MPlayer for Windows (2019-10-15) [Archive] - Page 13

LoRd_MuldeR

8th February 2010, 09:58

OK lets, see:
1. How do I find out if they are mpeg or h264
2. How do I find out whqat ffmpeg I have? (I thought mplayer was self contained)
3. How do I enforce lavf or lavfpref?

files are videoclips recorder from american hdtv, 1080, downloaded them to try out

I repeat: powerdvd and mpc home cinema play them in sync.

1. Look at the "File Properties" dialog in SMPlayer or scan you file with MediaInfo (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en).

2. MPlayer is self-contained. But there are FFmpeg-MT (multi-threded) builds as well as "normal" builds. My package contains the "normal" builds for now. The MT builds may give better performance.

3. In SMPlayer's "File Properties" dialog there is a "Demuxer" tab where you can manually choose the demuxer.

ElQuia

8th February 2010, 15:12

1. Look at the "File Properties" dialog in SMPlayer or scan you file with MediaInfo (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en).

2. MPlayer is self-contained. But there are FFmpeg-MT (multi-threded) builds as well as "normal" builds. My package contains the "normal" builds for now. The MT builds may give better performance.

3. In SMPlayer's "File Properties" dialog there is a "Demuxer" tab where you can manually choose the demuxer.

OK, here we go:
1. Madonna - La Isla Bonita (River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires 2008) Sky1 HD-1080i.ts
General
File
F:/Multimedia/Videos/Tests/Madonna - La Isla Bonita (River Plate Stadium Buenos Aires 2008) Sky1 HD-1080i.ts
Size
581680 KB (568 MB)
Length
00:00:00
Demuxer
mpegts

Video
Resolution
1920 x 1088
Aspect ratio
1.7778
Format
0x10000005
Bitrate
0 kbps
Frames per second
25.000
Selected codec
ffh264

Initial Audio Stream
Format
8192
Bitrate
384 kbps
Rate
48000 Hz
Channels
2
Selected codec
ffac3

Audio Streams
#
Language
Name
ID
0
eng
<empty>
4352

2. Using the build downloaded from your page, ¿how do I get a MT build? Is it worth it? Or will I get problems with other media?

3. when i force one of the other demuxers file wont play. Had to delete the ini that saves that file preferences to get it to play again

THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS

roozhou

8th February 2010, 15:50

@ELQia
You have to use a MT build, or you cannot play 1080p H264 smoothly on any computer.

LoRd_MuldeR

8th February 2010, 15:50

1) So it's H.264. And it's not really a surprise that H.264 video at 1920x1088 won't play smoothly with a Non-MT build. The MT build should help!

2) Simply replace the 'MPlayer.exe' in the install folder with the one from the 7z package that you find here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/MPlayer%20MT/revision%2030521/

You must also configure more than 1 decoding thread in SMPlayer's preferences in order to take advantage of the "MT" build.
There's a known problem: MPEG-2 decoding will be broken with the MT build. Workaround: Enforce the "libmpg2" decoder instead of "ffmpeg2".
Of course you can go back to the Non-MT 'MPlayer.exe' at any time, if serious problem appear...

3) Don't enforce a random demuxer. Try "lavf" or "lavfpref". And you can always return to the default ("mpegts" in this case) easily ;)

ElQuia

8th February 2010, 20:30

@roozhou: thanks man.
@LoRd_MuldeR: OK will try, just to see if it works. For now the only 1080 files I have are 2 tests. Most of the movies and clips I have downloaded lately are 720, and those work OK in any player.
What vexes me is that I was trying to move to only ONE player, before I used power dvd for its quality on the files it supported, plus MPC Home cinema for the rest, I would hate having to go for 2 versions of smplayer ... aaargggh
Now guys: Im a noob in all this, but why MPC, powerdvd and VLC dond lose sync with H.264 video at 1920x1080 ?

ElQuia

8th February 2010, 21:06

:helpful::helpful:

Enforce the "libmpg2" decoder instead of "ffmpeg2".

Please, how do I do this?, cant find option

Don't enforce a random demuxer. Try "lavf" or "lavfpref".
Is there a way of doing this for all files? or must it be done one bu one?

LoRd_MuldeR

8th February 2010, 22:42

Please, how do I do this?, cant find option

See the "Video Codec" tab in the "File Properties" dialog ;)

Is there a way of doing this for all files? or must it be done one bu one?

