On Saturday 24 March 2018 00:27:24 William Morder wrote: > On Friday 23 March 2018 09:03:17 Gene Heskett wrote: > > 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. :) > > In my opinion, it's not a good idea to open such links directly from > email; especially if you mean in a web browser, but I don't even like > opening links in an email client such as Kmail. I always save to hard > disk, then open with my preferred player. If it came from an unknown src, yes of course. But this was from my son, who is pretty savvy, and would not knowingly send me anything malicious. We once spent several hours trying to hack into each others computers. Despite his was a vista at the time, he had it locked up pretty good. He of course had no better luck getting into mine. > > Have you installed all necessary codecs? Pretty much but I'll check come local daylight... Changed things around, discovered that mplayer-gui, not mplayer, was required to even get it listed as a choice, installed some more codecs, but one demanded the removal of 90% of the system. Canceled that one. Thats an aptitude trick. I have never, regardless of package format, seen anything that could tear down a perfectly working system like aptitude can. But it still times out. Sigh. > I have only one video in .3g2 > format, and it plays in most players: mplayer, mpv, Dragon player, > etc. It also used to play in VLC, but that item has been problematic > in Jessie (not only for myself, but I've read about others having > problems). The recommendation (in the forums) is to use Wheezy repos, > but it sounds like you're already running Wheezy. Yes. And somewhat locked to it because that is the distro the current LinuxCNC is written to run on. I do have one oddball install, jessie on an r-py-3b, running an 11"x54" Sheldon lathe thats about 70 yo. > Besides deb-multimedia, there are some other third-party repositories > where you can find "other" packages. MEPIS and MX repositories make > packages available from Stretch, Jessie, Wheezy, and I think Sid, but > I would use their stuff sparingly, as they are a little funky. I used > it to find torbrowser for Jessie, and some packages to make OpenOffice > work (thus it is useful); however, it installed an older version of > xscreensaver by giving it a superficially "newer" version number. > Therefore: useful, but iffy. Someone mentioned kplayer, but I'm not running KDE, using TDE R14.0.5 which apparently doesn't have that. Theres been so many wrappers around mplayer its confusing. > I keep separate versions of sources.list (under different names), with > entries enabled for repositories where I can find specific packages; > then I can swap them out easily, then rename it to sources.list, and > copy it to /etc/apt/, then run sudo apt-get update. Once I am done, I > switch back and do the same, then save the package somewhere, so that > I can install it thereafter by using dpkg. > > Bill 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>