[MPlayer-users] Missing AVI video stream

[Francois Visagie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu 
> [mailto:mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu] On Behalf Of Alex Waterman
> Sent: 26 June 2006 16:08
> To: MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Missing AVI video stream
> 
> >
> > How is that file encoded? Are you sure no other players render it 
> > properly?
> > The reason I ask is that I get exactly the same behaviour trying to 
> > play a DV type 1 (interleaved) file with mplayer (no audio either; 
> > mplayer exits after printing the above message).
> 
> 
> The container format is avi, but I do not know what type of 
> encoding it uses; is there a way to determine that?

I use a little Windows program called DVDate - it provides information about
AVI files, specifically DV AVI files, and does some other things.

> However, when I convert the file to DV
> > type 2 (traditional audio and video streams), mplayer plays 
> it properly.
> > Mplayer doesn't support DV type 1 if I understand correctly.
> >
> 
> Do you use mencoder to convert the file? If you could you 
> tell me what options you mass mencoder?

Seeing that mplayer can't read that format, I doubt that mencoder could - I
haven't even tried. I use DVDate for conversion too.

If you're using a different operating system, look around for a similar
utility or ask the author Paul Glagla at paul.glagla at free.fr or
http://paul.glagla.free.fr/index_en.htm if he has any suggestions.

Regards,
Francois





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