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From: Michael Moore <mikem.unet@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] .mov files not showing video
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:51:17
Message-Id: 20081116075916.GA17354@beastie.linwin
1 Hi,
2
3 I received a few quicktime files from a friend; however, when I play it
4 there is no video. The audio stream is fine. My friend can play it fine
5 in the application "Media Player Classic" for Microsoft Xp.
6
7 The interesting packages are
8
9 % emerge -pv libquicktime mplayer
10
11 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
12
13 Calculating dependencies... done!
14 [ebuild R ] media-libs/libquicktime-1.0.3 USE="X aac alsa dv encode ffmpeg gtk jpeg lame mmx opengl png vorbis x264 -doc" 0 kB
15 [ebuild R ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_p27725-r1 USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib alsa amrnb amrwb bindist cdio cdparanoia custom-cflags dga directfb doc dts dv dvd enca encode esd fbcon ftp gif iconv ipv6 jpeg libcaca lzo mad mmx mmxext mp2 mp3 musepack opengl oss png pnm quicktime rar real rtc samba sdl srt sse sse2 theora truetype unicode vorbis x264 xanim xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zoran (-altivec) -arts -bidi -bl -cddb -cpudetection -custom-cpuopts -debug -dirac -dvb -dxr3 -ggi -gtk -jack -joystick -ladspa -lirc -live -md5sum -nas -nemesi -openal -pulseaudio -pvr -radio -schroedinger -speex -ssse3 (-svga) -teletext -tga -v4l -v4l2 (-vidix) (-win32codecs) -xinerama" VIDEO_CARDS="-mga -s3virge -tdfx -vesa" 0 kB
16
17 Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB
18
19 The file in question is
20
21 % file Course.mov
22 Course.mov: Apple QuickTime movie (fast start, compressed header)
23
24 Any pointers would be handy.
25
26 --
27
28 Regards,
29 Michael Moore <mikem.unet(at)gmail.com>
30 About *NIX: If its not fun, why do it?

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Re: [gentoo-user] .mov files not showing video Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>