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
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> > >
> >
> > 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 very much!

I wonder if the mplayerhq folks have decided to pull faac from lavc
since identical code is available using either lavc or faac. It is
possible (likely) that the man pages are a bit behind the state of the
RC code.

In any case, I will modify my tools to use '-oac faac -faacopts ...'
-- 
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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