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Paul Colquhoun <paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au> posted |
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200609300946.00116.paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au, excerpted below, on Sat, |
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30 Sep 2006 09:46:00 +1000: |
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> When I use kmplayer to watch a video (wmv format, in this case) it appears |
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> I have a choice. If I configure kmplayer to use mplayer, I get sound but |
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> no picture, conversely, if I configure kmplayer to use mplayer-bin (with |
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> no other config changes) I get a picture, but no sound. |
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FWIW, I won't use mplayer-bin, because I have no need to since I don't use |
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the slaveryware codecs that would be the only reason to use it over the |
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64-bit version. That said... |
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Even back when I didn't feel as strongly about slaveryware and used |
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binary-only codecs, I found mplayer a constant struggle to get and keep |
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everything working at once. I /much/ prefer xine, as it often "just |
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works" where I'd otherwise still be fighting with mplayer trying to get |
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the right combination of video and audio codecs to get it to play the |
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same thing equally well. As it happens, kmplayer can also be merged with |
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USE=xine, and then you'll get that option for backend player as well as |
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mplayer. (A third option is gstreamer, but I've had even less luck with |
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it than mplayer.) |
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That said, I suspect your problem is that the file you are trying to play |
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requires a (formerly?) binary-only video codec, so xine (as currently |
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unmasked) won't show video either. Recent posts say the still masked |
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ffmpeg and xine built on top of it can play formerly binary-codec-only |
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wmv-9 videos. I haven't personally tried the unmasking yet so can't |
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vouch for that myself, but I plan to, and others say it works. |
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As for mplayer config, both the -bin and 64-bit versions, I'll leave that |
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for someone else to deal with because as I said I've had little luck with |
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it. I can venture a guess, however, that it's /possible/ to get sound |
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with mplayer-bin, particularly if you have sound with mplayer (64-bit), if |
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you just get the config right -- which is as I said the hard part with |
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mplayer, xine is /far/ easier. |
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Finally, if you are a regular KDE user as I am, I'll pass on a tip passed |
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to me (@ 'em, thanks, BTW). kaffeine integrates rather better into |
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KDE, and is all around a rather more polished player than kmplayer, with a |
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few features kmplayer is missing (like slowmo and double-speed playback |
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without sound, variable speed playback with sound so you can watch a 30 |
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minute video in 25 minutes if desired, features like that). It can make |
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use of the same backends, at least mplayer and xine, don't know about |
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gstreamer. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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