Xine does not like some WMV files
 

Some of the WMV files Xine tries to play just crash out Xine and i dont know why. I already have the W32 Codecs installed any ideas? if i open from the term. so i can see the crash message its this

[gizim@localhost gizim]$ xine
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.2.
(c) 2000-2004 The xine Team.
Segmentation fault
[gizim@localhost gizim]$

Welcome to LQ! Have you verified that the files that cannot be played are intact and not corrupted in some way? Clearly if the file suffered some kind of corruption or data loss during the download, it won't be playable. That's just a possibility, but I think it's good practice to always check the inputs to a program before concluding that the outputs are bad.

That being said, the fact that some files are playable is a good sign. -- J.W.

Thanks yeah they are fine they are on a different H/D than my linux install.
They worked fine on Windows XP

delete the .xine folder from u r home directory

otherwise

better install http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ & download the win32 codecs

i ahve install mplayer and my win32 dir is /usr/local/lib/win32

better try to install the mplayer from source

give ./configure --help

and tell is the lame (u have to download lame from sf.net )
and xvid codecs optional

and the win32 dir

i think it will help u

yum install mplayer

ok i did not get most that post but thank you i have Mplayer installed and like i said i already got the W32 Codecs installed from Synaptic and when i try and use mplayer it does NOT open a WMV file at all. It doesnt even try.

I went to MPlayers site and downloaded some other codecs where do i install them?? how do i recompile them?

hmm

open a shell

run gmplayer from shell

then try to open a WMV file and see where the mplayer search for the win32 dir

if it is wrong place then move it where the mplayer search

or may be the mplayer was not compile with the win32 codecs support

after compile mplayer (i ahve compile with win32libdir=/usr/local/lib/codecs
but i can't open wmv files then i try in shell and found that my mplayer searching codecs in /usr/local/lib/win32 (becoz it is pre5)

after copy dlls in /usr/local/lib/win32 then i can play all wmv files

Go to Linux.com and on there on the first pae there should be an article about how to play DVD's on any Linux Distro, it also touches a bit on WM files. Maybe go and check it out.

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon Thunderbird 1395 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 4)Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /home/gizim/.mplayer/config
[cfg] read config file: /home/gizim/.mplayer/gui.conf
Reading config file /home/gizim/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
xscreensaver_disable: xscreensaver wid=10485768.
Reading /home/gizim/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/gizim/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /home/gizim/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/gizim/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device
Can't init input joystick
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.
SKIN dir 1: '/home/gizim/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'

then

Playing /home/gizim/Downloads/Bayfront sat.wmv.
ASF file format detected.
VIDEO: [WMV3] 320x240 24bpp
Clip info:
name:
author:
copyright:
comments:
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 8005->176400 (64.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Trying to force video codec driver family vfw...
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs

The mplayer.conf files are not even there!
WTF! this was installed with RedHat RPM so now what do i do?
download the source and compile it with the W32 Codes?
Where do i install mplayer to?

heres mine


frist try to remove the .mplayer folder

and try again

if fail then try to install from source

but install from source is not easy (with all support)

install from source

frist remove the installed mplayer

frist download the lame from sf.net (search in sf.net)

./compile
make
make install

then it will install default in /usr/local/lib
and install the divx and Xvid from www.divx.com and www.xvid.org (optional)
download all the win32 codec from www.mplayerhq.hu and the source pre5 latest i am using

make a folder in /usr/local/lib/win32 and copy the dll's in this folder


ldconfig command as root

then

./configure --help


heres mine
----------------------------------------------------------------------
./configure --enable-gui --enable-mencoder --enable-largefiles --enable-ftp --disable-gif --enable-png --enable-jpeg --enable-win32 --enable-dshow --enable-real --enable-xvid --enable-divx4linux --enable-libavcodec --enable-vorbis --enable-mp3lib --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-vidix --enable-gl --enable-vesa --enable-mga --enable-xv --enable-xmga --enable-x11 --enable-directfb --enable-alsa --enable-ossaudio --enable-arts --enable-esd --enable-runtime-cpudetection --enable-i18n --with-win32libdir=/usr/local/lib/codecs --with-xvidlibdir=/usr/local/lib/libxvidcore.a --with-xvidincdir=/usr/local/include/ --with-codecsdir=/usr/local/lib/


make

make install

:)


BYE

try to remove --enable-runtime-cpudetection from ./configure :)

Ok one small question i can not find anything for linux on www.divx.com
and install the divx and Xvid from www.divx.com where is it for linux?