kand
9th December 2007, 21:03
Hello,
I am a newbie trying to create a windows based, one icon click jukebox using mplayer.
The idea :
My mummy is getting old and still would like to see her vacation slides, listen to her LP... But she doesn't feel like going through to all the mess of installing projector or pick a LP ... and when later when she gets to a retirement home, where will all that go ? I am thinking of taking a cheap portable PC, and make a "media player" out of it.
So I have numerized 1000's of slides and mp3'ed all her LP collection (long job, I tell you).
All the media icons (DVD drive, CD drive, MP3 for audio books, MU3, JPG picture folders) are on the desktop. When she clicks on one icon, the computer stops what was previously playing and start playing the new icon. Of course, on/off button starts and shuts off the PC, and mp3 player starts automaticaly at boot where it stopped last time.
The problem :
I am then now looking for the best mplayer "one fits it all command" for each media type :
== DVD
mplayer.exe dvd:// -dvd-device e: -fs -vo directx -alang fr,en -slang fr,en -dvd-speed 2700 -cache 10000 -monitoraspect 16:9 -nojoystick -nolirc
I think I got this one ok at last.
== AVI (95 % xvid) and VOB
mplayer.exe -nojoystick -vo directx -screenw 1280 -screenh 800 -vm -vf pp=h1/v1/dr -vfm ffmpeg -monitoraspect 16:9 -nojoystick -nolirc x:\xxx.avi
What is the trick to make mplayer command line the default player when she clicks on a AVI file (full screen, subtitles, screen aspect ration, etc ...) ?
== CD
mplayer.exe cdda:// -cache 10000 -nojoystick -nolirc
I have been unable to do anything with CD, it seems the windows version of mplayer won't play CD. Would someone confirm ? I guess it won't display cd text information too.
It is not that important has her collection has been mp3'ed, but if someone lend her a CD to listen to ...
== M3U
mplayer.exe -playlist x:\xxxx.m3u -shuffle -loop
This one was easy, but then I would like to :
- adjust sound level : I tried -af volume=01.1:0 but could not see much difference
- have of the file name or ID3 tag on the screen (good looking) so that she knows what is being played : I have not found anything yet about this feature. It seems to have to do with OSD but it seems I can't get any font right.
So right now, I use 1by1 a great little player that does the job perfectly.
== JPG
Well ... here I use artsee http://www.xworks.ca/artsee/ It is command line fully parametrable. So one click on the folder icon and here goes the slideshow ! But for tye beauty of it, would there be a solution with mplayer ?
Thanks in advance for your help in this quest.
I am a newbie trying to create a windows based, one icon click jukebox using mplayer.
The idea :
My mummy is getting old and still would like to see her vacation slides, listen to her LP... But she doesn't feel like going through to all the mess of installing projector or pick a LP ... and when later when she gets to a retirement home, where will all that go ? I am thinking of taking a cheap portable PC, and make a "media player" out of it.
So I have numerized 1000's of slides and mp3'ed all her LP collection (long job, I tell you).
All the media icons (DVD drive, CD drive, MP3 for audio books, MU3, JPG picture folders) are on the desktop. When she clicks on one icon, the computer stops what was previously playing and start playing the new icon. Of course, on/off button starts and shuts off the PC, and mp3 player starts automaticaly at boot where it stopped last time.
The problem :
I am then now looking for the best mplayer "one fits it all command" for each media type :
== DVD
mplayer.exe dvd:// -dvd-device e: -fs -vo directx -alang fr,en -slang fr,en -dvd-speed 2700 -cache 10000 -monitoraspect 16:9 -nojoystick -nolirc
I think I got this one ok at last.
== AVI (95 % xvid) and VOB
mplayer.exe -nojoystick -vo directx -screenw 1280 -screenh 800 -vm -vf pp=h1/v1/dr -vfm ffmpeg -monitoraspect 16:9 -nojoystick -nolirc x:\xxx.avi
What is the trick to make mplayer command line the default player when she clicks on a AVI file (full screen, subtitles, screen aspect ration, etc ...) ?
== CD
mplayer.exe cdda:// -cache 10000 -nojoystick -nolirc
I have been unable to do anything with CD, it seems the windows version of mplayer won't play CD. Would someone confirm ? I guess it won't display cd text information too.
It is not that important has her collection has been mp3'ed, but if someone lend her a CD to listen to ...
== M3U
mplayer.exe -playlist x:\xxxx.m3u -shuffle -loop
This one was easy, but then I would like to :
- adjust sound level : I tried -af volume=01.1:0 but could not see much difference
- have of the file name or ID3 tag on the screen (good looking) so that she knows what is being played : I have not found anything yet about this feature. It seems to have to do with OSD but it seems I can't get any font right.
So right now, I use 1by1 a great little player that does the job perfectly.
== JPG
Well ... here I use artsee http://www.xworks.ca/artsee/ It is command line fully parametrable. So one click on the folder icon and here goes the slideshow ! But for tye beauty of it, would there be a solution with mplayer ?
Thanks in advance for your help in this quest.