From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 9 18:37:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A1C37B7B8 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 18:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otter@otter.cc) Received: from otter.cc (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA27439; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 18:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <38F13074.74ECEE11@otter.cc> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 21:37:56 -0400 From: Otter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: markh@lon.imag.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MPEG player References: <00040920201100.00582@mymachine.imag.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Hendriks wrote: > > Hi > > I've been using mpeg_play from the ports collection, but there are two > problems: mpeg_play doesn't include sound, and mpeg_play tends to crash > when it encounters errors in the mpeg file. The last one is kind of > annoying, because whatever MS crapware people are using to create mpegs, > the files seem to have about a 50/50 chance of having an error. > > I found another player called xmpeg on a website, and it wasn't too hard > to get to compile on FreeBSD. Unfortunately, it always tells me that the > mpeg file I'm trying to play isn't a valid format. I assume that because > it's relatively old, it just doesn't recognise newer mpeg files. > > Does anyone know of any other mpeg players out there for which the source > code is available for Unix (any Unix)? Or mpeg players (with or without > source code) that run on Linux? > xanim kinda sucks too, so if you want video+sound, check out mpegtv (www.mpegtv.com) if you prefer a port, it's /usr/ports/graphics/mtv -Otter sig files available for an additional charge > Mark Hendriks > markh@lon.imag.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message