HDV 720p25 / Blackmagic 10bit

[Jan Catrysse]

Hi,

I am using FreeBSD and mencoder to do batch video postprocessing.

Apparently mencoder can’t handle the HDV 720p25 files from our JVC camera’s or the BlackMagic 10bit uncompressed files we‘ve captured from tape…

How can I read HDV 720p25 or BlackMagic files with mencoder and FreeBSD, Linux?

Thanks,
Jan

[nm]

Apparently mencoder can’t handle the HDV 720p25 files from our JVC camera’s
I think those are pretty standard MPEG-2 stuff, so they should work fine. Do you use the latest MPlayer/MEncoder SVN version (if not, you should)? Copy the complete output of "mplayer -v -vo null -nosound" trying to play one of those files and paste it here. Or do they play fine and there is some MEncoder-specific problem (a log will help with that too)?

or the BlackMagic 10bit uncompressed files we‘ve captured from tape…
You seem to be in luck since others have just done the work for you (if you can use w32 VFW codecs on your FreeBSD box): http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2008-February/071810.html

[Jan Catrysse]

Thank you for the advice.
I don't really know if my system can handle win32 VFW codecs. Is this a mencoder compile option or a completely seperate thing? Where can I find more on that subject? I'll try Google anyhow ;-)

This is the output of the "mplayer -v -vo null -nosound" command:
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-png --enable-menu --disable-faad-external --disable-vidix-external --disable-tv-v4l1 --disable-tv-v4l2 --disable-dvdnav --disable-dvdread --disable-ssse3 --disable-faac --disable-twolame --disable-mencoder --disable-mad --disable-libdv --disable-x264 --disable-tremor-internal --disable-tremor-external --disable-theora --disable-musepack --enable-libdca --enable-speex --disable-xanim --disable-live --disable-xmms --disable-jack --disable-nas --disable-openal --disable-smb --disable-fribidi --disable-cdparanoia --disable-libcdio --disable-ladspa --disable-liblzo --enable-runtime-cpudetection --disable-win32dll --disable-qtx --enable-real --realcodecsdir=/usr/local/lib/win32 --enable-gui --with-extraincdir=/usr/local/include/freetype2 --enable-freetype --disable-rtc --disable-arts --disable-caca --disable-lirc --disable-sdl --disable-svga --disable-aa --disable-esd --disable-joystick --x-libraries=/usr/local/lib --x-includes=/usr/local/include --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --build=amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0
CommandLine: '-v' '-vo' 'null' '-nosound' 'wawa test hdv.mov'
init_freetype
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/root/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/root/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
get_path('wawa test hdv.mov.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/wawa test hdv.mov.conf'

