No sound in mplayer....sometimes

LinuxHippy · #1 24th August 2004, 02:16 AM

I've noticed that with some Quicktime .mov files that I cannot hear the sound. Other .mov files play ok. Is there a way to get mplayer to play Quicktime sounds from the command line?

imdeemvp · #2 24th August 2004, 02:19 AM

are they .wav files?

AliOop · #3 24th August 2004, 06:34 AM

Been waiting for this question. I don't have any sound on .mov files. I'll lurk and see what comes up.

LinuxHippy · #4 24th August 2004, 07:37 PM

They aren't wav files...they're mov files that are Quicktime Movie Trailers that I save to my harddrive.

AliOop · #5 24th August 2004, 08:07 PM

Yes, at the Apple Movie Trailers site, I can view the video but get no sound. What's the answer to this problem.?

ghaefb · #6 24th August 2004, 08:29 PM

Read here -> http://ghaefb.fedorausers.org/howto01.html#codecs

LinuxHippy · #7 25th August 2004, 12:57 AM

Tried adding the codecs library, but no sound (still plays video) and a long error readout:

[linuxhippy@localhost linuxhippy]$ mplayer spider-man_2_us_u240.mov
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner 1883 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/linuxhippy/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/linuxhippy/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/linuxhippy/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /home/linuxhippy/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/linuxhippy/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0

Playing spider-man_2_us_u240.mov.
Cache fill: 9.38% (786432 bytes) QuickTime/MOV file format detected.
Compressed header uses zlib algo!
Compressed header size: 8623 / 15116
--------------
MOV track #0: 2 chunks, 2 samples
Generic track - not completely understood! (id: 0)
--------------
MOV track #1: 608 chunks, 1219 samples
MOV: Found unknown movie atom SMI (21)!
Image size: 240 x 128 (24 bpp)
Display size: 240 x 128
Fourcc: SVQ3 Codec: 'Sorenson Video 3'
--------------
MOV track #2: 305 chunks, 0 samples
Audio bits: 16 chans: 1 rate: 22050
Audio extra header: len=92 fcc=0x77617665
MOV: Found unknown audio atom Fourcc: QDM2
--------------
MOV: longest streams: A: #2 (305 samples) V: #1 (1219 samples)
Clip info:
copyright: 2003 Sony Pictures
name: Spider-Man 2
encoder: Made with LiveStage Pro
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [qtaudio] QuickTime Audio Decoder
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: qtmlClient.dll, /usr/lib/win32/qtmlClient.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/qtmlClient.dll
failed loading dll
ADecoder preinit failed

ADecoder init failed

Cannot find codec for audio format 0x324D4451.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
================================================== ========================
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#xv!
See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffsvq3] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3 (SVQ3))
================================================== ========================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 240 x 128 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [x11] 240x128 => 240x128 Planar YV12
SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> BGR 32-bit special converter
V: 19.1 154 7% 5% 0.0% 0 0 59%

Any ideas??

sp00ky · #8 25th August 2004, 08:09 AM

I had the same problem with MOV files. Maybe you have installed the codecs in the wrong folder! In the howto from Ghaefb they use

Code:

/usr/local/lib/codecs/

BUT you'll need to install in

Code:

/usr/lib/win32/

your error: Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: qtmlClient.dll, /usr/lib/win32/qtmlClient.dll

I use this package http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...040809.tar.bz2 and it works fine with MOV Files!

Harryc · #9 25th August 2004, 02:25 PM

Are you the same spOOky that used to hang out at AMDMB forums? If so..hey, good to see you here

. If not, disregard.

LinuxHippy · #10 25th August 2004, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sp00ky

I had the same problem with MOV files. Maybe you have installed the codecs in the wrong folder! In the howto from Ghaefb they use

Code:

/usr/local/lib/codecs/

BUT you'll need to install in

Code:

/usr/lib/win32/

your error: Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: qtmlClient.dll, /usr/lib/win32/qtmlClient.dll

I use this package http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...040809.tar.bz2 and it works fine with MOV Files!

sounds good! Thanx for the help-I'll try this when I'm at my Linux box....but it sounds like it will work.

ghaefb · #11 25th August 2004, 03:15 PM

From MPlayer README file (CVS Mplayer-20040816):

Quote:

_______________________________
STEP2: Installing Binary Codecs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video
formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo
and QuickTime audio formats. Support for Windows Media formats except WMV9
exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is not
mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of
formats. Please note that most codecs only work on Intel x86 compatible PCs.

Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer
will find them. The default directory is /usr/local/lib/codecs/ (it used to be
/usr/local/lib/win32 in the past, this also works) but you can change that to
something else by using the '--with-codecsdir=DIR' option when you run
'./configure'.

You can see that default codecs directory is /usr/local/lib/codecs/

I guess some MPlayer versions(pre5) are using /usr/lib/win32 directory...

LinuxHippy · #12 25th August 2004, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sp00ky

I had the same problem with MOV files. Maybe you have installed the codecs in the wrong folder! In the howto from Ghaefb they use

Code:

/usr/local/lib/codecs/

BUT you'll need to install in

Code:

/usr/lib/win32/

your error: Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: qtmlClient.dll, /usr/lib/win32/qtmlClient.dll

I use this package http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...040809.tar.bz2 and it works fine with MOV Files!

That was it!! Put the codecs library into that win32 directory and then execute mplayer trailer.mov to play your trailer. Thanx spOOky!!

cindym003 · #13 24th September 2004, 04:37 PM

I put the codecs from ghaefb.fedorausers.org( the tar called 'all-20040706') into both /usr/local/lib/codecs/ and /usr/local/lib/win32/ and mplayer still can't find the audio for quicktime. I've rebooted. I'm in Fedora Core 2, I've updated everthing. By the way, I already had Mplayer installed. How does it know to look there? Cindy

ghaefb · #14 26th September 2004, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cindym003

I put the codecs from ghaefb.fedorausers.org( the tar called 'all-20040706') into both /usr/local/lib/codecs/ and /usr/local/lib/win32/ and mplayer still can't find the audio for quicktime. I've rebooted. I'm in Fedora Core 2, I've updated everthing. By the way, I already had Mplayer installed. How does it know to look there? Cindy

Which version of MPlayer are you using? How did you install?
I had a similar problem...
I compile MPlayer from source. I realized that I needed to copy codecs in the /usr/local/lib/codecs directory and recompile MPlayer. Only then MPlayer used the codecs in that directory.
So: first copy codecs in directory and then compile.
You don't need to reboot your computer if you make codecs changes.
Mplayer automatically check for codecs in dir.

cindym003 · #15 27th September 2004, 05:22 PM

Thank you for responding. I downloaded Mplayer the easy way - with Yum. I searched and found /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix.
I moved the codecs there, but Mplayer still said that it could not find the audio codecs. I'll install from source if I have to.
Cindy