Looking for good MPLAYER command line to play avi files

waddles · 01-04-2014, 05:42 PM

I am trying to play avi files from my dvr.
I get no video (get a blue frame with gray picture looks like corduroy) but sound is OK via alsamixer setup when I use:
mplayer <filename>.avi
and nothing when I use:
mplayer -cache 65535 -cache-mem 20 -delay 0.0 <filename>.avi
Does someone have an mplayer command line that works with .avi files.
Just needing a quicky so I can validate that I can transfer files from the camera. Thanks.

John VV · 01-04-2014, 06:39 PM

so
do you HAVE to use the terminal to play the video ?

if not , then why not use gnome-mplayer or smplayer or mplayer2 GUI's

als what codecs did you install ?
the " all-20110131.tar.bz2 " codec package from mplayer.hq ?
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
the " codecs directory" link

or something else ?
or
are you using xine or gstreamer ?

Quote:

Does someone have an mplayer command line that works with .avi files.

if you did not install the codecs then there is no command you can use

Code:

mplayer TheVideoName.avi

but using a GUI front end is a LOT easier

have a look at the QT4 SMPlayer

rokytnji · 01-04-2014, 06:58 PM

http://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?p=22542#p22542

There is a screen shot of the mplayer command I used in that thread to solve a dvd
issue/

jamison20000e · 01-04-2014, 09:04 PM

Hi. Could try VLC:

Code:

vlc file.avi

best wishes and have fun.

frankbell · 01-04-2014, 09:20 PM

I can play *.avi files from the CLI in Slackware --Current (just tested) with mplayer [filename].

Does the output to the terminal give you any hints as to why mplayer doesn't like your *.avi files? You might also look in your logs, particularly /var/log/messages.

VLC works from the command line also, but it opens the graphical interface.

waddles · 01-05-2014, 01:35 AM

@rokytnji: tried:
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps <filename>.avi and got the same result I got with just mplayer <filename>.avi.
Yes, need command line not a gui so I can debug.
Tried gmplayer and got same result too.
Not interested in alternate software.
I viewed the file on the camera and it was OK.

John VV · 01-05-2014, 02:38 AM

well do you have the " all-20110131.tar.bz2 " codec package from mplayer.hq installed ?

mind you they are from 2011

you might need to use gstreamer-( good,bad,ugly,and ffmpeg) with xine
and are you 100% SURE that it is in fact a avi
and not a renamed wmv

Quote:

get a blue frame with gray picture looks like corduroy)

that sounds a bit like the drm that a bunch of "naughty" vids use sometimes
-- they need a proprietary player ( on a windows OS ) and use there own codec

open it with "hexedit" or "okteta" or emacs in hex mode and read the header and info section ( it will be the first 100k or so of the video )
the first few lines should look ?? something like this ???

Code:

0000:0000 | 52 49 46 46  E4 F9 D3 00  41 56 49 20  4C 49 53 54 | RIFFäùÓ.AVI LIST
0000:0010 | 7E 22 00 00  68 64 72 6C  61 76 69 68  38 00 00 00 | ~"..hdrlavih8...
0000:0020 | 35 82 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  10 01 00 00 | 5...............
0000:0030 | 09 06 00 00  00 00 00 00  02 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ................
0000:0040 | 80 02 00 00  E0 01 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ....à...........
0000:0050 | 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  4C 49 53 54  94 10 00 00 | ........LIST....
0000:0060 | 73 74 72 6C  73 74 72 68  38 00 00 00  76 69 64 73 | strlstrh8...vids
0000:0070 | 64 69 76 78  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | divx............
0000:0080 | 15 16 05 00  80 96 98 00  00 00 00 00  09 06 00 00 | ................
0000:0090 | D6 95 00 00  10 27 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | Ö....'..........
0000:00A0 | 80 02 E0 01  73 74 72 66  28 00 00 00  28 00 00 00 | ..à.strf(...(...
0000:00B0 | 80 02 00 00  E0 01 00 00  01 00 18 00  44 58 35 30 | ....à.......DX50
0000:00C0 | 00 10 0E 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ................
0000:00D0 | 00 00 00 00  4A 55 4E 4B  18 10 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ....JUNK........
0000:00E0 | 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ................
0000:00F0 | 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 | ................

rokytnji · 01-06-2014, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waddles

@rokytnji: tried:
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps <filename>.avi and got the same result I got with just mplayer <filename>.avi.
Yes, need command line not a gui so I can debug.
Tried gmplayer and got same result too.
Not interested in alternate software.
I viewed the file on the camera and it was OK.

I guess you did not look at my screenshot or you would have saw

Code:

mplayer -vfs ffmpeg <name of file.avi goes here>

But like JohnVV said.

Quote:

that sounds a bit like the drm that a bunch of "naughty" vids use sometimes
-- they need a proprietary player ( on a windows OS ) and use there own codec

so maybe a codec issue since

Quote:

I viewed the file on the camera and it was OK.

http://docs.gstreamer.com/display/Gs...ebugging+tools

andrew.46 · 01-14-2014, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

VLC works from the command line also, but it opens the graphical interface.

cvlc should do the trick or nvlc if you want to get a little wacky