[newbie] DivX player ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/BB0A4H/saledep-21?dev-t=DJQUA1R Is this Yamada DVX-6100 MPEG4 Multi-region DVD Player - Umax, electronics going to be any good for playing .avi format do you think ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] divx 5 and player
Hi. I am just wondering ... i am trying to run divx 5.05 from divxnetworks.com under some linux player. Has anyone some ideas? Thanks David Hlacik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx 5 and player
quoting David Hlacik's missive of Wednesday 11 June 2003 03:24 pm: Hi. I am just wondering ... i am trying to run divx 5.05 from divxnetworks.com under some linux player. Has anyone some ideas? Thanks David Hlacik Howdy David; ...some linux player is a little vague. What are you trying to do, what player are you trying to do it with, what errors are you seeing? Does the system you're using meet or exceed the minimum system requirements for DivX? i.e.: 64 MB RAM, minimum 8 MB Video card, minimum P II 450 MHz processor? Let's just hope you're running Mandrake 9.1 (Bamboo) for this next part. Get the Mandrake specific divx4linux RPM (the one shown is from mid March, I don't what the latest is) from one of the PLF mirrors (Penguin Liberation Front) such as this one: http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/9.1/i586/ You can add PLF as a software source by going to: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and following the instructions on the page. You'll be able to add Texstar's contrib directory, a contrib directory for a Mandrake mirror, etc. Finally; have you been to: http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/ They have FAQ and support links from there. Best I can do since I don't use divx. HTH Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx 5 and player
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:24:04 +0200 (CEST) David Hlacik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I am just wondering ... i am trying to run divx 5.05 from divxnetworks.com under some linux player. Has anyone some ideas? Thanks David Hlacik Have you tried MPlayer? The releases come with libavcodec, which does support DivX 5 too, and so far I have had no problems at all with any DivX. Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org:8080/ ...the software said Win95 or better, so I installed Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] DivX audio plugin (WMA) for linux
I am trying to view a WMA file in linux with xine. But an error message says "No audio plugin available to decode 'DivX audio (WMA)'. I searched on google and found that DivXa32.acm is the main suspect. But it seems that's a MS-DOS excecutable file only for windows. Is there such a file for Linux? Many thanks. Wei
Re: [newbie] DivX audio plugin (WMA) for linux
On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 11:28 pm, Wei Wang wrote: I am trying to view a WMA file in linux with xine. But an error message says No audio plugin available to decode 'DivX audio (WMA)'. I searched on google and found that DivXa32.acm is the main suspect. But it seems that's a MS-DOS excecutable file only for windows. Is there such a file for Linux? Many thanks. Wei You should find everything you need on Penguin Liberation Front plf.zarb.org http://www.zoreil.com/mirrors/www.plf.org/9.0/i586/ derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx win vrs Lin
Frankie wrote: Hi guys (and ladies where applic..), Out of curiosity, I decided to make a divx movie from a DVD I have here.. I am not a pirate, I just wanted to try it. So, after a bit of searching the net,, I found an excellent guide to doing this... it does everything from cropping the black borders to telling you the exact correct bitrate dolby sound etc and it works fantastic.. It entire process required about 6 different (free from the net) programs to achieve the almost flawless result. It took me about 2 days to make one divx movie.. that was on a windows 2000 box. a Celery 300A running at 464mhz with 128 mb ram. Not only was it all windows.. but running through 6 programs to do this was rather time consuming... (although most of the 2 days the PC was encoding the divx without me.) now my question is this... Is there a way of doing this in Linux?? and can it be scripted? not only is my linux server much faster (2100XP athlon) but if it can be scripted, I can set and forget it.. start the process, and later come back and burn the movies to disk. Now that I know I can do it in windows, I'd like to work out how to do it in linux and back up my dvd collection. any tips would be fantastic... rgds Frank PS, Has anyone tried the XMPS player??? it looks fantastic.. and apparently plays divx well... The programme you want is called Mplayer , and Mencoder that comes with it. -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Divx win vrs Lin
Hi guys (and ladies where applic..), Out of curiosity, I decided to make a divx movie from a DVD I have here.. I am not a pirate, I just wanted to try it. So, after a bit of searching the net,, I found an excellent guide to doing this... it does everything from cropping the black borders to telling you the exact correct bitrate dolby sound etc and it works fantastic.. It entire process required about 6 different (free from the net) programs to achieve the almost flawless result. It took me about 2 days to make one divx movie.. that was on a windows 2000 box. a Celery 300A running at 464mhz with 128 mb ram. Not only was it all windows.. but running through 6 programs to do this was rather time consuming... (although most of the 2 days the PC was encoding the divx without me.) now my question is this... Is there a way of doing this in Linux?? and can it be scripted? not only is my linux server much faster (2100XP athlon) but if it can be scripted, I can set and forget it.. start the process, and later come back and burn the movies to disk. Now that I know I can do it in windows, I'd like to work out how to do it in linux and back up my dvd collection. any tips would be fantastic... rgds Frank PS, Has anyone tried the XMPS player??? it looks fantastic.. and apparently plays divx well... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx win vrs Lin
now my question is this... Is there a way of doing this in Linux?? and sure. only one program needed. top-quality results. one command and forget about it ( unless you want two-pass or three-pass encoding, which will need two or three commands ;o) www.mplayerhq.hu download mplayer, it will come with mencoder bundled. once you are up n running with mencoder, read their great docs. www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/ mencoder is a commandline utility, so make sure you read all there is to it before you start compressing movies. i use it currently to encode all my movies to DivX5 which makes it half the size with no quality loss. sometimes i can even enlarge the movie and still the resulting one is half the size. can it be scripted? not only is my linux server much faster (2100XP no need. it's one or two commands you will need. but if you really need it, you could make an alias for it.. athlon) but if it can be scripted, I can set and forget it.. start the process, and later come back and burn the movies to disk. Now that I know I can do it in windows, I'd like to work out how to do it in linux and back up my dvd collection. any tips would be fantastic... rgds Frank PS, Has anyone tried the XMPS player??? it looks fantastic.. and apparently plays divx well... hmm never needed anything other that mplayer. ;o) yea yea i'm mplayer fan. no doubt about that. ;oP Damian -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Divx output to TV network
