MPlayer 1.0pre6

littlemidget · 01-03-2005, 08:55 AM

Has anyone here managed to install this? When i use "tar jxf <file>", I only get a message that looks like it's trying to tell me that the file is corrupt :-P

320mb · 01-03-2005, 09:52 AM

well, re-download it..............

littlemidget · 01-03-2005, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 320mb
well, re-download it..............

You don't think I actually did that?

acid_kewpie · 01-03-2005, 11:18 AM

you really think that all 9 mirrors directly listed on mplayerhq.hu are corrupted?? the one i used certaily wasn't.

reddazz · 01-03-2005, 11:47 AM

My download is not corrupt either.

megaspaz · 01-03-2005, 12:21 PM

I had a problem with rebuilding the source rpm as it kept popping up an error about the the src rpm not existing or something. changed the permissions from 644 to 755 seemed to solve that. I don't know why it happened that way, but you could give that a try.

littlemidget · 01-03-2005, 02:34 PM

First try:

Code:

bluefish:/usr/local/bin# tar jxf MPlayer-1.0pre6a.tar.bz2 

bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
        perhaps it is corrupted?  *Possible* reason follows.
bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device
        Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

On my fourth try (downloaded from the US-mirror), it worked fine. I just never thought I would have to try four times from a page like that.

acid_kewpie · 01-03-2005, 03:54 PM

i'd look for a different way to download the files in future, or maybe you have deeper netowrk problems.

littlemidget · 01-03-2005, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
i'd look for a different way to download the files in future, or maybe you have deeper netowrk problems.

It's not the download that's the problem - it's the files ;-)

I have now managed to install it, but whenver I try to watch a movie, all I can see is two small squares up in the left corner, with some psycadelic colors in it :-P

dezza · 01-03-2005, 05:13 PM

Here's a TIP

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You could try wget it's a light download program for http/ftp ..

It's as simple as

Code:

$ wget http://host.com/dir/file.tgz

You can even make your own download list by making a plain-text file with different files like:

Code:

http://host.com/dir/file1.tgz
 ftp://server.com/pub/dir//file2.tgz
 http://second-host.com/dir/file3.tgz

and then launch it by adding the option -i after 'wget ..'