In SMPlayer's preferences on the "Advanced" page you could add "-demuxer lavf" to the "Options for MPlayer".

LoRd_MuldeR

8th February 2010, 23:43

ElQuia

9th February 2010, 00:56

For Testing: MPlayer for Windows (FFmpeg-MT) 2010-02-08 :cool:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/njzzdim2m1k/MPUI-MT.2010-02-08.Full-Package.exe

This package contains multi-threaded (FFmpeg-MT) builds of MPlayer, which can take advantage of multicore CPU's for H.264 decoding.
Please note that the "Athlon XP" and "Pentium 4" builds have FFmpeg-MT enabled, while the "Pentium III" and "Runtime Detection" builds have not!
Furthermore I have included a modified "codecs.conf" file, which will make sure that MPEG-2 files are decoded properly with the MT builds.

(BTW: Don't forget to adjust the "Threads for decoding" option in SMPlayer's preferences according to your CPU for optimal decoding performance)

Mulder, MAN, you are GOD!, Will try this and keep you posted (tomorrow late, am a bit short of time)

:-)

EDIT: mulder, before installing this: Is there a way to install this package as "portable" WITHOUT uninstalling, overwriting, whatever your other package?
PLEASE ADVISE.

ElQuia

9th February 2010, 14:30

mulder, before installing this: Is there a way to install this package as "portable" WITHOUT uninstalling, overwriting, whatever your other package?
PLEASE ADVISE.

LoRd_MuldeR

9th February 2010, 14:36

The package is portable. I try to avoid global files (outside the install folder) whenever possible. The shortcuts and the registry entry for the uninstaller are exceptions though.

Anyway, you can install a newer package to the same folder where a previous package is installed. The installer is designed to update (replace) and older package that was installed to the same folder before.

Uninstalling the old package before you install a new one is optional. You can do that, but you certainly don't have to...

ElQuia

9th February 2010, 15:59

You can do that, but you certainly don't have to...

OK, thanks, will install to separate dir, to be able to have both and do valid comparisons.
You may consider a way of preserving the file info. I have my settings as to keep file preferences in individual ini files, if you don't copy and recopy back those when installing, all gets erased... (if reseting all as you recommend).

OK. Will try new package this night and keep you posted
Dänke.

LoRd_MuldeR

9th February 2010, 16:33

You may consider a way of preserving the file info. I have my settings as to keep file preferences in individual ini files, if you don't copy and recopy back those when installing, all gets erased... (if reseting all as you recommend).

Resetting your configuration on installation/update is optional. So if you want to keep your settings, you can do so. However for the 'Average Joe' user it is highly recommended to reset the configuration, because a screwed up configuration file can easily prevent MPlayer from working properly. And we have to take into account that users do all kind of weird things! Afterwards they complain that "it stopped working", but of course they never remember what they did to break it. Therefore a clean configuration file with "factory defaults" can avoid a lot of trouble. Believe me...

avih

9th February 2010, 20:19

FWIW, I also don't like the full screen installer and IMO it's inappropriate for a 3rd party installers to use them. I can live with it though, and it's mulder's choice eventually.

Xiaopang, you know, there's a way to criticize. It's great that you have criticism about this project, and you certainly found the right place to post it. However, unless you just posted to vent with some aggressively toned bitching (which I think is not the case), your comments would have probably been met with much more sympathy and willingness had they been more polite, constructive and expressed in a more positive tone.

This project IS, after all, being maintained for mostly noble reasons. You must take that into account when posting such posts.

ElQuia

10th February 2010, 01:03

For Testing: MPlayer for Windows (FFmpeg-MT) 2010-02-08 :cool:
* Mirror #1: http://www.mediafire.com/?njzzdim2m1k
* Mirror #2: http://uploaded.to/file/4xy4to

This package contains multi-threaded (FFmpeg-MT) builds of MPlayer, which can take advantage of multicore CPU's for H.264 decoding.
Please note that the "Athlon XP" and "Pentium 4" builds have FFmpeg-MT enabled, while the "Pentium III" and "Runtime Detection" builds have not!
Furthermore I have included a modified "codecs.conf" file, which will make sure that MPEG-2 files are decoded properly with the MT builds.