I have a geforce3 graphica card with tv out. I have a domestic terestrial aerial to a TV/Amp/Splitter, which feeds signal to the various tv sets on our estabishment. Is there anyway that I can link the output of my tv-out graphics card to this tv/amp/splitter which feeds the tv sets with signal. I would like to be able to tune a spare channel on the tv sets to take this computer sourced output. Here is my diagramme. __ X aerial _ | | COMPUTER- TV/OUT | ___|_ TV AMP +SPLITTER | | Tv1---TV2 TV3 --TV4 etc. Hope the sending of this diagramme stays complete. Any suggestions welcomed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 04:56 am, John Richard Smith wrote: You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now this is no good you are saying? If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? Yes, tarball, as Mplayer's authors have strongly discouraged anyone making rpm's from their source (PLF use to). The latest (.90pre4) is at http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/homepage/just remember to compile with ./configure --disable-gcc-checking as the authors also have strong feelings about usin gcc-2.96, mistakenly thinking that all 2.96 versions are RedHat's. Best movie program ... imature authors. FWIW, I've noticed that some .avi's or .mpg's I have play fine usin the open source 'nv' driver, but fail miserably if I have the closed source secret evil unsecureable buggy half a$$ed binary only 'nvidia' driver enabled. El cheapo Abit Gef2, but I suspect also other cards, YMMV ; -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 16:05, you wrote: On Wednesday 05 June 2002 08:03 am, s wrote: On Wednesday 05 June 2002 08:51 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Ok I found mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm,but as soon as I start to recompile:- [root@localhost pk]# rpm --rebuild mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm Installing mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm error: failed build dependencies: So now I'm stuck. John I ain't never had any luck with plf's files. You're better off going to mplayer's site and download the tarball. jmo, -s I havt'a agree, at least for mplayer. While I always had better results with the PLF mplayer rpms, that has reversed since mplayer .60. FWIW, all the deps John listed are also at the PLF d/l site, but if IIRC I still had trouble getting the src.rpm to compile and produce a working player. I think that was with .90pre2 tho. So now I use the tarball ; -- I've lost the thread about changing my compiler version, which one do I have to have. John John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
Although there is a lot of talk that the version of gcc that comes with Mandrake works perfectly, I beg to differ. At least with mencoder and lame. Both are needed if you are planning of encoding DivX movies. As far as just playing films goes, yes, the --disable-gcc-checking works fine... but it was when I started trying to encode my own that things started going wrong. I wasn't getting sound, or was, but just hisses and buzzes, and mencoder wasn't functioning properly. After an install of the gcc 3.0.4 all the problems vanished and now it works perfectly ;-) On 7 Jun 2002, John McQuillen wrote: On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 23:00, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 05 June 2002 06:18 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I've lost the thread about changing my compiler version, which one do I have to have. John Type 'gcc --version' in a terminal. That'll probly return '2.96'. When Red Hat 7.0 was released, it had a real buggy 2.96 version. Mandrake's 2.96 is completely different. So to get around mplayer's authors rants about gcc 2.96, compile their source with ./configure --disable-gcc-checking make su (give root password) make install My experience with MPlayer is that it does not play avi's properly when compiled with gcc 2.96 (YMMV). Anyway, it can't hurt compiling with the developer's preferred kernel, can it? I could not aggree more. Yes I was also stubborn, but after hours of %$#^# around, I realised that there is no real cheat to this problem... just upgrade / downgrade. They would not put such an emphasis on it if it wasn't true. I compiled it using: ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gui --cc=gcc-3.0.4 make su (root password) make install And it works beautifully. Yeah, it sure does. It brought a whole new concept to the multimedia role of Linux I think. Finally a descent player that supports a LOT, is fast and very stable. It does take a lifetime to learn and keep up with the ever changing encoding properties, but it's woprth every minute of it =) Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Friday 07 June 2002 10:08 am, Ralph Slooten wrote: Although there is a lot of talk that the version of gcc that comes with Mandrake works perfectly, I beg to differ. At least with mencoder and lame. Both are needed if you are planning of encoding DivX movies. Beg all y'a want partner ;~ $ which mencoder /usr/local/bin/mencoder $ which lame /usr/bin/lame 'lame' came from 'notlame-3.91-3plf' (http://plf.zarb.org/) and can't be published for world wide legal reasons. ( See also http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/ ) 'mencoder' was _from_ the mplayer source. As to gcc 2.96, you're seriously misinformed. Google might be your friend, that or http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=642lang=en Sorry if the links don't work, this is _real_ old news ;p As far as just playing films goes, yes, the --disable-gcc-checking works fine... but it was when I started trying to encode my own that things started going wrong. After an install of the gcc 3.0.4 all the problems vanished and now it works perfectly ;-) Problems are best approached as USER, then hardware or software, mostly USER. As Charles mentioned in this (similar thread ?), I'd suggest only the strong of heart attempt usin anything but gcc 2.96 with current Mandrake distros (8.x). You will incur glibc and source problems. Current (sort'a stable) gcc is 3.1.1, and your kernel and libs (apps too) weren't made with it. Now all y'a gotta do is wonder what you did break believ'n mplayer author rants 'bout Red Hat's 2.96 -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Thursday 06 June 2002 03:38, you wrote: I've lost the thread about changing my compiler version, which one do I have to have. John John Richard Smith well, you can use any, but if you use Mandrake's default you will have to use an extra parameter no make the ./configure not check it. anyhow, they recommend 2.95, or any version 3.0.1 and above. your Mandrake CD's include a gcc version ( not installed by default ) that works fine. i think it's 3.0.4 or something. HTH Damian Well, I seem to have, gcc-cpp v2.96-0.76mdk gcc v2.96-0.76mdk gcc3.0 v3.0.4-2mdk (gnu compiler) gcc3.0-cpp v3.04-2mdk so any of these should be OK ? It doesn't seem to matter then that so many compiler versions are present at once, they don't get confused then ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Thursday 06 June 2002 06:59 am, John Richard Smith wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 03:38, you wrote: I've lost the thread about changing my compiler version, which one do I have to have. John John Richard Smith well, you can use any, but if you use Mandrake's default you will have to use an extra parameter no make the ./configure not check it. anyhow, they recommend 2.95, or any version 3.0.1 and above. your Mandrake CD's include a gcc version ( not installed by default ) that works fine. i think it's 3.0.4 or something. HTH Damian Well, I seem to have, gcc-cpp v2.96-0.76mdk gcc v2.96-0.76mdk gcc3.0 v3.0.4-2mdk (gnu compiler) gcc3.0-cpp v3.04-2mdk so any of these should be OK ? It doesn't seem to matter then that so many compiler versions are present at once, they don't get confused then ? John Why naw, it ain't gonna get confused. The default appears to be handled by a link in /etc/alternatives. Change the link to change the default compiler. Also many configure scripts allow you to specify which compiler to use with the switch --cc= (I think that's it, do a ./configure --help to get exact syntax). Shoot, just go for it and worry after you get an error (but that's just me: untar, read README INSTALL, then go for it!). using --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui --disable-runtime-cpudetection is my usual formula, that way I don't have to worry about it complaining or my risking the compiler by goofing with it. Anyway, someone should make a howto for this mplayer as there are sooo many questions about it here and in the ngs. