[MPlayer-users] How to identify missing video-codec?

[Bernt Christandl]

Hello,

i'm using mplayer since years and from time to time i've upgraded
the version and the codecs up to now "...pre4" (or "pre7" my laptop)
Nevertheless i'm only an unexperienced user.

These days i see more and more *.mov cinema-trailers that do not
work with my "incarnation" of mplayer, e.g. from

http://www.moviemaze.de/media/trailer/2610/basic-instinct-neues-spiel-fuer-cath
erine-tramell.html

i can download and play the "left" trailers (in german) with the date from 
20. Feb 2006, but not the "right" ones (with the date from 9. Feb 2006)
When i try one of those mplayer starts (see below) complaining
that it can't find a useful video-codec, but it does find a useful
audio-codec...

My question is now: how can i find out which video-codec is missing
and even more, whether this missing codec is available for linux and
mplayer? (Isn't quicktime quicktime? Are there {many???} versions?)

Thanks,

Bernt Christandl

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Output of mplayer:

<user> 309 -> mplayer basic_instinct_2_h480.mov

MPlayer 1.0pre4-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Northwood 2795 MHz (Family: 8, Stepping: 4)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

Reading config file /usr/local/appl/MPlayer-1.0/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No 
such file or directory
Reading config file /afs/mpa/home/beb/.mplayer/config
Reading /afs/mpa/home/beb/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/afs/mpa/home/beb/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/appl/MPlayer-1.0/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/usr/local/appl/MPlayer-1.0/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such
file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Font /afs/mpa/home/beb/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (/dev/rtc should be readable by the 
user.)
Using usleep() timing
Could not access the 'termcap' data base.
Can't open input config file /afs/mpa/home/beb/.mplayer/input.conf: No such 
file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/appl/MPlayer-1.0/etc/mplayer/input.conf
: No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing basic_instinct_2_h480.mov.
ISO: File Type Major Brand: Original QuickTime
QuickTime/MOV file format detected.
--------------
MOV track #0: 557 chunks, 3337 samples
MOV: Found unknown movie atom avcC (43)!
MOV: Found unknown movie atom colr (18)!
Image size: 480 x 260 (24 bpp)
Display size: 480 x 260
Fourcc: avc1  Codec: 'H.264'
--------------
MOV track #1: 656 chunks, 5995 samples
Audio bits: 16  chans: 2  rate: 44100
Audio extra header: len=91  fcc=0x77617665
MOV: Found MPEG4 audio Elementary Stream Descriptor atom (51)!
Fourcc: mp4a
--------------
MOV track #2: 1 chunks, 0 samples
Generic track - not completly understood! (id: 2)
--------------
MOV: longest streams: A: #1 (5995 samples)  V: #0 (3337 samples)
Clip info:
 comments: Encoded and delivered by apple.com/trailers/
 copyright: © 2005,2006 Sony Pictures. All Rights Reserved
 name: Basic Instinct 2
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16000->176400 (128.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm:faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG2/MPEG4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1600x1200 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x31637661.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int 
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:         3.4  1.0% 0%   
Exiting... (Quit)

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