[MPlayer-users] SP5X_32 codec - same "Error decompressing frame"

[Mike Holland]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, flier wrote:

> is sp5x_32.dll supported with mplayer ? I tried copying it to
> /usr/lib/win32 but I get this error:
> Error decompressing frame, err=-2
> Error decompressing frame, err=-224%
> and many more of these...

I'm having the same problem. My avis are from the BenQ DC1300 camera.
'flier' - are yours from the Aiptek? Have you got it talking to Linux?

What is the best way to convert these to something mplayer can handle?

The codec sp5x_32.dll (131072 bytes) is the latest from the BenQ website,
and the same as in the w32codec-0.90 bundle.

Georg Brand also asked about this in September.
Has the codec ever worked in mplayer? It is included. Will an older
version of mplayer or the codec do it?

In /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf:

  videocodec sp5x
  info "SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam"
  status working
  fourcc SP53,SP54,SP55,SP56,SP57,SP58
  driver vfw
  dll "sp5x_32.dll"
  out BGR24,BGR15


> Here is some more output from mplayer:
> VIDEO:  [SP54]  320x240  12bpp  9.97 fps  1002.0 kbps (122.3 kbyte/s)
> Loading codec DLL: 'sp5x_32.dll'
> Loaded DLL driver sp5x_32.dll
> VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Packed YUY2)
> Selected video codec: [sp5x] vfm:vfw (SP5x codec - used by Aiptek
> MegaCam)
> 
> -flier
> 
> 

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