Please test: mplayer 1.0 rc2

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:42:57 -0800
> From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin at gmail.com>
> 
> On Nov 7, 2007 10:02 PM, Kevin Downey <redchin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 7, 2007 8:25 PM, Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> wrote:
> > > > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:12:49 +0900
> > > > From: "Thomas Zander" <thomas.e.zander at googlemail.com>
> > > >
> > > > On 07/11/2007, Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 'acodec=aac' worked in the version now in ports, although that version
> > > > > failed to write the header with a floating point error. :-(
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean it has never been in a really useful state?
> > >
> > > No. It was working fine back in August and before. I only started
> > > getting the floating point errors recently. I "lost" acodec=aac in
> > > rc2. Since I didn't try making any mp4s for my iPod after August, I
> > > can't say exactly when it stopped working, but there have not been many
> > > updates since then. (BTW, I get the floating point error with ffmpeg, too.)
> > >
> > > Here is the info for one that was created on Aug. 23.
> > > Playing MP4/Test.mp4.
> > > Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
> > > ID_VIDEO_ID=0
> > > [mov] Video stream found, -vid 0
> > > ID_AUDIO_ID=1
> > > [mov] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> > > VIDEO:  [mp4v]  640x480  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
> > > ID_FILENAME=MP4/Test.mp4
> > > ID_DEMUXER=mov
> > > ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=mp4v
> > > ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=0
> > > ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=640
> > > ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
> > > ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.970
> > > ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
> > > ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=mp4a
> > > ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
> > > ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
> > > ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
> > > ID_LENGTH=199.80
> > > ==========================================================================
> > > Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> > > Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
> > > ==========================================================================
> > > ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffodivx
> > > ==========================================================================
> > > Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
> > > FAAD: compressed input bitrate missing, assuming 128kbit/s!
> > > AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
> > > ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=128000
> > > ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
> > > ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
> > > Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder)
> > > ==========================================================================
> > > AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> > > ID_AUDIO_CODEC=faad
> > >
> > > I usually update ports within a couple if days of entry into the ports
> > > tree, so the version Aug. 5 most likely worked. I will re-install it
> > > shortly.
> > > --
> > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> > > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> > > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> > > E-mail: oberman at es.net                  Phone: +1 510 486-8634
> > > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4  EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
> > >
> >
> > it is possible to have -oac faac and bypass lavc
> >
> > mencoder -oac help|grep faac
> >    faac     - FAAC AAC audio encoder
> >
> > but libfaac (/usr/ports/audio/faac) which every free encoder program
> > seems to use (mencoder, ffmpeg, vlc) stopped creating valid streams
> > for me sometime in the last month or two. Does not seem to be related.
> >
> 
> The current faac port is 1.26 and thats what gives me invalid aac
> streams (won't play in quicktime or mplayer). the previous version
> 1.25 does work and is usable with mencoder so you might try that
> instead of -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=faac
> 

Thanks! I just re-built faac 1.25 and acodec=aac works again, at least
for the version in ports. I'll have to re-build rc2 and see if it is any
different, but I don't imagine that it will be since it simply said that
it didn't recognize the aac argument for acodec.

Thanks again!
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4  EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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