From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 15 11:41:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (mailhop1-1.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E382737B9C8 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 11:41:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dheller1@rochester.rr.com) Received: from mailout1.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.146]) by mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:38:09 -0400 Received: from rochester.rr.com ([24.24.34.106]) by mailout1.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:41:18 -0400 Message-ID: <38F8B7C4.2E6CF235@rochester.rr.com> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:41:08 -0400 From: David Heller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE 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=x-user-defined 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? > > Mark Hendriks > markh@lon.imag.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Try mtvp, download the BSDI version from http://www.mpegtv.com The version in the ports collection is the linux version which does not always work correctly under Linux Emulation. Regards, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message