Playing wawa test hdv.mov.
get_path('sub/') -> '/root/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 111814860 bytes
STREAM: [file] wawa test hdv.mov
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
LAVF_check: QuickTime/MPEG4/Motion JPEG 2000 format
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename wawa test hdv.mov ext: .mov
Trying demuxer 7 based on filename extension
Checking for MOV
ISO: File Type Major Brand: Original QuickTime
ISO: File Type Minor Version: 537199360
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #0: qt
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #1:
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #2:
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #3:
MOV: 'WIDE' chunk found!
MOV: Movie DATA found!
MOV: Movie DATA found!
MOV: 'WIDE' chunk found!
MOV: Movie DATA found!
MOV: 'WIDE' chunk found!
MOV: Movie DATA found!
MOV: Movie header found!
Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
MOV: Movie header (100 bytes): tscale=25 dur=1116
--------------
MOV: Track #0:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=1 dur=1116 lay=0 vol=0
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (1 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 1116 start time: 0 speed: 1.0x
MOV: unknown chunk: tref 12
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/vide (appl) Module de gestion vido
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Video header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Gestionnaire dÕalias Apple
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: hdv5 (158 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (1 blocks)
MOV: unknown chunk: ctts 6056
MOV: unknown chunk: cslg 24
MOV: Syncing samples (keyframes) table! (198 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: unknown chunk: sdtp 1120
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (130 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=1116 ss=0) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (146 chunks)
MOV track #0: 146 chunks, 1116 samples
pts=1116 scale=25 time=44.640
EL#0: pts=0 1st_sample=0 frames=1116 (44.640s) pts_offs=0
==> Found video stream: 0
[mov] Video stream found, -vid 0
MOV: Found unknown movie atom clap (40)!
MOV: Found unknown movie atom pasp (16)!
MOV: Found unknown movie atom colr (18)!
MOV: Found unsupported Field-Handling movie atom (10)!
Image size: 1280 x 720 (24 bpp)
Display size: 1280 x 720
Fourcc: hdv5 Codec: 'HDV 720p25'
--------------
MOV: Track #1:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=2 dur=1116 lay=0 vol=256
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (1 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 1116 start time: 0 speed: 1.0x
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/soun (appl) Module de gestion sonore
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Sound header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Gestionnaire dÕalias Apple
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: sowt (36 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (1 blocks)
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (2 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=2142720 ss=1) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (45 chunks)
MOV track #1: 45 chunks, 0 samples
pts=2142720 scale=48000 time=44.640
==> Found audio stream: 1
[mov] Audio stream found, -aid 1
Audio bits: 16 chans: 2 rate: 48000
Audio header: samp/pack=1 bytes/pack=2 bytes/frame=4 bytes/samp=2
Fourcc: sowt
--------------
MOV: Track #2:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=3 dur=1116 lay=0 vol=0
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (1 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 1116 start time: 0 speed: 1.0x
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/tmcd (appl) Gestionnaire code temporel
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Generic header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Gestionnaire dÕalias Apple
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: tmcd (18 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (1 blocks)
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (1 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=1 ss=4) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (1 chunks)
MOV track #2: 1 chunks, 0 samples
pts=1116 scale=25 time=44.640
EL#0: pts=0 1st_sample=0 frames=1 (44.640s) pts_offs=0
Generic track - not completely understood! (id: 2)
--------------
MOV: Track #3:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=4 dur=1116 lay=0 vol=0
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (2 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 80 start time: -1 speed: 1.0x
MOV: entry#1: duration: 1036 start time: 0 speed: 1.0x
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/text (app2) Module de gestion Texte
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Generic header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Gestionnaire dÕalias Apple
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: text (43 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (35 blocks)
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (1 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=36 ss=0) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (36 chunks)
MOV track #3: 36 chunks, 36 samples
pts=1036 scale=25 time=41.440
EL#1: pts=0 1st_sample=0 frames=36 (41.440s) pts_offs=0
[mov] Subtitle stream found, -sid 3
--------------
MOV: unknown chunk: meta 159
Quicktime Clip Info:
MOV: longest streams: A: #1 (45 samples) V: #0 (1116 samples)
VIDEO: [hdv5] 1280x720 24bpp 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:7 fourcc:0x35766468 size:1280x720 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
get_path('sub/') -> '/root/.mplayer/sub/'
==========================================================================
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x35766468.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================

vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..

Exiting... (End of file)

[nm]

Thank you for the advice.
I don't really know if my system can handle win32 VFW codecs. Is this a mencoder compile option or a completely seperate thing?They should work if you have a 32-bit kernel, or if you compile MPlayer and MEncoder against 32-bit libraries. Then all you need are the codec files in the right place. See MPlayer's homepage and documentation for more information.

MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
Update MPlayer/MEncoder to the latest SVN whenever you are having these kind of problems. MPlayer and FFmpeg improve quickly, so sometimes the issues have been already resolved.

Fourcc: hdv5 Codec: 'HDV 720p25'
Ok, this is a new fourcc (it's not in SVN either, yet). The video is probably still MPEG-2, so try editing your codecs.conf (apparently you use /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf). Search for lines that contain "hdv2" and write a similar line right below, but change hdv2 to hdv5. Like this:
videocodec mpeg12
info "MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)"
comment "with postprocessing"
status working
format 0x10000001 ; MPEG-1
format 0x10000002 ; MPEG-2
fourcc "DVR "
fourcc hdv2
fourcc hdv5 ; HDV 720p25
fourcc mpg1
fourcc PIM1 ; Pinnacle hardware-MPEG-1
fourcc VCR2
fourcc mpg2,MPG2
fourcc MPEG
fourcc hdv3 ; HDV 1080i50
fourcc mx5p ; MPEG IMX 625/50 (50 Mb/s)
fourcc MMES,mmes ; matrox mpeg2 in avi
driver libmpeg2
; dll "libmpeg2"
out YV12,I420,IYUV
out 422P
There is another similar section for "videocodec ffmpeg2" (and a backward-compatibility-section for ffmpeg12), so you can change that too.

If this doesn't help, upload a small sample clip somewhere so that we can try it, or write a support request to the mplayer-users mailing list. That should be done also if you get it to play, as was done in the BlackMagic thread I linked to.

[Jan Catrysse]

It seems this info gets me quitte a lot further.

