Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:11:58 -0700 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Cc: <sjg@eng-mail03.juniper.net> Subject: Viewing old video? alternative to xine? Message-ID: <11588.1758759118@eng-mail03>
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Hi, I'm having trouble playing some old video clips with xine-0.99.14_5 on 14.2-RELEASE-p1 kdenlive handles all of the below just fine, but I'm looking for a simple player to use to help catalog before editing. 30 year old analog PAL format video was converted/transferred to miniDV tapes about 20 years ago since imported via iMovie file(1) identifies it as: ISO Media, Apple QuickTime movie, Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT) xine sort of plays the audio, but no video appears. Original miniDV footage also imported via iMovie, file(1) identifies as: DIF (DV) movie file (NTSC) xine plays the video ok, but the audio is garbled, I can pick up a word or two, but not intelligible. Video copied from a Canon VIXIA HF S2000 (sd card) might have been imported via iMovie also identifies as: ISO Media, Apple QuickTime movie, Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT) xine displays only blank video and partial audio Video from various iPhones and Canon DSLRs (D7, D5) also identified as ISO Media, Apple QuickTime movie, Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT) xine plays just fine. iMovie edited videos xine plays the video ok but audio is garbage, echoes, gaps etc. I have tried playing with the various audio and video driver options listed by xine --help, but none seem to make any difference. Suggestions/clues most welcome. Thanks --sjghelp
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