On Friday 23 March 2018 04:56:58 Greg Madden wrote: > On Friday 23 March 2018 12:30:17 am Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 23 March 2018 04:13:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 23 March 2018 03:37:24 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Friday 23 March 2018 03:16:52 deloptes wrote: > > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > what is the output of mplayer when you run it from the command > > > > > line? > > > > > > > > > > mplayer <filename> > > > > > > > > Had to save it from the mail, but > > > > > > > > gene@coyote:~/Public$ mplayer ./video3gpp2950.3g2 > > > > mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: > > > > libdvdnavmini.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file > > > > or directory > > > > > > > > See my prev msg. > > snip > > > > Re: [solved] mplayer2 fails to load libraries > > > > > > I had just done a dist-upgrade in Sid and got the mplayer error. > > > Package libdvdnav4 was installed but libdvdnav.so.4.1.2 not > > > in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu! > > > So I copied the symlink and the lib from the deb... > > > And then did ln -s libdvdnav.so.4.1.2 libdvdnavmini.so.4 > > > and mplayer was back... > > > > > > But my copy of it is in the /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu subdir. > > > > > > I'll give this a try. > > > > > > And I think it works, the *.* version plays something, but it > > > wasn't the saved file. Clicking on the file in kmail gets me a > > > requester or 3 complaining about the skin, and eventually fails > > > w/o playing the targeted file from a kmail click on the > > > attachment. > > > > > > But the saved file does play, so the "skin" error seems to be the > > > thing now. > > > > And the /home/gene/Desktop/wmplayer.Desktop appears to have been > > overwritten by PlaysonLinux. After installing it, it didn't work, so > > I figured the whole thing was duff although not a peep out of > > clamscan. > > > > But how best to restore that file? > > > > The bad file has been there long enough that the good one has aged > > out of my amanda backups already. > > Don't know, some thoughts or $.02 worth/ > > Seems to be Windows Media file, MP4 is the container I think the .3g2 > is the WM part. > > wmplayer=Windows Media player? Probably. > Play on Linux is Wine, (POL) > w9ndows Media player probably works with POL and/or wine. > I'd assume so, but my wine is elderly, and my cross-something is even older. > Handbrake claims to transcode any format, I use it on my DVD > collection..works great. The .3g2 does play now if its saved as a file, but not if clicked on while still part of an email. Seems like I must invent a better linkage recipe. For that I'd obviously need help, hint hint. :) > greg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting -- 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>