January 2005 - MPlayer-dev-eng - lists.mplayerhq.hu

Synchronization of players in LAN
by J.A. Gutierrez 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

Hello I'm trying to synchronise several players running on several computers connected to a dedicated 10/100 Ethernet switch. Each one reads a different movie (video only) from its internal hard disk, and resolution will be 768x576. I'm thinking of a simple solution: - Add some code at mplayer startup so it will wait for an UDP broadcast packet (sent by a central master in the LAN). This way all the players would start at the same time. - Use NTP to keep in sync all the computers' clocks, and trust mplayer's rtc synchronisation feature. With this simple setup, could we be sure all the players would keep the synchronisation? Or should the master computer track them all and take control on their speeds? How difficult would be to add code so all the player synchronise using the LAN? Or should I use some external clock connected to all serial ports? Or use a totally different approach? Thanks. -- finger spd(a)shiva.cps.unizar.es for PGP / .mailcap tip of the day: / La vida es una carcel application/ms-tnef; cat '%s' > /dev/null / con las puertas abiertas text/x-vcard; cat '%s' > /dev/null / (A. Calamaro)

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NOVIRUS Bug 188 - [Patch] add vob subtitle to mencoder.
by ha shao 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Vobsub is quite popular but mencoder don't support it. This patch add the -vobsub -vobsubid to mencode. The codes were mostly copy & paste from mplayer's vobsub sessions (FIXME: tags included). I don't really know what I was doing but it simply works for me. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Index: cfg-common.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/cfg-common.h,v retrieving revision 1.137 diff -u -r1.137 cfg-common.h --- cfg-common.h 18 Oct 2004 20:41:05 -0000 1.137 +++ cfg-common.h 2 Jan 2005 10:24:51 -0000 @@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ {"sub-bg-alpha", &sub_bg_alpha, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 255, NULL}, {"sub-no-text-pp", &sub_no_text_pp, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL}, {"sub-fuzziness", &sub_match_fuzziness, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 2, NULL}, + {"vobsub", &vobsub_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, + {"vobsubid", &vobsub_id, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 31, NULL}, + #endif #ifdef USE_OSD {"font", &font_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, Index: cfg-mplayer.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/cfg-mplayer.h,v retrieving revision 1.236 diff -u -r1.236 cfg-mplayer.h --- cfg-mplayer.h 27 Dec 2004 19:34:42 -0000 1.236 +++ cfg-mplayer.h 2 Jan 2005 10:24:51 -0000 @@ -327,10 +327,6 @@ {"menu", "OSD menu support was not compiled in.\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT,0, 0, 0, NULL}, #endif - // these should be moved to -common, and supported in MEncoder - {"vobsub", &vobsub_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, - {"vobsubid", &vobsub_id, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 31, NULL}, - {"sstep", &step_sec, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_MIN, 0, 0, NULL}, // set a-v distance, should be moved to -common and supported in MEncoder Index: mencoder.