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 06:24:46 -0500 s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I seem to have, gcc-cpp v2.96-0.76mdk gcc v2.96-0.76mdk gcc3.0 v3.0.4-2mdk (gnu compiler) gcc3.0-cpp v3.04-2mdk so any of these should be OK ? It doesn't seem to matter then that so many compiler versions are present at once, they don't get confused then ? John Why naw, it ain't gonna get confused. The default appears to be handled by a link in /etc/alternatives. Change the link to change the default compiler. Also many configure scripts allow you to specify which compiler to use with the switch --cc= (I think that's it, do a ./configure --help to get exact syntax). Shoot, just go for it and worry after you get an error (but that's just me: untar, read README INSTALL, then go for it!). using --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui --disable-runtime-cpudetection is my usual formula, that way I don't have to worry about it complaining or my risking the compiler by goofing with it. It is best to leave the default compiler set to that with which the kernel was compiled which in 8.2 was gcc-2.9.6 the mplayer build problem has been discussed numerous times. The aversion it has for 2.9.6 is because of RH using a pre 2.96 and calling it 2.9.6. This is not the case with mandrake so the --disable-gcc-checking option can be used without problem. Should you still prefer to do the build with gcc3.0 then; Open a terminal that you can set aside to be used for building with gcc3.0 su to root and enter # export CC=gcc-3.0.4 From that point, unless you install a new kernel any program built from That terminal will use gcc3.0 Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 06:18 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: I've lost the thread about changing my compiler version, which one do I have to have. John Type 'gcc --version' in a terminal. That'll probly return '2.96'. When Red Hat 7.0 was released, it had a real buggy 2.96 version. Mandrake's 2.96 is completely different. So to get around mplayer's authors rants about gcc 2.96, compile their source with ./configure --disable-gcc-checking make su (give root password) make install -- Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 00:07, you wrote: On PLF you can find mplayer-gui rpm, both compiled and source Smiley Ok I found mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm,but as soon as I start to recompile:- [root@localhost pk]# rpm --rebuild mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm Installing mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1.src.rpm error: failed build dependencies: libdvdread-devel is needed by mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1 SDL-devel is needed by mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1 divx4linux is needed by mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1 lame-devel is needed by mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1 libvorbis-devel is needed by mplayer-0.90pre4-fr1 [root@localhost pk]# Now there are lots of rpms with similar sounding names either installed or on LM8.2 distro discs but none are what is needed here. They all appear to be the wrong versions. So now I'm stuck. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 06:13, you wrote: I found a small DivX trailer file to download and got it to work with the linux DivX movie player. It would not work with Mplayer for some reason. The name of the file that I downloaded was: Contact.zip which when unzipped (linux extract prog)became two files Contact_movie.avi divx.log So far, I cannot find any sites to download full length movies,seems like this field needs a audiogalaxy type setup. Let me guess: You didn't intall the DivX codecs first, or download libavcodec to add the the tarball of Mplayer (CVS versions)? Otherwise it should have worked I guess.. in fact I know. Actually I have never seen a player that supports so many different file formats. DivX was just one of the main ones, and trust me... it DOES work great ;-) Ralph You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now this is no good you are saying? If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? Also, thank you all for your replies , there is certainly something to follow up here. thanks. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:56:29 +0100 John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 04 June 2002 06:13, you wrote: I found a small DivX trailer file to download and got it to work with the linux DivX movie player. It would not work with Mplayer for some reason. The name of the file that I downloaded was: Contact.zip which when unzipped (linux extract prog)became two files Contact_movie.avi divx.log So far, I cannot find any sites to download full length movies,seems like this field needs a audiogalaxy type setup. Let me guess: You didn't intall the DivX codecs first, or download libavcodec to add the the tarball of Mplayer (CVS versions)? Otherwise it should have worked I guess.. in fact I know. Actually I have never seen a player that supports so many different file formats. DivX was just one of the main ones, and trust me... it DOES work great ;-) Ralph You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now this is no good you are saying? If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? Also, thank you all for your replies , there is certainly something to follow up here. thanks. John OOooh yeah i remember Mandrake's Mplayer. yuck. it even doesn't look like the real Mplayer. well, you gan get the tarball for Mplayer at www.mplayerhq.hu dowload it and if you like a GUI remember to configure it with the --enable-gui switch. you can get an RPM in Penguin Liberation Front http://plf.zarb.org/ search for it there, you'll find it. However, i've notice a little performance decrease when i use the RPM version. compiling the source in your own machine gives the program better speed. HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 11:29, you wrote: You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now this is no good you are saying? If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? Also, thank you all for your replies , there is certainly something to follow up here. thanks. John OOooh yeah i remember Mandrake's Mplayer. yuck. it even doesn't look like the real Mplayer. well, you can get the tarball for Mplayer at www.mplayerhq.hu dowload it and if you like a GUI remember to configure it with the --enable-gui switch. you can get an RPM in Penguin Liberation Front http://plf.zarb.org/ search for it there, you'll find it. However, i've notice a little performance decrease when i use the RPM version. compiling the source in your own machine gives the program better speed. Damian Thanks Damian, Look, you obviously have tons more experience, than me, with this app. here is what I have been able to find so far. divx avifile-0.7.6-20020508.tgz avifile-utils-0.7.7-1.i386.rpm divx-player-installer/ avifile-0.7.7-1.i386.rpmavifile-utils-0.7.7-3.i386.rpm divx-player-installer.tar.gz avifile-0.7.7-20020523.tgz divx4linux-20011025.tgz libdivxdecore-0.4.7-3.i686.rpm avifile-0.7.7-3.i386.rpmdivx4linux-20020418/ libdivxdecore-devel-0.4.7-3.i686.rpm avifile-devel-0.7.7-1.i386.rpm divx4linux-20020418.tgz libdivxdecore-static-0.4.7-3.i686.rpm avifile-devel-0.7.7-3.i386.rpm divx4linux501-20020418.tgz rippers/ mplayer mplayer-0.50-20011101.2.src.rpm MPlayer-0.50-3.asp.src.rpm MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2 MPlayer-0.50-3.asp.i586.rpm MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2 vcd vcd-0.3.5-3mdk.i586.rpm vcd-0.3.5-3mdk.src.rpm rippers drip-0.6.7-dag.1.src.rpm Video-DVDRip-0.40.tar.gz Video-DVDRip-0.41_02.tar.gz Video-DVDRip-0.30-1mdk.i686.rpm Video-DVDRip-0.41_01.tar.gz Video-DVDRip-0.41_03.tar.gz -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
Yeah, I make my own RPM's for personal use, however I suggest you download the tarball and work on it from there. You should upgrade your GCC though, and I suggest to the gcc 3.0.4 which is on your Mandrake 8.2 CD's. The standard GCC is messed up I'm afraid, and although compiling everything (well almost) else causes no problems, 0.9.6 has quite a gew mmx / mxx / whatever... can't remember .. problems ;-) If I remember correctly I had to symlink /usr/bin/cc to /usr/bin/gcc afterwards, but if you are going to upgrade GCC, delete totally gcc-0.9.6 first, including the devel file. You can bypass this by using the --disable-gcc-checking, however if you want to use Mencoder properly with DivX, upgrade. I had the same problems with Lame (for MP3 audio in the films). At first it's a drag to do it all, but once you have it working you will realise why MPlayer stands at Number 1 on the Popular statistics on Freshmeat... even above the Linux Kernel ;-) If you run into big problems, first reffer to the documentation included in the tarball, and whatever you do, do NOT ask stupid questions on the MPlayer Mailing list... they have this great way of flaming people to a crisp ;-) I guess I can understand it to a point, as many questions get asked so many times though... and they do get tired answering the same questions over and over and over and over and over again... so maybe that's why their standard answer has become RTFM. Everything as I said is well documented, however if you descide not to replace GCC 0.9.6 with a later or earlier version, then don't even bother asking questions on their site =) Good luck and reading ;-) Greetings Ralph On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, John Richard Smith wrote: On Tuesday 04 June 2002 06:13, you wrote: I found a small DivX trailer file to download and got it to work with the linux DivX movie player. It would not work with Mplayer for some reason. The name of the file that I downloaded was: Contact.zip which when unzipped (linux extract prog)became two files Contact_movie.avi divx.log So far, I cannot find any sites to download full length movies,seems like this field needs a audiogalaxy type setup. Let me guess: You didn't intall the DivX codecs first, or download libavcodec to add the the tarball of Mplayer (CVS versions)? Otherwise it should have worked I guess.. in fact I know. Actually I have never seen a player that supports so many different file formats. DivX was just one of the main ones, and trust me... it DOES work great ;-) Ralph You are absolutely correct, I simply applied LM8.2's own Mplayer version which came with the distro which is Mplayer v 0.50-3asp . Now this is no good you are saying? If so which particular version would be better and does it have to be tar ball versions, are there no rpm 's that are just as good ? Also, thank you all for your replies , there is certainly something to follow up here. thanks. John -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
Thanks Damian, Look, you obviously have tons more experience, than me, with this app. dunno about tons, maybe a couple of pounds after spending a lot of time messing around with it. here is what I have been able to find so far. snip ..it didn't show when i looked for it under categories, but i ran a search for mplayer and found ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/PLD/current/dists/ra/PLD/i386/PLD/RPMS/mplayer-0.90pre4-2.i386.rpm however i was unable to find the 'gui' RPM i got from them the other day.. so this package will probably install the commandline version only. ( looks like they had to take the Mplayer RPMs off sight. as you may already know, Mplayer developers do not build/support/recommend/allow Mplayer precompiled binaries. ) at this point i should probably recommend you to download the source from mplayer's homepage and compile. it's the only way to know it will work. anyway, try this download and see if it works for you. post back if you encounter new problems or decide to compile from source, or if you can't find the right commands to make Mplayer work. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Tuesday 04 June 2002 12:18 pm, you wrote: however i was unable to find the 'gui' RPM i got from them the other day.. so this package will probably install the commandline version only. On Mplayers' site, they stay to download the source RPM and rebuild it to get a GUI via RPM Did you try the penguin site for a GUI version? Maybe they have one... -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
On Friday 31 May 2002 23:36, you wrote: DivX is not the same as the now defunct Circuit City DVD competitor wannabe Divx. DivX (also called DivX:), I believe it is) is a form of video compression. So no, you can not play your Circuit City Divx disc on Linux (or anywhere else for that matter). At least you have a nice Abyss coaster. ;) Vince I found a small DivX trailer file to download and got it to work with the linux DivX movie player. It would not work with Mplayer for some reason. The name of the file that I downloaded was: Contact.zip which when unzipped (linux extract prog)became two files Contact_movie.avi divx.log So far, I cannot find any sites to download full length movies,seems like this field needs a audiogalaxy type setup. However, I would like to know whether Linux has a programme to convert Commercial DVD format to the Divx format which as I understand it is MP4 which is easily written to CD by an ordinary writer.I just proved it to be the case with the abovementioned file. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
I've been to many sites trying to figure out if these old Divx movies can be played in Linux, but I can't seem to find a straight answer. Can they, or can't they? If so, how? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
By old Divx movies.. you are referring to DivX 3.x ? Yeah sure... afaik all players for linux that support DivX can play it well. I personally use MPlayer, which supports something like 50 different formats, including all versions of DivX (even the latest 5.something), asf, mpg and so on. There is a lot of documentation on their site and in the tarballs about how it works, so I won't waiste my time writing pages of repeated text ;-) Greetings Ralph On Fri, 31 May 2002, Miark wrote: I've been to many sites trying to figure out if these old Divx movies can be played in Linux, but I can't seem to find a straight answer. Can they, or can't they? If so, how? Miark -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Divx movies -- yes or no?!
DivX is not the same as the now defunct Circuit City DVD competitor wannabe Divx. DivX (also called DivX:), I believe it is) is a form of video compression. So no, you can not play your Circuit City Divx disc on Linux (or anywhere else for that matter). At least you have a nice Abyss coaster. ;) Vince On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 15:44, Miark wrote: Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: By old Divx movies.. you are referring to DivX 3.x ? I have _The_Abyss_ here. I dunno what version of Divx it is. This is the rental deal, mind you. Maybe that goes without saying. Yeah sure... afaik all players for linux that support DivX can play it well. I personally use MPlayer, which supports something like 50 different formats, including all versions of DivX (even the latest 5.something), asf, mpg and so on. It also has about 50 dependencies. I thought Xine was a pain in the ass. MPlayer is the pain-in-the-ass king of installations. There is a lot of documentation on their site and in the tarballs about how it works, so I won't waiste my time writing pages of repeated text ;-) What other players will read a divx movie rental? Miark On Fri, 31 May 2002, Miark wrote: I've been to many sites trying to figure out if these old Divx movies can be played in Linux, but I can't seem to find a straight answer. Can they, or can't they? If so, how? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Thu, 23 May 2002 01:48:10 -0400 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damian G said onto me: -- snip | |this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current |run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take | snip | |p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies | that you may find. ;o) -- Damian, I'd like to say that your explanation is one of the best explanations that I have heard. Right on the money, and very easy to understand. thanks very much.. ;o) But I wanna add something. The strength of the bond between the electrons and the atom (IIRC, proportional to the number of free electrons) is also a direct factor in determining resistance. e.g. 1 foot of rubber has exponentially more resistance than 1 foot of gold yep that's what i meant when y said and the place lacking electrons, and thus charged positively ) represents the 'medium' in which the current will travel. it can be air, wood, metal, water, or even void. but some materials are more resistent to this phenomena. that is, electrons need to be drawn by a greater force ( voltage ) to be able to run thru that medium. eventually, with enough voltage, electricity can run thru everything. i just didn't want to make it all too complex. ;o) also, i should add that resistance also depends on the width of that piece of material. for example, a wire with 0.2mm diameter and 1 inch long offers more resistance that a 1mm diameter, 1 inch long wire. this is because all the electrons, having the same negative charge, tend to be as far away from each others as possible. thus, an electric current traveling thru a wire only use the outer part of the conducting material. no electrons travel thru the center of it, and when the wire is thick, electrons don't repel themselves as much since the bigger section of the wire makes more space for electrons to get through. this is why a very thin wire causes electrons to 'crash' too often against the atoms of the wire, causing further resistance, increase in temperature and therefore sweat, meltdown, fire, explosions, fireworks, and eventually a new computer... you get the picture. better yet if you overclock your computer, this is what may be happening now inside your proc ;oP .. uhmm ok ok i'm drifting off, i better cut it off here. apologize to the people that may be thinking this is not the place to talk about this. Damian and remember: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 21:42, you wrote: Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the general tab and uncheck Check for new and Display splash screen... Close off divxPlayer .. and bob's your uncle, it should work now. At least it does here. I thin that the startup search for a new version is buggering up the whole program. Greetings Ralph I have my version on now. So what's the advantage then. Doesn't seem to play commercial DVD's. I guess you have to have these high compression mp3,sort of video files that the website speakes of. So where do you get them then. Is this a player for home camcorder type movies ? Someone fill me in please. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
ha! never guessed that such an innoculous qn can generate a discussion that delves into physics. anyway, thanks for all the answers. :) - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found Damian G said onto me: -- snip | |this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current |run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take | snip | |p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies | that you may find. ;o) -- Damian, I'd like to say that your explanation is one of the best explanations that I have heard. Right on the money, and very easy to understand. But I wanna add something. The strength of the bond between the electrons and the atom (IIRC, proportional to the number of free electrons) is also a direct factor in determining resistance. e.g. 1 foot of rubber has exponentially more resistance than 1 foot of gold -- °°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.5claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. On Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:36 +0800, Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. maybe someone can enlighten me? - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Broadband is for kids playing games. -- Richard Alston, Australian Federal Minister for IT and Communications, 2000. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Ohms is a name of the man that states (in one form) watts=volt x amps, in other words, in electrical troubleshooting, you use an Ohmmeter to discern the level of resistance ina circuit, (or area of a circuit). but I believe it is a play on the star trek Borg line of we are Borg, you will be assimulated, resistance is futile On Tuesday 21 May 2002 05:49 am, you wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. maybe someone can enlighten me? - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:36 +0800 Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. uhmm... physics. ;o) an electron is a tiny part of an atom that orbits around the atom's core and that is, so to speak, made of energy. it has a negative charge. if you split the atom from some of it's electrons, you get, in one hand, a bunch of electrons ( negative charge ) and on the other, an atom lacking electrons ( thus charged possitively ). opposed charges attract themselves. .. an electric current ( electricity ) is a stream of free electrons running thru a phisical medium. ...jumping from one place with a very negative charge to another with a more possitive charge. let's say the electrons you were holding in one hand will try to get back to the atom you got on the other... everything in between those two places ( the place full of electrons and negative charge and the place lacking electrons, and thus charged positively ) represents the 'medium' in which the current will travel. it can be air, wood, metal, water, or even void. but some materials are more resistent to this phenomena. that is, electrons need to be drawn by a greater force ( voltage ) to be able to run thru that medium. eventually, with enough voltage, electricity can run thru everything. this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take and is called, obviously, 'electrical resistance' and the unit for measuring electrical resistance is the Ohm. ( i.e. 150 meters of copper wire have a resistance of 10 Ohms. 1 meter of copper wire have a resistance of 0.1 Ohm.. and so on. ) now, if you take We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. Sridhar .. yeah yeah i know this isn't a physics list, but i lve physics. ;o) p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies that you may find. ;o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
the short version of this being, resistance to changing from a negative (other OS) to a positive (linux) depends on your path, and what that path goes through. :) On Tuesday 21 May 2002 20:53, Damian G opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: .. an electric current ( electricity ) is a stream of free electrons running thru a phisical medium. ...jumping from one place with a very negative charge to another with a more possitive charge. let's say the electrons you were holding in one hand will try to get back to the atom you got on the other... We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. -- Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open windows. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player
