Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:07:11 +0200
From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl>
To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: Review gstreamer{,-plugins} + libmpeg2 updates
Message-ID: <1080670030.843.10.camel@heater.rainbow-runner.nl>
In-Reply-To: <1079319858.453.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 22:04 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 20:11, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:29:41PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 19:42, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> prompted the update of > > > > libmpeg2 port to version 0.4.0b > > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/63439) > > > > > > > > The update went just fine so I began testing ports depending > > > > on libmpeg2 to see if they worked fine with the new version. > > > > > > > > Well, gstreamer-plugins 0.6.4 broke but we were fortunate > > > > that a service release 0.6.5 addresses the libmpeg2 issue. I built > > > > the new gstreamer-plugin 0.6.5 just fine and took the liberty to > > > > update gstreamer to 0.6.5 as well. > > > > > > > > gstreamer-player built just fine, plays avi/divx files BUT > > > > it works weirdly with mpeg video files. Try playing one. > > > > > > Sounds like there may be some issues with the new libmpeg2 library. > > > What other libmpeg2 apps have you tested? > > > > According to what I could gather from gstreamer mailing lists, > > it seems to be something with the way gstreamer is scheduling the mpeg > > stream.... They're complaining about problems with Totem. I didn't > > test Totem but I can guarantee problems with gst-player. > > > > So it leaves us with the question: do we update libmpeg2 > > then upgrade gstreamer-* breaking gnome mpeg support? I'd rather > > hold on libmpeg2 update until we can guarantee gnome's functionality. > > > > And now, after a 'portupgrade -a', it seems I cannot reproduce > > the "problem". My gst-player simply won't work for anything instead of > > just breaking with mpeg. > > > > Anyway, take a look a let me know. > > I know GNOME works just fine with 0.6.5 so that's not a big deal. Any > word on the gst lists about libmpeg2 with gstreamer-0.7.6? If they work > together, I can commit the libmpeg2 update to my CVS repo, and bring it > in with GNOME 2.6 at the end of the month. > > Koop Mast is working on keeping the list of plug-ins up-to-date in > gst-0.7.x. I'll see if he would be interested in testing out the new > libmpeg2 and see how it behaves. > > Joe Almost all mpeg file I could find, and that is a diverce lot. I tested those mpeg's that gave very slow playback or wouldn't play at all on a 5.2-Current box which ran with the old libmpeg2 that is in the ports, and that gave the same result. So I'm pretty sure those are gstreamer issues. I tested it with gstreamer-player 0.8.0. Koop > > > > > > > > > > 1) The audio is out of sync and tempo > > > > 2) No image > > > > > > > > It might be something simple. I'll have time again for this > > > > tomorrow but you guys might have some solution before I do. > > > > > > Looks like the patches didn't come through on the list. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > Credits on these updates: > > > > > > > > - libmpeg2 to 0.4.0b from levi PR 63439 with small changes > > > > - Update both gstreamer{,-plugins} to 0.6.5 by lioux > > > > - Dependency fix in gstreamer-plugins from pseniura@techie.com > > > > <pseniura@techie.com> PR 59230 > > > > Patches available at: > > > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.libmpeg2.diff > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.gstreamer.diff > > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.gstreamer-plugins.diff > > > > Regards, > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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