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/mencoder.c,v retrieving revision 1.259 diff -u -r1.259 mencoder.c --- mencoder.c 27 Dec 2004 17:30:12 -0000 1.259 +++ mencoder.c 2 Jan 2005 10:24:53 -0000 @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ float sub_delay=0; float sub_fps=0; int sub_auto = 0; +char *vobsub_name=NULL; int subcc_enabled=0; int suboverlap_enabled = 1; @@ -489,6 +490,28 @@ vo_init_osd(); + //==================== Open VOB-Sub ============================ + if (vobsub_name){ + vo_vobsub=vobsub_open(vobsub_name,spudec_ifo,1,&vo_spudec); + if(vo_vobsub==NULL) + mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_ERR,MSGTR_CantLoadSub,vobsub_name); + }else if(sub_auto && filename && (strlen(filename)>=5)){ + /* try to autodetect vobsub from movie filename ::atmos */ + char *buf = malloc((strlen(filename)-3) * sizeof(char)); + memset(buf,0,strlen(filename)-3); // make sure string is terminated + strncpy(buf, filename, strlen(filename)-4); + vo_vobsub=vobsub_open(buf,spudec_ifo,0,&vo_spudec); + free(buf); + } + + if(vo_vobsub){ + sub_auto=0; // don't do autosub for textsubs if vobsub found + // inited_flags|=INITED_VOBSUB; + vobsub_set_from_lang(vo_vobsub, dvdsub_lang); + // check if vobsub requested only to display forced subtitles + forced_subs_only=vobsub_get_forced_subs_flag(vo_vobsub); + } + stream=open_stream(filename,0,&file_format); if(!stream){ @@ -1131,7 +1154,11 @@ else sscanf(seek_to_sec, "%f", &d); - demux_seek(demuxer, d, 1); + if (demux_seek(demuxer, d, 1)){ + /* FIXME there should be real seeking for vobsub */ + if (vo_vobsub) + vobsub_seek(vo_vobsub, d_video->pts); + } // there is 2 way to handle the -ss option in 3-pass mode: // > 1. do the first pass for the whole file, and use -ss for 2nd/3rd pases only // > 2. do all the 3 passes with the same -ss value @@ -1548,14 +1575,41 @@ // DVD sub: if(vo_spudec||vobsub_writer){ unsigned char* packet=NULL; - int len; - while((len=ds_get_packet_sub(d_dvdsub,&packet))>0){ - mp_msg(MSGT_MENCODER,MSGL_V,"\rDVD sub: len=%d v_pts=%5.3f s_pts=%5.3f \n",len,sh_video->pts,d_dvdsub->pts); - if (vo_spudec) - spudec_assemble(vo_spudec,packet,len,90000*d_dvdsub->pts); - if (vobsub_writer) - vobsub_out_output(vobsub_writer,packet,len,mux_v->timer + d_dvdsub->pts - sh_video->pts); - } + int len, timestamp; + // Get a sub packet from the dvd or a vobsub and make a timestamp relative to sh_video->timer + while(1) { + // FIXME: messed up timer and pts????????? + // Vobsub + if(vo_vobsub) { + if(sh_video->pts+sub_delay>=0) { + len = vobsub_get_packet(vo_vobsub,sh_video->pts+sub_delay,(void**)&packet,&timestamp); + if(len > 0) { + timestamp -= (sh_video->pts + sub_delay - sh_video->timer)*90000; + mp_dbg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_V,"\rVOB sub: len=%d v_pts=%5.3f v_timer=%5.3f sub=%5.3f ts=%d \n",len,sh_video->pts,sh_video->timer,timestamp / 90000.0,timestamp); + } + } + } else { + // DVD sub + len=ds_get_packet_sub(d_dvdsub,&packet); + if(len > 0) { + float x = d_dvdsub->pts - sh_video->pts; + if (x < -10 || x > 10) // prevent missing subs on pts reset + timestamp = 90000*(sh_video->timer + d_dvdsub->pts + sub_delay - sh_video->pts); + else + timestamp = 90000*(sh_video->timer + sub_delay); + + mp_msg(MSGT_MENCODER,MSGL_V,"\rDVD sub: len=%d v_pts=%5.3f s_pts=%5.3f ts=%d \n",len,sh_video->pts,d_dvdsub->pts,timestamp); + } + } + if (len <= 0 || !packet) break; + if (timestamp < 0) timestamp = 0; + else{ + if (vo_spudec) + spudec_assemble(vo_spudec,packet,len,timestamp); + if (vobsub_writer) + vobsub_out_output(vobsub_writer,packet,len,mux_v->timer + d_dvdsub->pts - sh_video->pts); + } + } if (vo_spudec) { spudec_heartbeat(vo_spudec,90000*sh_video->pts); vo_osd_changed(OSDTYPE_SPU); @@ -1603,6 +1657,11 @@ mp_msg(MSGT_MENCODER,MSGL_FATAL,MSGTR_ErrorWritingFile, out_filename); mencoder_exit(1, NULL); } + +if(vo_vobsub) + vobsub_close(vo_vobsub); + vo_vobsub = NULL; + if(vobsub_writer) vobsub_out_close(vobsub_writer);

