[sclug] World's first Open movie released

[Jonathan H N Chin]

john at stumbles.org.uk wrote:
> OK but what do you play it on? (I'm on Debian Sarge/stable)
> 
> [g]mplayer plays the video but says:
> 
> alsa-init: no soundcards found: Success
> Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
> Audio: no sound


I'd try compiling your own debian package from source:

	http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Do './configure --help' to get an idea of the compile options.
Then tweak the configure line in debian/rules if you want.

When you do "debuild binary", ctrl-c out after it prints the
enabled/disabled list. Read the docs and hunt down anything that's
missing that you think you might want. At least liba52 and
ffmpeg/libavcodec, I suspect. Then do "debuild clean; debuild binary".

Install windows codecs before you try to build, or by default it
won't find them. Don't think they're needed for this file though.

I downloaded the first 2MB of the ED file and, with the version
of mplayer installed on my machine, I got:

	$ mplayer ED_1024.avi
	MPlayer dev-CVS-060410-16:27-4.0.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
	CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10)
	CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
	Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE



	91 audio & 208 video codecs
	Playing ED_1024.avi.
	Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   
	AVI file format detected.
	AVI: ODML: Building odml index (2 superindexchunks)
	AVI: ODML: Broken (incomplete?) file detected. Will use traditional index
	VIDEO:  [DIVX]  1024x576  24bpp  24.000 fps  5005.4 kbps (611.0 kbyte/s)
	Clip info:
 	Software: AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.5, Apr  5 2006  18:41:17
	SUB: Could not determine file format
	==========================================================================
	Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
	Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
	AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  448.0 kbit/s
	Using MMX optimized resampler
	AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/29.17% (ratio: 56000->192000)
	Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
	==========================================================================
	xscreensaver_disable: xscreensaver wid=25190749.
	==========================================================================
	Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
	Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
	==========================================================================
	AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
	Starting playback...
	VDec: vo config request - 1024 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
	VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
	Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
	VO: [xv] 1024x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 



-jonathan

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