I've changed /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf to:
Mind the first line, apparantly it doesn't work without it.
release 20080305

videocodec mpeg12
info "MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)"
comment "with postprocessing"
status working
format 0x10000001 ; MPEG-1
format 0x10000002 ; MPEG-2
fourcc "DVR "
fourcc hdv2
fourcc hdv5 ; HDV 720p25
fourcc mpg1
fourcc PIM1 ; Pinnacle hardware-MPEG-1
fourcc VCR2
fourcc mpg2,MPG2
fourcc MPEG
fourcc hdv3 ; HDV 1080i50
fourcc mx5p ; MPEG IMX 625/50 (50 Mb/s)
fourcc MMES,mmes ; matrox mpeg2 in avi
driver libmpeg2
; dll "libmpeg2"
out YV12,I420,IYUV
out 422P

videocodec qtv210
info "Win32/QuickTime Blackmagic 10Bit"
status working
fourcc v210
driver vfw
dll "BMDCodecLib.dll"
out BGR32


The HDTV works like a charm. However, I still have an error for the Blackmagic playback... This is the output for "mplayer -v -vo null -nosound /NFS-NAS1/volume1/video/interlaced.mov":

MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 0 audio & 2 video codecs
Configuration: --enable-png --enable-menu --disable-faad-external --disable-vidix-external --disable-tv-v4l1 --disable-tv-v4l2 --disable-dvdnav --disable-dvdread --disable-ssse3 --disable-faac --disable-twolame --disable-mencoder --disable-inet6 --enable-mad --with-madlibdir=/usr/local/lib --enable-libdv --disable-tremor-internal --disable-tremor-external --enable-libdca --enable-speex --enable-xanim --with-xanimlibdir=/usr/local/lib/X11/xanim --enable-xmms --disable-jack --disable-nas --disable-openal --enable-smb --enable-fribidi --disable-libcdio --enable-runtime-cpudetection --disable-win32dll --disable-qtx --enable-real --realcodecsdir=/usr/local/lib/RealPlayer/codecs --enable-gui --with-extraincdir=/usr/local/include/freetype2 --enable-freetype --enable-rtc --disable-arts --enable-lirc --disable-svga --disable-esd --disable-joystick --x-libraries=/usr/local/lib --x-includes=/usr/local/include --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --build=amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0
CommandLine: '-v' '-vo' 'null' '-nosound' '/NFS-NAS1/volume1/video/interlaced.mov'
init_freetype
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/root/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/root/.mplayer/fonts'
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
get_path('interlaced.mov.conf') -> '/root/.mplayer/interlaced.mov.conf'

Playing /NFS-NAS1/volume1/video/interlaced.mov.
get_path('sub/') -> '/root/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 2420085786 bytes
STREAM: [file] /NFS-NAS1/volume1/video/interlaced.mov
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
LAVF_check: QuickTime/MPEG4/Motion JPEG 2000 format
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename /NFS-NAS1/volume1/video/interlaced.mov ext: .mov
Trying demuxer 7 based on filename extension
Checking for MOV
ISO: File Type Major Brand: Original QuickTime
ISO: File Type Minor Version: 537199360
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #0: qt
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #1:
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #2:
ISO: File Type Compatible Brand #3:
MOV: Movie header found!
MOV: 'WIDE' chunk found!
MOV: Movie DATA found!
Quicktime/MOV file format detected.
MOV: Movie header (100 bytes): tscale=2500 dur=201908
--------------
MOV: Track #0:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=17 dur=201908 lay=0 vol=256
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (1 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 201908 start time: 0 speed: 1.0x
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/soun (appl) Apple Sound Media Handler
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Sound header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Apple Alias Data Handler
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: in24 (118 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (1 blocks)
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (2 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=3876634 ss=1) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (162 chunks)
MOV: unknown chunk: meta 1235
MOV track #0: 162 chunks, 0 samples
pts=3876634 scale=48000 time=80.763
==> Found audio stream: 0
[mov] Audio stream found, -aid 0
Audio bits: 16 chans: 2 rate: 48000
Audio header: samp/pack=1 bytes/pack=3 bytes/frame=6 bytes/samp=2
Audio extra header: len=38 fcc=0x77617665
MOV: Found little endian PCM data, reversed fourcc:696e3234
MOV: Found unknown audio atom Fourcc: in24
--------------
*** cut ***
--------------
MOV: Track #16:
MOV: Track header!
tkhd len=84 ver=0 flags=0x0 id=33 dur=201908 lay=0 vol=0
MOV: unknown chunk: tapt 60
MOV: Edit atom!
MOV: Edit list table (1 entries) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: entry#0: duration: 201908 start time: 92 speed: 1.0x
MOV: Media stream!
MOV: Media header!
MOV: Handler header: mhlr/vide (appl) Apple Video Media Handler
MOV: Media info!
MOV: Video header!
MOV: Handler header: dhlr/alis (appl) Apple Alias Data Handler
MOV: unknown chunk: dinf 28
MOV: Sample info!
MOV: Description list! (cnt:1)
MOV: desc #0: v210 (170 bytes)
MOV: Sample duration table! (1 blocks)
MOV: Sample->Chunk mapping table! (1 blocks) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Sample size table! (entries=2020 ss=1105920) (ver:0,flags:0)
MOV: Chunk offset table! (2020 chunks)
MOV track #16: 2020 chunks, 0 samples
pts=202000 scale=2500 time=80.800
EL#0: pts=92 1st_sample=1 frames=2019 (80.763s) pts_offs=-100
==> Found video stream: 16
[mov] Video stream found, -vid 16
MOV: Found unknown movie atom colr (18)!
MOV: Found unsupported Field-Handling movie atom (10)!
MOV: Found unknown movie atom pasp (16)!
MOV: Found unknown movie atom clap (40)!
MOV: Found unsupported Gamma-Correction movie atom (12)!
Image size: 720 x 576 (24 bpp)
Display size: 720 x 576
Fourcc: v210 Codec: ''
--------------
MOV: unknown chunk: meta 1143
Quicktime Clip Info:
MOV: longest streams: A: #0 (162 samples) V: #16 (2020 samples)
VIDEO: [v210] 720x576 24bpp 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:7 fourcc:0x30313276 size:720x576 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400
get_path('sub/') -> '/root/.mplayer/sub/'
==========================================================================
Requested video codec family [qtv210] (vfm=vfw) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30313276.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================

vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..

Exiting... (End of file)


I suppose it has to do with my two following questions:

I am using the FreeBSD AMD64 version, not the i386... The Win32 codecs don't build on AMD64 (it says). I overided this in the Make file and it seems to compile without errors... if it works thats another question ;-) So: are my win32 codecs working?
I've added a custom codecs.conf. Before mplayer was using the build in codecs.conf. Apparantly mplayer doesn't use both the custom and build in version now, but only the incomplete custom one. This results in only "videocodec mpeg12" to work. So I haven't got for example any sound because mplayer can't find the codec... :confused: Can I output the build in codecs.conf to merge it with my custom one?

Hope I'm making my point clear ;-)

Thanks,
Jan

[nm]

I am using the FreeBSD AMD64 version, not the i386... The Win32 codecs don't build on AMD64 (it says). I overided this in the Make file and it seems to compile without errors... if it works thats another question ;-) So: are my win32 codecs working?
No, you need a 32-bit MPlayer built against 32-bit system libraries for them to work. One way to do it would be to have a complete 32-bit environment within chroot, but there may be other possibilities (such as 32-bit libraries installed alongside 64-bit ones), so look around for FreeBSD-specific information.

I've added a custom codecs.conf. Before mplayer was using the build in codecs.conf. Apparantly mplayer doesn't use both the custom and build in version now, but only the incomplete custom one. This results in only "videocodec mpeg12" to work. So I haven't got for example any sound because mplayer can't find the codec... :confused: Can I output the build in codecs.conf to merge it with my custom one?
I don't think you can merge them*, but you can get the latest full codecs.conf from the SVN repository, even via the web interface: http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk/etc/codecs.conf?view=co
* Edit: Sorry for the bad wording, Of course, I meant that I don't think interleaving custom codecs.conf with built-in data is currently possible on the fly, as you noticed.

And since the hdv5 fourcc addition worked, could you report it on the mplayer-users mailing list so that it will get added to the built-in codecs.conf and will therefore work automatically in the future for everyone?

[Jan Catrysse]

I've merged the two codecs.conf files. HDV works fine now.
Attention: I had to change the release date to a later one!

I'll post the info to the mplayer-users mailing list.

I'm looking into the 32bit library issue. I've read about this in the past but I don't find it again :-)

I'll look further and I'll post a reply if successful.

Thanks again for you support.

Cya soon.

[Jan Catrysse]

No, you need a 32-bit MPlayer built against 32-bit system libraries for them to work. One way to do it would be to have a complete 32-bit environment within chroot, but there may be other possibilities (such as 32-bit libraries installed alongside 64-bit ones), so look around for FreeBSD-specific information.

http://safari.oreilly.com/9781593271510/running_software_from_the_wrong_architec
This URL explains some more about 32bit on AMD64 FreeBSD.

[Reimar]

And since the hdv5 fourcc addition worked, could you report it on the mplayer-users mailing list so that it will get added to the built-in codecs.conf and will therefore work automatically in the future for everyone?

I already added it, and to all MPEG-2 codecs (esp. ffmpeg12 which works much better on damaged streams).