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[PATCH] supress zero frames in index regeneration
by Yue Shi Lai 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Hi, This patch supresses zero-length frames being mistaken for keyframes during regeneration of the AVI index ("-forceidx"). Yue Shi Lai -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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[PATCH] missing marker bit
by Christoph Egger 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

Hello! Synopsis: When mplayer should player a mpeg video, some of them result in this: MPEG-PS file format detected. missing marker bit! MPEG: bad sequence header Video: Cannot read properties. ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x20), ratio: 24000->192000 (192.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== ... and mplayer only plays the audio, but not the video. VLC and Xine also claim about the missing marker bit, but nonetheless they play the video. With the attached patch, mplayer can do this, too. This is the output with the patch: MPEG-PS file format detected. missing marker bit! VIDEO: MPEG1 480x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 4280.4 kbps (535.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x20), ratio: 24000->192000 (192.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough ... -- NEU +++ DSL Komplett von GMX +++ http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl GMX DSL-Netzanschluss + Tarif zum superg�nstigen Komplett-Preis!

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[PATCH] vobsub: keep aspect ratio
by Csillag Kristof 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi there! One more little thing: When we rip a movie, black bars are often removed from the top and the bottom of the original picture. This is OK, but it means that the aspect ratio of the movie is changed. ON the other side, when we dump a VOBsub subtitle, no cropping takes place, so it's aspect rate will match the original (un-cropped) movie's. So, when we display a subtitle with the cropped movie, and rescale the vobsub's frame to match the movie's sizes, we are distorting the subtitle's aspect ratio. (Typically, we get shorter letters.) This makes reading the text harder. * * * So, I added the option "-spu-keep-aspect". If it is switched on, the VOBsub's original aspect ratio is used to display it. If it's off (default), the aspect ratio of the movie is applied to the subtitles. See the attached patch. (I updated the man page, too.) (Note: this patch depends on the following two pending patches of mine: a0_positioning-fix-and-cleanup.patch, a1_scaling.patch) I uploaded a sample file here: http://rht.bme.hu/~lunkwill/computer/mplayer/aspect-demo.mkv The default "mplayer -slang eng aspect-demo.mkv" gives this: http://rht.bme.hu/~lunkwill/computer/mplayer/without-keep-aspect.png "mplayer -slang eng aspect-demo.mkv -spu-keep-aspect" gives this: http://rht.bme.hu/~lunkwill/computer/mplayer/with-keep-aspect.png * * * What do you think? IMHO the subtitles look much better this way. Shouldn't this be the default behavior? -- Csillag Kristof <fenwick(a)freemail.hu>

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[PATCH] mp_msg cleanup
by Oded Shimon 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

I just cleaned up mp_msg a little, just about only modified it so it uses 2 parameters instead of 1, and still use a tiny little less ram than the previous implementation (umm, was that the reason for the original very bizarre implementation? its the only reason i could think of.). - ods15

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mencoder -oac copy does not work all the times.
by Giacomo Comes 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

I have found that -oac copy produces incorrect results in some particular cases. Here is a simple way to test the bug; take a dvd with LPCM audio and do: mencoder dvd://1 -ovc frameno -oac copy -aid 160 -frames 500 -o file.avi Now play file.avi: mplayer file.avi You will get only loud noise. Explanation of the bug: durning the copy mencoder stores in the avi header the format of the audio stream, the line of C code that does it in mencoder.c is: mux_a->wf->wFormatTag = sh_audio->format Now format, member of the structure sh_audio_t, is a unsigned int but wFormatTag, member of the structure WAVEFORMATEX, is a unsigned short. If the audio stream has a format that can be represented with 16 bit, the result is correct: 0x50 (mp2) 0x55 (mp3) 0x2000 (ac3) 0x1 (pcm) If the audio stream has a format that requires more than 16 bit, it cannot be stored correctly in the avi header. 0x10001 (dvdpcm) and all the other 32 bit format listed in codec.conf I have prepared this small patch: --- libmpdemux/ms_hdr.h.ori 2005-01-17 11:49:41.000000000 -0400 +++ libmpdemux/ms_hdr.h 2005-01-17 11:50:37.000000000 -0400 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ #ifndef _WAVEFORMATEX_ #define _WAVEFORMATEX_ typedef struct __attribute__((__packed__)) _WAVEFORMATEX { - unsigned short wFormatTag; + unsigned int wFormatTag; unsigned short nChannels; unsigned int nSamplesPerSec; unsigned int nAvgBytesPerSec; I did some tests and it seems to work. But I'm not sure if it breaks something else. Can anybody comment on this patch? I have found a similar structure defined in loader/wine/mmreg.h the following patch change wFormatTag as before, but I dont know if this should be appliend or not, may be it is not necessary. --- loader/wine/mmreg.h.ori 2005-01-17 12:30:33.000000000 -0400 +++ loader/wine/mmreg.h 2005-01-17 12:30:38.000000000 -0400 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ #ifndef _WAVEFORMATEX_ #define _WAVEFORMATEX_ typedef struct __attribute__((__packed__)) _WAVEFORMATEX { - WORD wFormatTag; + DWORD wFormatTag; WORD nChannels; DWORD nSamplesPerSec; DWORD nAvgBytesPerSec; I can prepare and submit a proprer patch if requested. Giacomo

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[PATCH] Broken RTP timeout checking
by Selwyn Tang 19 Jun '05

19 Jun '05

Hi all, When opening an RTP session, mplayer first checks if there is any traffic on the channel, and times out and returns an error if there is none. But this timeout checking is broken due to the wrong condition being tested. Here's a patch to correct it. Please consider. Selwyn Index: network.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libmpdemux/network.c,v retrieving revision 1.107 diff -u -r1.107 network.c --- network.c 22 Nov 2004 19:45:55 -0000 1.107 +++ network.c 14 Dec 2004 06:11:31 -0000 @@ -1165,16 +1165,19 @@ tv.tv_usec = (1 * 1000000); // 1 second timeout FD_ZERO( &set ); FD_SET( socket_server_fd, &set ); - if( select(socket_server_fd+1, &set, NULL, NULL, &tv)>0 ) { + if( (err = select(socket_server_fd+1, &set, NULL, NULL, &tv))<=0 ) { //if( select(socket_server_fd+1, &set, NULL, NULL, NULL)>0 ) { + if (!err) { + mp_msg(MSGT_NETWORK,MSGL_ERR,"Timeout! No data from host %s\n", url->hostname ); + } else { err_len = sizeof( err ); getsockopt( socket_server_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &err, &err_len ); if( err ) { - mp_msg(MSGT_NETWORK,MSGL_ERR,"Timeout! No data from host %s\n", url->hostname ); mp_msg(MSGT_NETWORK,MSGL_DBG2,"Socket error: %d\n", err ); + } + } closesocket(socket_server_fd); return -1; - } } return socket_server_fd; }

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mouse autohide problem with asf (with suggestions)
by st darg 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Hi, I noticed when I play asf movies, the mouse autohiding doesn't work correctly on x11. The problem is that libmpdemux/demuxer.c (line 1272) is: sh_video->fps=1000.0f; sh_video->frametime=0.001f; // 1ms Then in video.c, sh_video->fps is updated with the correct average frame rate. However, vo_mouse_timer_const is only set one time, in mplayer.c, and the value it gets is 1000! Thus it takes ages for the mouse to hide. Suggestion 1: add vo_mouse_timer_const = (int) sh_video->fps; to video.c, and also add int vo_mouse_timer_const; to mencoder (since otherwise the symbol is not found when linking mencoder) Suggestion 2: add vo_mouse_timer_const = (int) sh_video->fps; to x11_common.c in the event handling function (where it's used)

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[PATCH] version.sh behavior with Darwin
by Chris Roccati 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

This patch changes the behavior of the version.sh script under Darwin/MacOS X to match with CygWin,Linux and BSD/OS; that is, the resulting VERSION macro will contain the date of the last change of the file CVS/Entries.

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