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On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz> wrote: |
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>>>>>> Video-codecs? I haven't seen a video in years that was not playable by 64bit |
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>>>>>> ffmpeg based players but worked with 32bit. |
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>>>>> <SNIP> |
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>>>>> Lots of wmv files won't play in 64-bit. That's the only one I have |
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>>>>> trouble with. They play fine in 32-bit Gentoo. |
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>>>> Mark, was thinking of you and your videos that don't play on 64bit when |
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>>>> I read Volkers statement :) |
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>>>> ffmpeg know lots of shit, but not all if it. |
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>>> Yeah, that's the truth. I suspect this specific case just lacks a |
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>>> smart developer who wants to figure it all out and do the work to make |
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>>> an Open Source codec that plays the file type, but maybe there's |
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>>> patents and other junk that gets in the way. |
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>> It's possible they just don't have a sample to work with. If you can |
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>> send it to them, they can at least add it to their samples archives. |
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>>> And really, as I use a lot of VM's all day long, it doesn't seem |
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>>> overly important any more. It's trivial to just run a Windows VM to |
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>>> play wmv files whereas finding someone in the Linux world who actually |
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>>> cares about supporting and promoting the wmv format seems like a waste |
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>>> of my time and theirs. They can work on better things. |
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>> There are containers and codecs. Most containers are supported, |
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>> leaving the codecs. |
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>> Can you post the output of 'mplayer -identify $filename' on that file? |
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> Point me toward a samples archive and I'll post a file. |
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There may be no need. Not sure. |
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http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/750 |
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That said, you might get in touch with mike (at) multimedia.cx, as |
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he's had a long history of involvement. Offer the sample, mention it's |
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a codec you need to view frequently. Perhaps ask who you might poke |
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who'd have an interest in it. I'd probably include the above link. |
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> The file plays audio in mplayer. There is no video which is consistent |
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> with what I see here. Granted, this is 64-bit and I don't have |
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> win32codecs installed which is what plays it on the 32-bit VM. |
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[snip] |
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Yeah, it's MSS2. And it sounds like upstream is aware of it. |
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