codecs for Linux

[O-pos]

anonymez, you're great guy, everything works now without problem. Thanks!

So, I think it's time to say goodbye Microsoft..

Is there eny way to emulate terminal with something else than gnome terminal? for example vim, emacs.. otherwise whole text is in black color and hard to find if you're looking for something..

how does one have to write period in terminal? I mean if I want to play movie die hard.avi, I have to write mplayer /../video/die hard.avi but it doesn't recognize period. however, if I rename "die hard" to "diehard", then it accepts diehard.avi in terminal. is there any symbol to use instead of " "?

[anonymez]

I mean if I want to play movie die hard.avi, I have to write mplayer /../video/die hard.avi but it doesn't recognize period. however, if I rename "die hard" to "diehard", then it accepts diehard.avi in terminal.

For paths/directories with spaces, wrap them in apostrophes, eg:

mplayer '/user/home/file.mkv'

Alternatively, you can just drag & drop any file into the terminal and it will automatically enter the path & file name.

Or just run gmplayer for a simple GUI

Or just right-click the file, Properties-->Open With. Set mplayer as the default command.

[O-pos]

Bad thing happened

I was watching various flv music videos and when I opened one of them there was no sound - no audio. I thought that maybe it was because of file and opened other files, which played well previously. Again no sound. Then I opened Rhythmbox and played mp3 files but there was no sound. There was no sound in Ubuntu at all. I checked the volume - it was on maximum. Then I restarted it few times - no results. Then I restarted to Windows and the sound was ok. Then I restarted again Ubuntu and no sound..

Maybe there was some modification in certaing audio settings without my approval wich I don't know?

[anonymez]

Don't think it had anything to do with installing mplayer or codecs. Try poking around in System-->Preferences-->Sound.

[O-pos]

I tried but doesn't work. in "sound events" and "music and movies" the default setting was "autodetect" I switched them manually to all available possibilities but without results.

[O-pos]

Oh, thanks god, I found the reason

the problem was in volume control: "PCM" volume was on 0.

So now eveything works very well, again

[O-pos]

I wanted that mplayer could also work the online embedded videos and installed mozilla plugin (in terminal: sudo apt get install mozilla-mplayer) and it didn't work and even the mplayer got old problems back like flv audio-video dissociations. I removed everything and installed mplayer again from that package you gave to me and it works fine, but where can I get the right plugin for mozilla?

[anonymez]

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

[O-pos]

my mplayer has strange problem with DVDs. If I take standard rent-DVD and try to play with mplayer, it doesn't play well. Instead, it gets very ugly pixels of ugly colors, and the sound is also accelerated/slurred.

 a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.106 ct: -0.036  14/ 14  0%  0% 38.1% 1 0 
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.276 ct: -0.044  24/ 24  0%  0% 23.0% 1 0 
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.170 ct: -0.048  25/ 25  0%  0% 60.3% 2 0 
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.228 ct: -0.030  38/ 38  0%  0% 39.8% 5 0 
a52: CRC check failed!  0.060 ct: -0.062  46/ 46  0%  0% 33.2% 5 0 
a52: error at resampling

one DVD didn't even work at all:

~$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer dev-SVN-r22974-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz (Family: 6, Model: 13, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
There are 13 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:927 ***
*** for vts_ptt_srpt->nr_of_srpts != 0 ***

libdvdread: Unable to read PTT search table.
libdvdread: Invalid title IFO (VTS_01_0.IFO).
Cannot open the IFO file for DVD title 1.
No stream found to handle url dvd://


Exiting... (End of file)

If anyone has an idea, that has to be you anonymez. what do you think the reason should be? something with encrypting and security issue?

[anonymez]

Looks like you need libdvdcss, which is not available in the official repositories due to legal issues. You can either compile yourself or get it from Medibuntu.

After running those commands, do a

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

and things should run fine.

[O-pos]

libdvdcss2 cannot be installed, I get following:

 $ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libdvdcss2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate
wacho@TecraA2:~$

Before that I did everyting as described without problems.

[O-pos]

OK, I downloaded and installed libdvdcss2, but from another site:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/12/04/libdvdcss2-and-w32codecs-for-ubuntu/

now, the DVD with following previous problems:

 

a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.106 ct: -0.036  14/ 14  0%  0% 38.1% 1 0 
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!  0.276 ct: -0.044  24/ 24  0%  0% 23.0% 1 0 
a52: error at resampling</pre>

works fine.

Another DVD still doesn't work, this time showing in the terminal following:

$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer dev-SVN-r22974-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz (Family: 6, Model: 13, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
There are 13 titles on this DVD.
There are 1 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000139
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x00021308
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x00021346
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB at 0x0003a9db
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_03_1.VOB at 0x003a7c24
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 3 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (stereo) language: unknown aid: 128.
number of audio channels on disk: 1.
number of subtitles on disk: 0
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.000 fps  8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 224.0 kbit/14.58% (ratio: 28000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12 
A:   0.4 V:   0.3 A-V:  0.058 ct:  0.008   2/  2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 

Exiting... (End of file)

[anonymez]

Do the region settings of the drive & discs match?

[O-pos]

I don't know. how can I find that out? at this moment this is the only DVD which makes problems. All the other encrypted DVDs work well.

[O-pos]

There was problem with another DVD: audio - video dissociation, freezing, premature playback termination:

*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x05
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x06
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04
*** Zero check failed in ifo_read.c:618
    for cell_position[i].zero_1 = 0x04

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x000005e0
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x0001b9d3
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0003de69
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_0.VOB at 0x003a6556
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_93_0.VOB at 0x003f2dfc
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_93_1.VOB at 0x003f2f14
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_94_0.VOB at 0x003f30aa
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_94_1.VOB at 0x003f31c2
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_95_0.VOB at 0x003f3358
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_95_1.VOB at 0x003f3470
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_96_0.VOB at 0x003f3606
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_96_1.VOB at 0x003f371e
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_97_0.VOB at 0x003f38b4
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_97_1.VOB at 0x003f39cc
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_98_0.VOB at 0x003f3b62
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_98_1.VOB at 0x003f3c7a
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_99_0.VOB at 0x003f3e10
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_99_1.VOB at 0x003f3f28
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 99 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (5.1) language: en aid: 128.
audio stream: 1 format: ac3 (5.1) language: de aid: 129.
number of audio channels on disk: 2.
subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: en
subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: de
subtitle ( sid ): 2 language: tr
number of subtitles on disk: 3
Selected DVD subtitle channel: 0 language: en
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 3)  25.000 fps  9800.0 kbps (1225.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/29.17% (ratio: 56000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 
A:  27.1 V:  24.5 A-V:  2.574 ct:  2.515 733/733 11%  1%  1.6% 0 0 

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: decode_audio