Hi there, On Mon, 20 May 2002, Brian Koppe wrote: Hey everyone, I just installed the DivX codec and player in ML 8.2. I ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any reference to divxPlayer anywhere? opened it once just to test it and it worked - I opened a movie, it began playing, etc. Now, I've just gone to watch a movie, and after I open it, it closes soon after. I tried to see what the error was by opening it through a terminal, and got this: /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer: line 6: 2240 Segmentation Fault /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer.bin $ Sounds like the film you are trying to open is not in actual fact a DivX film. I'm guessing that this is another file to the one you opened when testing the player? If it is the same one, then my guess is that the player is very buggy. Now, I don't know what any of this means - I don't know programming. Can anyone please help? Well, normally speaking I would say throw it away, and use MPlayer, however MPlayer is probably not exactly what you are looking for as it requires compiling and so on. If you get back to us as to which player (preferrably a download site / homepage) I can have a look for you. greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player
On Mon, 20 May 2002, D. Olson wrote: On Monday 20 May 2002 03:29 pm, you wrote: ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any reference to divxPlayer anywhere? Probably the one from divx.com. Oh right ;-) LOL ... looked everywhere except for there =) Well, I didn't expect them to actually create a player, considering the fact that they dropped all development of the Linux DivX codecs for all those months, and then for some unknown reason picked it up again. It segfaults a lot I hear. Sounds like the film you are trying to open is not in actual fact a DivX film. I'm guessing that this is another file to the one you opened when testing the player? If it is the same one, then my guess is that the player is very buggy. Segfaults? Well, normally speaking I would say throw it away, and use MPlayer, however MPlayer is probably not exactly what you are looking for as it requires compiling and so on. If you get back to us as to which player (preferrably a download site / homepage) I can have a look for you. MPlayer is nice. I totally aggree :-) Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player
Just worked out your problem... at least I know the cure, not the problem. Delete your ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file (in your home directory). I'm not sure why it does this, but it plays once great, but yes, when you start it up the second time, it segfaults just like you said. Annoying I know, but I don't know the solution either :-) Nice looking player though ... You will have to delete this file each time you start up the player :-/ Greetings Ralph On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ralph Slooten wrote: Hi there, On Mon, 20 May 2002, Brian Koppe wrote: Hey everyone, I just installed the DivX codec and player in ML 8.2. I ... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any reference to divxPlayer anywhere? opened it once just to test it and it worked - I opened a movie, it began playing, etc. Now, I've just gone to watch a movie, and after I open it, it closes soon after. I tried to see what the error was by opening it through a terminal, and got this: /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer: line 6: 2240 Segmentation Fault /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer.bin $ Sounds like the film you are trying to open is not in actual fact a DivX film. I'm guessing that this is another file to the one you opened when testing the player? If it is the same one, then my guess is that the player is very buggy. Now, I don't know what any of this means - I don't know programming. Can anyone please help? Well, normally speaking I would say throw it away, and use MPlayer, however MPlayer is probably not exactly what you are looking for as it requires compiling and so on. If you get back to us as to which player (preferrably a download site / homepage) I can have a look for you. greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the general tab and uncheck Check for new and Display splash screen... Close off divxPlayer .. and bob's your uncle, it should work now. At least it does here. I thin that the startup search for a new version is buggering up the whole program. Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player
... and player? What player do you mean? There are probably about 15 different player for Linux for DivX films, and I can't seem to find any reference to divxPlayer anywhere? Sorry, I thought I had been clear on this but I guess not. The player I'm speaking of is the The Playa, referred to in filenames as divxPlayer. You can find it on the official DivX website http://www.divx.com This is also where I got the codec for Linux from. Sounds like the film you are trying to open is not in actual fact a DivX film. I'm guessing that this is another file to the one you opened when testing the player? If it is the same one, then my guess is that the player is very buggy. As far as the file goes, I did not open the player and the file in the same command. When I tested it, I opened the player and then clicked the button to open a file, and chose the divx movie I wanted to view. At that point it worked just fine. When I went to actually WATCH a movie in it however, I opened the player, just like before, and was not able to click any buttons to open any movie, as it closed almost immediately after. Frankly, I know how to tell the difference between file formats, and I know how to compile just fine, but I like the official DivX player from divx.com. It ought to work, it HAS worked, and I know for a fact it works as one of my friends installed it on his Gentoo installation with no problems. My question really concerns the error message. I know the problem lies in there. There are two files in /usr/local/bin, one is called, simply, divxPlayer. The contents are as follows: #!/bin/sh BINDIR=/usr/local/bin DIVX_SKIN_DIR=/usr/local/divxPlayer/Skins; export DIVX_SKIN_DIR /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer.bin $ I believe the problem may lie somewhere in this script file. There is also a divxPlayer.bin in /usr/local/bin. If anyone would like to see that I can send it but I don't want to mail an attachement to the whole list. Thanks for your help! Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
No problem, just glad to help (at the cost of too many e-mails LOL). I'm really impressed with their player, although it does not support divx.subtitle files. I still choose mplayer as it's file support is huge, and it's stable. There is a huge amount of documentation on their site, and included in their tarballs. I do have RPM's self made for my mandrake, but it would be so much harder for you to install those as half of my system if running later versions of so many progams. I suggest to give it a shot. If you *only* need to play divX files, then maybe stick with divxplayer at it saves you a lot of effort for Mplayer, however if you have other formats you need to play (the list is too much to mention), go for mplayer. Chow Ralph On Mon, 20 May 2002, Brian Koppe wrote: Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Brian -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 04:59 pm, you wrote: Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Yeah, IMHO, Xine sucks. MPlayer is THE PLAYER. BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems Yeah, I know. That's where I took my signature from... a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. And yeah, I know that. I took science class back in public school and high school... And yeah, I know what Oulook's downfalls are... Don't you think it'd be kinda dumb for me to take a quote as my sig if I didn't understand it? LOL! But thanks anyhow! -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 06:32 pm, you wrote: ok, so i totally misread what you said. i blame lack of sleep due to an 8 month old.. :) *note to self, re-read everything before posting until you get a full night sleep. like when the kid is 7. :) Hehehe. No problems. :) -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx again ...
Have you tried Xine? On 4 Apr 2002, - addy [ISO-8859-1] däudsch - wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx again ...
still doesn't work , did as i am told cvs the libavcodec ... configure mplayer, and the configure file said that libavcodec is enabled now ... make and make install but still doesn't work ... some avi's goes even some divx but most of them make mplayer crash an my console freeze ... ara Xine can't handle my divx either Am Fre, 2002-04-05 um 16.05 schrieb Roger Sherman: Have you tried Xine? On 4 Apr 2002, - addy [ISO-8859-1] däudsch - wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... -- peace, Rog registered linux user #190719 ICQ #56469198 http://www.toddstheory.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] divx again ...
good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx again ...
