[MPlayer-users] qtvideo codecs

[Sascha Sommer]

On Saturday 25 September 2004 04:47, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use -ovc qtvideo, but I'm getting some errors:
>
>  External func COMCTL32.dll:16
> External func COMCTL32.dll:17
> QuickTime6.3 DLLs found
> QuickTime.qts patched!!! old entry=0x6693c3e0
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> WARNING! Invalid Ptr handle!
>
> ### Searching for QuickTime plugins (*.qtx) at /usr/lib/codecs...
> ### FindNext: QuickTimeEssentials.qtx
> ### FindNext: BeHereiVideo.qtx
> ### FindNext: AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx
> ### FindNext: QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> theQuickTimeDispatcher catched -> 0x6693c3e0
> Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
> Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1  (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
> VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> Opening video filter: [scale]
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 4
> SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 4
> SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 1 -> 1
> SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
>
> SwScaler: BICUBIC scaler, from Planar YV12 to Packed YUY2 using MMX2
> Cannot find requested component
> FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
> VDecoder init failed :(
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Also, with qtvideo, how would I specify to use Sorensen 3 specifically?
>

Afaik it is hardcoded to svq3, but you are missing the encoder component, 
maybe it is not included in the quicktime6.3 dlls. Anyway you really 
shouldn't be using svq3. Use something more open. The qtvideo encoder was 
made just for fun and is not well tested at all.

Sascha