(BTW: Don't forget to adjust the "Threads for decoding" option in SMPlayer's preferences according to your CPU for optimal decoding performance)

Ok Mulder. Installed new MT build, saved in other dir non MT build to be able to compare.
Did a fresh install of the MT build, no preferences saved. Let see:
1. I have 2 ts files that play out of sync with both MPlayers the old build AND the MT build.
2. These files sync audio and video OK in power dvd and mplayer classic home cinema x86 (x64 does not play them).
3. I have another ts file that plays in sync in both smplayer versions and all other players.
4. The "mt" version of smplayer/mplayer does not play ANY mkv file. (Ive got a lot of'em). Those files DO play OK on previous (02/06) build.

LoRd_MuldeR

10th February 2010, 14:42

ElQuia

11th February 2010, 22:00

3) If the desync isn't caused by the decoder being too slow (which shouldn't be the case with the MT builds), then you should report your problem to the MPlayer Team. And don't forget to provide a sample file! If they aren't able to reproduce your problem, they won't be able to help you. With a detailed error report and a sample file the chance for a fix is much higher...

4) That's certainly NOT the case. I have a lot of MKV files that play perfectly fine. So you'd have to provide a sample file that shows the problem. Also "does not play" isn't exactly a helpful error description. Does MPlayer crash or what? It may help if you provide your log file at least. Without more info we can only speculate...

BTW: Did you try to "repair" your TS file with TS-Doctor (http://www.cypheros.de/dvb_e.html) already ???

Mulder: tnx for answering ;-)
3- OK. I got some ts files that wont sync and some others that will sync in both copies of mplayer, both standard and mt. the files that dont sync with mplayer DO sync in others as mentioned.
The only problem providing a sample is that a HD clip of 5 minutes is more or less 500 mb :eek: but will try.
PLEASE give me the data of site or developers? ;-)

4- SORRY SORRY SORRY. MY MISTAKE. MKV DOES PLAY. I dont know what happened. Maybe I should have rebooted after installing. Yesterday NONE played, today ALL of them play:confused::confused::confused: Got to be more carefull with my statements. :rolleyes:

Addendum:
Have been testing a LOT of video files. I dont know why, but must say that this combination of yours is superb :)
There will always be things that wont work, but definitely I am stiking with mulder's! :thanks:

LoRd_MuldeR

11th February 2010, 22:54

3- OK. I got some ts files that wont sync and some others that will sync in both copies of mplayer, both standard and mt. the files that dont sync with mplayer DO sync in others as mentioned.
The only problem providing a sample is that a HD clip of 5 minutes is more or less 500 mb :eek: but will try.
PLEASE give me the data of site or developers? ;-)

It would be sufficient to provide a small piece of your problematic file, as long as it can be used to reproduce the problem.

MPlayer mailing list for users:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users

MPlayer mailing list for developers:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng

4- SORRY SORRY SORRY. MY MISTAKE. MKV DOES PLAY. I dont know what happened. Maybe I should have rebooted after installing. Yesterday NONE played, today ALL of them play:confused::confused::confused: Got to be more carefull with my statements. :rolleyes:

You don't need to reboot after install. There's no reason for that.

However I have no idea what your problem was and why it's suddenly gone. But as long as everything is okay now, who cares ;)

(BTW: It appears the HuffYUV decoding is broken with the MT builds. Probably not that critical for most users)

scottmplayeruser

13th February 2010, 18:20

Hi, I just installed MPlayer for the first time, but when I attempted to stream from this url it makes loud chirping noises about twice a second over top of the music:

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kwax/launchra2.ram

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Scott

LoRd_MuldeR

13th February 2010, 19:11

scottmplayeruser

13th February 2010, 20:36

OK. Should I use −audiofile−cache <kBytes>?
What is the default value for kBytes?
And what value should I try for kBytes?

Thanks,

Scott

scottmplayeruser

13th February 2010, 21:52

I found the output window (see below), which says "Cache size set to 320 KBytes", but I am unable to change the cache size. Setting -audiofile-cache 500 had no effect.

command line:
"C:\Program Files\MPlayer for Windows\mplayer.exe" -slave -identify
-noquiet -wid 5573626 -colorkey 0x101010 -nokeepaspect -framedrop
-autosync 100 -vf screenshot -font C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\Arial.ttf -priority
abovenormal -ao dsound:device=0 -sws 9 -af volnorm=2 -audiofile-cache
500 http://streaming.uoregon.edu:8000/

MPlayer Sherpya-SVN-r30521 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
Setting process priority: abovenormal

Playing http://streaming.uoregon.edu:8000/.
Resolving streaming.uoregon.edu for AF_INET...
Connecting to server streaming.uoregon.edu[128.223.142.91]: 8000...
Cache size set to 320 KBytes

ID_AUDIO_ID=0
Audio only file format detected.
ID_FILENAME=http://streaming.uoregon.edu:8000/
ID_DEMUXER=audio
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=85
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=160000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_LENGTH=-0.00
ID_SEEKABLE=0
ID_CHAPTERS=0
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/10.42% (ratio: 20000->192000)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=160000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [dsound] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
Video: no video
Starting playback...
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 166 bits!
Blocktype == 0 and window-switching == 1 not allowed.
big_values too large!
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 1357 bits!
big_values too large!
Blocktype == 0 and window-switching == 1 not allowed.
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 3 bits!
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 37 bits!
big_values too large!
(last message repeated 3 times)
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 2824 bits!
Blocktype == 0 and window-switching == 1 not allowed.
big_values too large!

MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: decode_audio
ID_SIGNAL=11
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.

LoRd_MuldeR

14th February 2010, 12:09

From your log it seems you have a more serious problem. MPlayer crashed!

Anyway, you can change the cache for streaming media in SMPlayer preferences at "Performance" -> "Cache" -> "Cache for streams".

Of course you could pass "-cache X" (not "-audiofile-cache") manually to MPlayer as well...

[EDIT]

Try using the "lavf" demuxer (can be changed in SMPlayer's "File properties" dialog), instead of the default "audio" demuxer. It seems to fix the problem!

scottmplayeruser

14th February 2010, 22:02

OK. I uninstalled the MPlayer for Windows (Light-Package) and then downloaded and installed the Full-Package, so now I have smplayer installed on my PC. Changing the cache from 1000 to 5000 did not solve the problem. I've searched and searched for a "File properties" dialog in smplayer, but I cannot find it.

Thanks,

Scott

LoRd_MuldeR

14th February 2010, 22:19

I've searched and searched for a "File properties" dialog in smplayer, but I cannot find it.

Look for the http://www.icz-sindelfingen.de/images/info.jpg icon. Then switch to the "demuxer" tab, choose "lavf" from the list and press apply.

scottmplayeruser

14th February 2010, 22:36

OK. I did find that dialog before, but could not understand the UI. I think the main problem is that the shading for the selected demuxer is almost invisible on my PC. I have scrunch down and squint to see which one is selected.

However, selecting lavf did not fix the problem for me. Also, smplayer does not automatically play the url from the web page, so I have to use the Open..URL menu to play it.

Thanks,

Scott

LoRd_MuldeR

14th February 2010, 22:39

OK. I did find that dialog before, but could not understand the UI. I think the main problem is that the shading for the selected demuxer is almost invisible on my PC. I have scrunch down and squint to see which one is selected.

The stream (http://streaming.uoregon.edu:8000/) definitely plays fine for me with "lavf" demuxer, so please try again.

Make sure you press "Apply" and wait for MPlayer to re-open the stream after you have selected to proper demuxer...

scottmplayeruser

14th February 2010, 22:57

OK. I tried again. I did not understand that the url had to be playing already when I changed the demuxer. Selecting lavf did significantly improve the sound quality, but I can still hear the chirping, only much, much quieter than before. Also, is there no way to make this change permanent? I would not want to have to make this change every time I open the url. Also it should automatically start playing the url when I open it from the browser, like mplayer for Windows does.

LoRd_MuldeR

14th February 2010, 23:19

OK. I tried again. I did not understand that the url had to be playing already when I changed the demuxer. Selecting lavf did significantly improve the sound quality, but I can still hear the chirping, only much, much quieter than before.

Then I fear MPlayer cannot handle that specific stream any better...

Also, is there no way to make this change permanent? I would not want to have to make this change every time I open the url. Also it should automatically start playing the url when I open it from the browser, like mplayer for Windows does.

Checking "Remember settings for all files" in SMPlayer preferences should do the job. If not, add "-demuxer lavf" to "Options for MPlayer" on the "Advanced" page...

scottmplayeruser

14th February 2010, 23:31

Checking "Remember settings for all files" in SMPlayer preferences and clicking Apply failed to persist the demuxer setting change for that url.

Thank you very much (vielen dank) for all your help!

LoRd_MuldeR

25th February 2010, 00:03

MPlayer for Windows 2010-02-24 :)

[2010-02-24]
* MPlayer binaries updated to SVN-r30687
* SMPlayer updated to Version 0.6.8 (SVN-r3439)
* