Re: Mplayer Frustrations - Getting Closer

From: C.Beamer (cbeamer_at_interlynx.net)
Date: 07/09/05

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    Kenny Gow wrote:

    > C.Beamer wrote:
    >
    >> Kenny Gow wrote:
    >> I had no success installing the codecs packages from livna when I
    >> tried. However, I *did* get the w32codec package from atrpms and that
    >> didn't help any. I tried downloading the package from the xine site.
    >> This was older than the atrpms package that I got, but I removed the
    >> newer package and installed the older package, just in case it would
    >> work. No luck.
    >>
    >> So I'm still at square 1 1/2. But thanks for trying! :-)
    >>
    >>
    > I'm not giving up that easily. What I did to figure out what codec
    > the CNN videos wanted was copy down that URL you see when you get the
    > audio but no video, and run it from a command line like this,
    >
    > mplayer
    > mms://wmscnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/nitn/2005/07/08/nitn.edition.12.cnn.ws.wmv
    >
    >
    > If you run that command (it's one line) in a terminal, it will show
    > you what codec it's trying to use and whether it finds it. Could you
    > try running that and posting the output?
    >
    > Also, what's in your /usr/lib/win32 directory? From all you've
    > described with the codecs, it ought to have the right codecs.

    Okay, here we go:

    #1

    I ran your command from above with the appropriate substitution for the
    url. I did this as 'root' and the output is as displayed below. I also
    ran it as user "colleen", but the output was a bunch of garbage - it
    said that mplayer couldn't be found and mplayer (the executable is
    definitely in my path. Anyway, the output as 'root':

    mplayer
    mms://wmscnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/world/2005/07/09/obrien.italy.show.of.support.reut.ws.wmv
    MPlayer 1.0pre7-4.0.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
    CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster (Family: 8, Stepping: 9)
    Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
    CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1

    Creating config file: /root/.mplayer/config

    Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
    Setting up LIRC support...
    mplayer: could not connect to socket
    mplayer: No such file or directory
    Failed to open LIRC support.
    You will not be able to use your remote control.
    Playing
    mms://wmscnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/world/2005/07/09/obrien.italy.show.of.support.reut.ws.wmv.
    Resolving wmscnn.stream.aol.com for AF_INET6...
    Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: wmscnn.stream.aol.com
    Resolving wmscnn.stream.aol.com for AF_INET...
    Connecting to server wmscnn.stream.aol.com[64.236.99.4]:1755 ...
    connected
    unknown object
    file object, packet length = 5000 (5000)
    unknown object
    unknown object
    unknown object
    stream object, stream id: 1
    stream object, stream id: 2
    unknown object
    data object
    mmst packet_length = 5000
    Cache size set to 8192 KBytes
    Connected to server: wmscnn.stream.aol.com
    Cache fill: 19.92% (1671168 bytes) ASF file format detected.
    VIDEO: [WMV3] 464x260 24bpp 1000.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
    Clip info:
     name: obrien.italy.show.of.support.reut
     author: CNN
     copyright: Copyright (c) 2005 Cable News Network LP, LLLP
     comments:
    ==========================================================================
    Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
    AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 4003->88200)
    Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
    ==========================================================================
    vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local
    display)
    Xv: could not grab port 69
    Could not find free Xvideo port - maybe another process is already using it.
    Close all video applications, and try again. If that does not help,
    see 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.
    ==========================================================================
    Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
    Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmv9dmod.dll,
    /usr/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll
    IMediaObject ERROR: 0x84ec5c9 could not open DMO DLL (0x0 : 0)
    Failed to create DMO filter
    ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec wmv9dmod.dll.
    You need to upgrade/install the binary codecs package.
    Go to http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html
    VDecoder init failed :(
    Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
    Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmvdmod.dll,
    /usr/lib/win32/wmvdmod.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmvdmod.dll
    IMediaObject ERROR: 0x84ec5c9 could not open DMO DLL (0x0 : 0)
    Failed to create DMO filter
    ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec wmvdmod.dll.
    You need to upgrade/install the binary codecs package.
    Go to http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html
    VDecoder init failed :(
    Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x33564D57.
    Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
    ==========================================================================
    Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/1ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
    AF_pre: 44100Hz/1ch/s16le
    [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or
    resource busy
    alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: default
    alsa: 44100 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/60208 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little
    Endian
    AO: [alsa] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
    Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/1ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
    Video: no video
    Starting playback...
    everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing
    proprietary and patentend technology.
    A: 95.0 (01:34.9) 0.6% 0%
    alsa-uninit: pcm closed

    Exiting... (End of file)

    #2 A bit of further information. Like I said, if I open a wmv file
    from within media player, it works. However, the only way it works is
    with the following settings:

    audio: aRts

    video: X11, gl, gl2

    Any of the above settings for video work, if I use any other setting for
    video from within Mplayer, I get sound, but no video.

    However, even when I do get video to display (i.e. my video setting is
    gl2, for example, the video plays in Mplayer, but this message displays:

    "ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec "

    In response to your final question, /usr/lib/win32 contains the sym link
    as follows:

    codecs -> /usr/local/lib/codecs

    And there *is* a 'wmvdmod.dll' and a 'wmv9dmod.dll' file in
    /usr/local/lib/codecs.

    Regards,

    Colleen 

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