Re: test / FreeBSD CD mount + .mpg

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:03:41 +1300
Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:56:05 +1300
> >Richard Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>That worked, & i can confirm that the FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer 
> >>does play video clips as packaged, where the
> >>Ubuntu 5.04 version did not (until Xine substituted in). Will test 
> >>Ubuntu 5.10 asap.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >which videoclips did not play with ubuntu and what codecs did they use?
> >  
> >
> there's a short of 'Revolution O/S' on the SFD'04 OpenCD: REV_OS_trailer.mpg
> 
> it runs with totem/xine (but not totem/gstreamer, 'out of the box') on 
> Ubu5.04 & 5.10, tho
> 
> "FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer" plays it fine. This might be a 'non-free' 
> issue.
> 
> 
> i've not looked at any codec settings.
> 
> maybe you can test from your RO/S dvd? Is that a .mpg?

It's not my DVD unfortunately. However the file REV_OS_trailer.mpg (18M) is 
downloadable from here:

http://www.revolution-os.com/musicvideo.html

I assume it is the same one. mplayer plays it fine. totem plays it fine, using 
xine I assume. I haven't ever had much luck with gstreamer, never needed it.

The file is a very basic mpeg-1 stream. If a given media player cannot play it, 
it doesn't deserve that description. I see that gstreamer has many plugins, 
that all seem to be packaged separately. Maybe there is a gst plugin that you 
need? I see one in my packaging system called gst-plugins-ffmpeg and another 
called gst-plugins-mpeg2dec. The latter is described as "Libmpeg2 based decoder 
plug-in for gstreamer". 

mplayer tells me that it is using libmpeg2 to decode the file, so gstreamer may 
work if gst-plugins-mpeg2dec is installed.

By the way here are some tests to determine the codec used:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/media $ file REV_OS_trailer.mpg
REV_OS_trailer.mpg: MPEG sequence, v1, system multiplex

(that gives a pretty good indication of being an mpeg-1 stream)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/media $ tcprobe -i REV_OS_trailer.mpg
[tcprobe] MPEG program stream (PS)

(as does that)

[tcprobe] summary for REV_OS_trailer.mpg, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected
import frame size: -g 352x240 [720x576] (*)
 aspect ratio: 4:3 (*)
   frame rate: -f 29.970 [25.000] frc=4 (*)
   PTS=47721.8588, frame_time=33 ms, bitrate=1150 kbps
  audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 44100,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x50 [0x2000] (*)
   bitrate=224 kbps



[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/media $ ffmpeg -i REV_OS_trailer.mpg
ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4743, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration:  --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu 
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share 
--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu 
--enable-shared-pp --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-mmx 
--disable-altivec --disable-debug --enable-mp3lame --enable-a52 
--disable-a52bin --enable-audio-oss --enable-v4l --enable-dv1394 
--enable-dc1394 --disable-pthreads --enable-xvid --enable-ogg --enable-vorbis 
--enable-dts --enable-network --enable-zlib --enable-ffplay --enable-faad 
--enable-faac --disable-faadbin --enable-gpl --enable-pp --disable-opts
  built on Sep 30 2005 17:17:47, gcc: 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, 
pie-8.7.8)
Input #0, mpeg, from 'REV_OS_trailer.mpg':
  Duration: 00:01:51.9, start: 0.340078, bitrate: 1412 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 352x240, 29.97 fps
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s
Must supply at least one output file


> 
> cheers,
> 
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Re: test / FreeBSD CD mount + .mpg

[Rik Tindall]

Nick Rout wrote:


On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:56:05 +1300
Richard Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 

That worked, & i can confirm that the FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer 
does play video clips as packaged, where the
Ubuntu 5.04 version did not (until Xine substituted in). Will test 
Ubuntu 5.10 asap.
   



which videoclips did not play with ubuntu and what codecs did they use?
 


there's a short of 'Revolution O/S' on the SFD'04 OpenCD: REV_OS_trailer.mpg

it runs with totem/xine (but not totem/gstreamer, 'out of the box') on 
Ubu5.04 & 5.10, tho


"FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer" plays it fine. This might be a 'non-free' 
issue.


i've not looked at any codec settings.

maybe you can test from your RO/S dvd? Is that a .mpg?

cheers,

--
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Re: test / FreeBSD CD mount + .mpg

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:56:05 +1300
Richard Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> That worked, & i can confirm that the FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer 
> does play video clips as packaged, where the
> Ubuntu 5.04 version did not (until Xine substituted in). Will test 
> Ubuntu 5.10 asap.

which videoclips did not play with ubuntu and what codecs did they use?

Re: test / FreeBSD CD mount + .mpg

[Richard Tindall]

Andrew Turner wrote:


Try
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom

The FreeBSD mount will assume you are mounting a UFS file system. When 
the super block is incorrect it complains.


That worked, & i can confirm that the FreeBSD 5.4 Totem with Gstreamer 
does play video clips as packaged, where the
Ubuntu 5.04 version did not (until Xine substituted in). Will test 
Ubuntu 5.10 asap.


Later,

Rik