On 04 Apr 2002 19:56:33 +0200, - addy däudsch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... There are instructions on how to get Divx5 working on the MPlayer site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/). Here's what it says: DivX5 - MPlayer supports it in two ways: by using the official libdivxdecore.so binary library available at avifile.sf.net, or by using the well-known libavcodec. The latter is the recommended for its speed, simplicity and stability ! Neither of them supports encoding currently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan In short: just say NO TO DRUGS, and maybe you won't end up like the Hurd people. -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx again ...
El jue, 04-04-2002 a las 21:33, Sridhar Dhanapalan escribió: On 04 Apr 2002 19:56:33 +0200, - addy däudsch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... There are instructions on how to get Divx5 working on the MPlayer site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/). Here's what it says: DivX5 - MPlayer supports it in two ways: by using the official libdivxdecore.so binary library available at avifile.sf.net, or by using the well-known libavcodec. The latter is the recommended for its speed, simplicity and stability ! Neither of them supports encoding currently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan yeah, but latest MPlayer snapshot is very buggy, i've recently joined the MPlayer mailing list, and there are tons of bug reports being teken care of. i did an install myself and i can't even open it if i use the -framedrop parameter. just segfaults all over the place. wouldn't be too strange if an older version worked better for addy. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
AW: [newbie] divx again ...
¨thx alot ! should read more carefully : blame on me ! so will try with the other lib , and btw : until now mplayer looks very fine , got no problem , except that o can't view one of the skins it freezes , but that's all -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Damian Gesendet: Freitag, 5. April 2002 05:37 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] divx again ... El jue, 04-04-2002 a las 21:33, Sridhar Dhanapalan escribió: On 04 Apr 2002 19:56:33 +0200, - addy däudsch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good eve to all of you a divx content question again i have mplayer , correctly installed . i can play mpeg 1/2 and normal avis w/o probs ... everything is working but i can't play divx ... i downloaded divx4linux50-20020304 from the divx.com site and installed it with root looked ok but if i play divx avi in mplayer onley the sound works :) help me ! ... There are instructions on how to get Divx5 working on the MPlayer site (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/). Here's what it says: DivX5 - MPlayer supports it in two ways: by using the official libdivxdecore.so binary library available at avifile.sf.net, or by using the well-known libavcodec. The latter is the recommended for its speed, simplicity and stability ! Neither of them supports encoding currently. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan yeah, but latest MPlayer snapshot is very buggy, i've recently joined the MPlayer mailing list, and there are tons of bug reports being teken care of. i did an install myself and i can't even open it if i use the -framedrop parameter. just segfaults all over the place. wouldn't be too strange if an older version worked better for addy. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx and THANX FOR ANOTHER GREAT DISTRO!
El mié, 20-03-2002 a las 20:14, Florian escribió: Hi im just trying mdk8.2 on a Gericom notebook (8.2 is the first ever to work here =) cause of X 4.2 im having a sis630 grafix chip) Its even accelerated, runs nicely. So first of all i have to say my impression is extremely positive GOOD JOB! But im having a little humhum howtodo... Thing is i have installed xine (my favoured player) and the rpms necesary from penguinliberationfront to play divx (d4d divx etc...) now xine plays mpgs very well but as soon as i try an avi (divx/opendivx) it turns just blue (the xine screen ofcourse, not like in winshit lol) now i dont have a dvd around to try if its the same but i assume it will be aswell the same bluescreen (i can hear the sound though) does anyone experience the same on a laptop with the sis630 chipset? Ill be happy about suggestions. Thx Florian well.. have you downloaded and installed divx codecs from www.divx.com ? maybe you should try another player? mplayer is working here with almost any single kind of video file with no problems. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx and THANX FOR ANOTHER GREAT DISTRO!
well.. have you downloaded and installed divx codecs from www.divx.com ? maybe you should try another player? mplayer is working here with almost any single kind of video file with no problems. Damian Really? I installed mplayer and it seems very buggy. It doesn't always play videos properly(sometimes I just get a blue screen), and it even locked up my display once. It said in the docs that it probly wouldn't run well when compiled with gcc2.96. What gcc did you use? Bill guess what! i used 2.96. never had any probs with it... i was even able to display movie files in text consoles ( you just gotta see that, displaying a movie using ascii art, just rocks! hehehe ) i guess the guys at mplayerhq.hu are a bit paranoid about it, but that's all anyway, i did have to download and compile from source the tarball for SDL since mplayer's configure script wouldn't find my original SDL installation. uhm.. i once found an mplayer RPM for mandrake, modified so it found all the necesary stuff, if you can find one, you'll probably never need another player again. Damian PS: i'm trying to find an RPM for 0.6.0 right now. if i find it i'll post the link here. see ya. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] divx
I need something that would play divx files. The divx site offers a codec for the xmps player, but I think it looks for xmps-0.2..., and mandrake only has xmps-0.1.3-6mdk.i586.rpm. Has anyone been able to get divx to play? Please help! Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
On Sunday 18 November 2001 04:29 pm, you wrote: that's divx.euro.ru, right? Anyway have you tried xine or mplayer? I've had some success with both. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Okay, I will try it. Thanks! :) Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
Yeah sure :-0 There are many programs that support DivX :-) . Personally I prefer MPlayer as it supports many other formats too, including mpg, avi, asf, DivX 3 and 4 ... and so on. On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, mnu wrote: I need something that would play divx files. The divx site offers a codec for the xmps player, but I think it looks for xmps-0.2..., and mandrake only has xmps-0.1.3-6mdk.i586.rpm. Has anyone been able to get divx to play? Please help! Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
there is also one i recently discovered that can use whatever open source format that is out there (and on ur hd) called gmerlin.sourceforge.net havent played muhc wiht it as i dont have many movie files or formats - Original Message - From: Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] divx Yeah sure :-0 There are many programs that support DivX :-) . Personally I prefer MPlayer as it supports many other formats too, including mpg, avi, asf, DivX 3 and 4 ... and so on. On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, mnu wrote: I need something that would play divx files. The divx site offers a codec for the xmps player, but I think it looks for xmps-0.2..., and mandrake only has xmps-0.1.3-6mdk.i586.rpm. Has anyone been able to get divx to play? Please help! Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
