp 9.75 fps 318.8 kbps (38.9 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x34355053 size:320x240 fps: 9.75 ftime:=0.1026 get_path('sub/') -> '/home/szivan/.mplayer/sub/' SUB: Detected sub file: sp5x_problem.txt SUB: Could not determine file format ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder dec_audio: Allocating 2048 + 65536 = 67584 bytes for output buffer AUDIO: 8000 Hz, 1 ch, 8 bit (0x8), ratio: 8000->8000 (64.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm:pcm (Uncompressed PCM) ========================================================================== open: No such device vo_mga: Couldn't open /dev/mga_vid X11 opening display: :0.0 vo: X11 color mask: FFFFFF (R:FF0000 G:FF00 B:FF) vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [vfw] Win32/VfW video codecs ======= Win32 (VFW) VIDEO Codec init ======= Loading codec DLL: 'sp5x_32.dll' Loaded DLL driver sp5x_32.dll ICDecompressGetFormatSize ret: 40 ICDecompressGetFormat OK VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Packed YUY2) [PP] Using codec's postprocessing, max q = 9 VDec: using BGR 24-bit as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO Config (320x240->320x240,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x42475218) VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 BGR 24-bit VO: Description: X11/Xv VO: Author: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de> and others Xvideo image format: 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar Xvideo image format: 0x59565955 (UYVY) packed using Xvideo port 42 for hw scaling [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 320 dh: 256 ICDecompressQuery failed: Error -2 ICDecompressBegin failed: Error -2 Input format: ======= VIDEO Format ====== biSize 40 biWidth 320 biHeight 240 biPlanes 1 biBitCount 12 biCompression 875909203='SP54' biSizeImage 115200 =========================== Output format: ======= VIDEO Format ====== biSize 40 biWidth 320 biHeight -240 biPlanes 1 biBitCount 24 biCompression 0='' biSizeImage 230400 =========================== INFO: Win32 video codec init OK! Selected video codec: [sp5x] vfm:vfw (SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam) ========================================================================== ao2: 8000 Hz 2 chans Unsigned 8-bit audio_setup: using '/dev/dsp' dsp device audio_setup: sample format: Unsigned 8-bit (requested: Unsigned 8-bit) audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2) audio_setup: using 8000 Hz samplerate (requested: 8000) audio_setup: frags: 8/8 (8192 bytes/frag) free: 65536 AO: [oss] 8000Hz 1ch Unsigned 8-bit AO: Description: OSS/ioctl audio output AO: Author: A'rpi Building audio filter chain for 8000Hz/1ch/8bit -> 8000Hz/2ch/8bit... Adding filter dummy [dummy] Was reinitialized, rate=8000Hz, nch = 1, format = 0x00000003 and bps = 1 Adding filter channels [channels] Changing number of channels to 2 [dummy] Was reinitialized, rate=8000Hz, nch = 1, format = 0x00000003 and bps = 1 Start playing... ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: audio) ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: audio) Reallocating memory in module channels, old len = 0, new len = 16429 *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 320x240x24bpp BGR packed, 230400 bytes Error decompressing frame, err=-2 [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 320 dh: 240 Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.000 1/ 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.001 2/ 2 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.001 3/ 3 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.002 4/ 4 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.003 5/ 5 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.003 6/ 6 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.004 7/ 7 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.005 8/ 8 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Error decompressing frame, err=-2 0.006 9/ 9 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) / 10 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% EOF code: 1 0.9 A-V: 0.005 ct: 0.007 10/ 10 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0% Uninit audio filters... uninit audio: pcm uninit video: vfw ICDecompressEnd failed: -100 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x822eab8 vo: uninit ... 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