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Re: [trinity-users] what can I do, uptodare wheezy, to play video3gpp2950.3g2, which claims its an mpeg4

From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:11:13 -0400
On Thursday 22 March 2018 21:53:38 Kate Draven wrote:

> > Greetings;
> >
> > One of my boys sent me this video, video3gpp2950.3g2, claims to be
> > an mpeg4, to show what it is he is doing on a new job, which is
> > fixing up the damaged electricals after all these nor-easters.
> >
> > The menu system says noatun, when I click on it in kmail, but its
> > not even opening a work window when noatun is entered in a terminal
> > window or clicked on in the menu. And no errors are returned in that
> > terminal window.
> >
> > tde 14.0.5, up to date debian 32 bit wheezy.
> >
> > Ideas to check?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-
>
> Try mplayer. It can usually play everything.
>
> Kate
>
Sorry Kate. After changing the video/mpeg4 from noatun to mplayer, it 
does fire off mplayer, but apparently something is missing there too, as 
all I get is 30 seconds worth of the bouncing curser.  And no error 
logged anyplace.

Next?

Thanks.

-- 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>