I tried to install mplayer, but it warns me about using gcc-2.96 (which is the gcc version that comes with mandrake 8.1). Has anyone experienced forcing an install anyway? Were there a lot of bugs? I'm willing to downgrade to 2.95.x if it will help, but I can't seem to find it. All the sites just seem to offer the full mandrake 7.2 iso :/ Meg On Sunday 18 November 2001 06:44 pm, you wrote: Yeah sure :-0 There are many programs that support DivX :-) . Personally I prefer MPlayer as it supports many other formats too, including mpg, avi, asf, DivX 3 and 4 ... and so on. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
On Sunday 18 November 2001 07:40 am, mnu wrote: I tried to install mplayer, but it warns me about using gcc-2.96 (which is the gcc version that comes with mandrake 8.1). Has anyone experienced forcing an install anyway? Were there a lot of bugs? The error you're getting is 'cause that src code is checking for RedHat's 2.96 and can't tell that Mandrake's 2.96 is a completely different animal. Mandrake version of mplayer is here mplayer-0.50-2mdk rpm (or src.rpm) http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ or if you do use the src (note from Mandrake rpm) Note: in order to run out-of-the-box on any pentium-class computer, all optimisations have been disabled. To achieve better performances, get the source package, remove all '--disable-xxx' lines in the configuration stage, and rebuild. or you can just use the vanilla src code, but use ./configure --disable-gcc-checking So you've got 3 choices, edit the heck out'a the src code, disable gcc checking, or just install the Mandrake rpm. I used the Mandrake src.rpm, works great :) -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
Hi... Can you tell me how do I make a divx from my DVDs in linux ??, please I don't know how do that, and I didn't find information about that a lot of thanks El Dom 18 Nov 2001 03:31, escribió: I need something that would play divx files. The divx site offers a codec for the xmps player, but I think it looks for xmps-0.2..., and mandrake only has xmps-0.1.3-6mdk.i586.rpm. Has anyone been able to get divx to play? Please help! Meg -- Usuario Registrado de Linux #232544 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
On Sunday 18 November 2001 09:44 pm, you wrote: The error you're getting is 'cause that src code is checking for RedHat's 2.96 and can't tell that Mandrake's 2.96 is a completely different animal. Mandrake version of mplayer is here mplayer-0.50-2mdk rpm (or src.rpm) http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ Hey, this is REALLY a big help!!! Thanks!!! I was tryng to compile it manually earlier, and it was giving me a big headache! Will try this now. Meg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
So you've got 3 choices, edit the heck out'a the src code, disable gcc checking, or just install the Mandrake rpm. I used the Mandrake src.rpm, works great :) For what it's worth, I had pretty decent results compiling with the --disable-gcc-checking switch. Of course, your mileage may vary, and the developers basically suggest you asked for it if you have problems. Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
The mplayer developers are rabid about gcc 2.96 being broken -- it isn't. Mplayer should work fine if you compile with gcc 2.96. Mandrake 8.1 comes with gcc 3.01 as well, which can be installed alongside gcc 2.96. If you have any difficulty compiling something with 2.96, try with 3.01. On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 20:40:01 +0800, mnu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to install mplayer, but it warns me about using gcc-2.96 (which is the gcc version that comes with mandrake 8.1). Has anyone experienced forcing an install anyway? Were there a lot of bugs? I'm willing to downgrade to 2.95.x if it will help, but I can't seem to find it. All the sites just seem to offer the full mandrake 7.2 iso :/ Meg On Sunday 18 November 2001 06:44 pm, you wrote: Yeah sure :-0 There are many programs that support DivX :-) . Personally I prefer MPlayer as it supports many other formats too, including mpg, avi, asf, DivX 3 and 4 ... and so on. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx
On Sunday 18 November 2001 01:30 pm, David E. Fox wrote: So you've got 3 choices, edit the heck out'a the src code, disable gcc checking, or just install the Mandrake rpm. I used the Mandrake src.rpm, works great :) For what it's worth, I had pretty decent results compiling with the --disable-gcc-checking switch. Of course, your mileage may vary, and the developers basically suggest you asked for it if you have problems. I had mplayer compiled from the tarball, but some files, .avi's in particular ran 'fast' and/or had poor picture quality. Some, not all. After getting rid of the src version and installing the Mandrake developers rpm, al my files run perfectly. As you say tho, YMMV. Generally when I can find a Mandrake rpm or src.rpm for an app I prefer to use it, rather than vanilla tarballs. It indicates, at least to me, that it (the src) has had the attention of the Mandrake developers, and installs to LSB standard locations that Mandrakes uses. IOW's I only use vanilla src as a last resort ;) -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] divx player
http://mplayer.dev.hu/homepage/ http://divx.euro.ru/ http://xmps.sourceforge.net/ On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 12:51, Willy Sutrisno wrote: Hi, I have a DIVX file, but I dont know to use which program to play it. Is there anyone can recommend me any good DIVX player. thanks -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] Divx
There's also aviplay. It's not as stable as MPlayer but have a look for yourself. You'll find it at http://divx.euro.ru/ Again, you have to compile it yourself. I had some problems using gcc2.96 but it's documented in the FAQ. There are some links to other players on the webpage too. Nico On Monday 04 June 2001 08:19, you wrote: On Monday 04 June 2001 12:50 am, you wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus You're going to have to read the readme and install doc that comes with it. It's not a simple 1-step process. However, follow the directions and it works. You may need to download some libs or something, but it'll let you know. I can't recall what all's involved, and would be too complicated to put in an email. It's documented really well, and the faq are always a good read with any app. It's the only one that's works (that I've tried). -s
Re: [newbie] Divx
On Monday 04 June 2001 12:50 am, you wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus You're going to have to read the readme and install doc that comes with it. It's not a simple 1-step process. However, follow the directions and it works. You may need to download some libs or something, but it'll let you know. I can't recall what all's involved, and would be too complicated to put in an email. It's documented really well, and the faq are always a good read with any app. It's the only one that's works (that I've tried). -s
Re: [newbie] Divx
I use AviPlay to play my DivX's. It is simple ti compile and even easier to use. On Monday 04 June 2001 01:50, Magnus Stenemo wrote: How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus -- Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Divx
How do I get mplayer to work in Mandrake 8.0? Or is there an other divxplayer?? running XFree 4 //Magnus
