MPlayer
9 October 2005
Guides and documentation
Mplayer documentation, local version -- see mplayer-doc package
Mplayer's information on codecs http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs.html
Re-synchronizing video and audio: /usr/share/doc/mplayer-doc/tech/encoding-tips.txt
Commands
- gmplayer <filename>
- gmplayer -dvd 5
- mplayer -vc wmv8 (for asf and some wmv files)
- get the windows dll codecs from marillat
- Viewing a DVD iso from a hard disk
- mplayer file.iso (no menus or chapters available)
- xine dvd:/full-path/file.iso (for menus and chapters)
- Play in framebuffer (try both)
- mplayer -vo directfb *.xvid
- mplayer -vo fbdev *.xvid
- Dump DVD to file
- mplayer -dvd title-number -dumpstream -dumpfile output.vob
- Dump streaming media to file
- mplayer -dumpstream <mrl>
- mplayer -dumpstream mms://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/honda-cog.asf
- mplayer
rtsp://real.npr.na-central.speedera.net:80/real.npr.na-central/atc/20041124_atc_12.rm
-dumpstream -dumpfile bittorrent.rm
- Play files from audible.com
- mplayer -cache 64 -playlist <URL>
This is extremely elegant -- the file is captured perfectly, instead of
having to be viewed while buffering and sputtering. The file name
is not retained; the video is instead written to ./stream.dump. This
can also be used to rip a DVD, but the main use is to make a perfect
capture of streaming video. Rename stream.dump to a useful file name
and play with xine or mplayer.
- SSH DVD
- Use ssh to mount a DVD on cyberspace (mount /media/dvd)
- gmplayer -dvd 7 -framedrop (works fine, but no sound)
- NFS DVD (doesn't work on encrypted DVDs)
- gmplayer -dvd 7 -dvd-device /cyberspace/media/dvd
- The problem is that libdvdread doesn't see the drive
The gmplayer loads the GUI . The sound is working great, but it goes
slightly out of synch -- not sure what to do.. The parameters are set
in ~/.mplayer/config -- see also the codec file in the same directory.
In response to mplayer startup messages, I issued the following as root:
chmod 666 /dev/rtc
echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq
As a reward, I got this from mplayer:
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz)
Software
Related local pages
Flags for compiling mplayer
Consider including these next time you compile mplayer (not done in years):
configure &&
--enable-gui &&
--enable-mad &&
--enable-3dfx &&
--enable-largefiles &&
--with-xanimlibdir &&
--with-xvidcore=/home/steen/mnt/giant/cvs/xvidcore/build/generic/libcore.a
Last time, I had to leave off before installing the VIVO codecs, as KDE
started misbehaving.
Codecs
See also under avifile, and the help.txt file
under /usr/cvs on both cyberspace and gubbio (largely gubbio).
Mplayer's information on codecs
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs.html
I got the codec dlls for a libc 6 system (which is what I have) from
xanim, which also work for mplayer:
http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/xa_dlls.html
"XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the
-vfm 10 option to tell MPlayer to use them if possible."
They all got installed on gubbio and cyberspace in /usr/lib/xanim/mods
Specifically, I got:
Creative CYUV Video Decompression for AVI
CCITT H.261 Video Decompression for AVI
CCITT H.263 Video Decompression for AVI
Intel YVU9 and Indeo 3.2 Decompression for AVI and Quicktime
Intel Indeo 4.1 Decompression for AVI and Quicktime
Intel Indeo 5.0 Decompression for AVI and Quicktime
Radius Cinepak Video Decompression for AVI and Quicktime
See http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/linuxELFx86c6.html
for details.
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