From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 16:58:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD6A137B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:58:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from geekpunk.net (adsl-154-171-230.bna.bellsouth.net [68.154.171.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B2243F85 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:58:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h6PHPQbK081323; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:25:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h6PHPQSC081322; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:25:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:25:25 -0500 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Brian Reichert Message-ID: <20030725172525.GB79781@geekpunk.net> References: <20030725164649.GF297@numachi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030725164649.GF297@numachi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent mplayer port spinning? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:58:51 -0000 On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 12:46:49PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote: > > I _do_ want to open a PR on this, but I'm uncertain if if I should > just claim it's an mplayer issue, or should I do more research to > track what the point of failure it 'really' is, or just open a PR > describing my symptoms, as-is. FWIW, mplayer works great for me here. 554 taran:/home/bandix/media/video% uname -a FreeBSD taran 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #10: Tue Jul 22 01:21:11 CDT 2003 bandix@taran:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TARAN i386 555 taran:/home/bandix/media/video% pkg_info | grep mplayer mplayer-fonts-0.50 A font pack for the mplayer OSD and SUB mplayer-gtk-esound-0.90.0.110_2 High performance media player/encoder supporting many forma mplayer-skins-1.0.5_1 Skins for MPlayer's Graphical User Interface (GUI) mplayerplug-in-0.80 A Mozilla plugin for the MPlayer media player Perhaps you should try upgrading your system to 4.8. There should be no reason that the mplayer port won't compile and work on 4.7, but there may be a bogon hidden somewhere in the binaries you have installed that caused problems in the mplayer compile. It's almost always worth updating your system to the latest release before filing a bug report just to make certain that the bug has not already been fixed. Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net Pseudo-Random Googlism: beauty is breaking ground to the girl in the equivalent of a kansas cornfield retro progressive