Re: [gentoo-user] Kmplayer, video and audio not syncing.

[Dale]

Jesús Guerrero wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:21:32 -0600, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Jesús Guerrero wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:34:57 -0500, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Jesús Guerrero wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> kmplayer can get in the middle, can you -please- test regular mplayer
>>>>> from
>>>>> command line?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had a similar issue a couple of weeks ago, and we were able to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> track
>>>
>>>
>>>>> it down on the mplayer mailing lists. If it's the same bug, I was
>>>>>
> able
>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>
>>>>> consistently reproduce it in streams with ac3 (5.1) audio (stereo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> worked
>>>
>>>
>>>>> fine), and only when using ALSA. So, check that and see if you can
>>>>>
> see
>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> a
>>>
>>>
>>>>> pattern there. If you see that same pattern, then it might be the
>>>>>
> same
>
>>>>> bug,
>>>>> it's been fixed in the development branch, and the following ebuilds
>>>>> should
>>>>> work fine:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.0_rc4_p20091026, 1.0_rc4_p20091026-r1, 9999
>>>>>
>>>>> If not, then it's probably something else. But try with mplayer alone
>>>>> when
>>>>> debugging, since kmplayer just adds another level to worry about. For
>>>>> your
>>>>> reference, here's the bug I opened, there you can also find links to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>>> relevant mails in the mplayer ML.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286020
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I can give it a shot at least.  Do I just run mplayer path/to/file or
>>>>
> do
>
>>>> I need to add some options so that it will provide more info?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy weekend ;)
>>>
>>> You can just run "mplayer <file>", if you need to force ALSA (so you
>>>
> can
>
>>> check if it's a problem with ALSA as it was my case) you can add -ao
>>> alsa,
>>> so it would be:
>>>
>>>   mplayer -ao alsa <filename>
>>>
>>> Mplayer is usually smart enough to decide what to do without any
>>>
> further
>
>>> action on the user's side, however as someone said it's a very complex
>>> program that can do almost anything in which regards playing media
>>>
> files,
>
>>> that's why the man page is such a huge beast. If we manage to identify
>>> the
>>> bug and reproduce it consistently then that's a huge step towards
>>> finding a
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> By the way, what mplayer version are you using?
>>>
>>>
>> This is the emerge info for mplayer and ffmpeg since that is what it is
>> using:
>>
>> root@smoker / # emerge -pv mplayer ffmpeg
>>
>> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>>
>> Calculating dependencies... done!
>> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.5-r1  USE="3dnow 3dnowext X alsa
>> encode hardcoded-tables ipv6 jpeg2k mmx mmxext mp3 sdl ssse3 vorbis x264
>> xvid zlib (-altivec) -amr -bindist -custom-cflags -debug -dirac -doc
>> -faac -faad -gsm -ieee1394 -network -oss -schroedinger -speex -test
>> -theora -threads -v4l -v4l2 -vdpau -vhook" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" 0 kB
>> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p20090731  USE="3dnow X aac
>> alsa ass cddb cdio dirac dv dvd dvdnav enca encode esd faac faad gif
>> iconv ipv6 jpeg live mad mmx mng mp2 mp3 network opengl osdmenu png
>> quicktime rar real rtc schroedinger sdl shm speex sse tremor truetype
>> unicode vorbis win32codecs x264 xscreensaver xv xvid -3dnowext -a52
>> -aalib (-altivec) -bidi -bindist -bl -cdparanoia -cpudetection
>> -custom-cflags -custom-cpuopts -debug -dga -directfb -doc -dts -dvb
>> -dxr3 -fbcon -ftp -ggi -gmplayer -jack -joystick -ladspa -libcaca -lirc
>> -lzo -md5sum -mmxext -nas -openal -oss -pnm -pulseaudio -pvr -radio
>> -samba -sse2 -ssse3 -svga -teletext -tga -theora -v4l -v4l2 -vdpau
>> -vidix -xanim -xinerama -xvmc -zoran" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia -mga -s3virge
>> -tdfx -vesa" 0 kB
>>
>> Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB
>> root@smoker / #
>>
>> Those version OK?  I am also still using KDE 3.5.  KDE4 is just not
>> there yet for me.
>>
>
> As far as I know that version of mplayer is bugged. I can't guarantee that
> your problem is the same one I had, but if I am not mistaken the bug is
> present in that release. Please, try 1.0_rc4_p20091026-r1 and see if the
> bug goes away. I will open an STABLEREQ bug to speed up the stabilization
> of this version, and the masking of older ones. After all, they should be
> hard masked or at least patched to fix the bug.
>
>

I'll unmask and keyword if needed to get the latest version.  I have
noticed that if my CPU is not to busy, it does a lot better but appears
to be a half second off or so even if fairly idle.  It still varies by
the file type tho.  I use Firefox and the download helper extension to
both download and convert the files to mpg4.  I set it to "same quality"
and that seems to help a LOT and the files are larger.  It uses ffmpeg
to convert the files.  I convert them in case I send a video to a
windoze user.  My brother can't get a .flv to play except through a
website.  I dunno.  Its windoze.  LOL

Dale

:-)  :-)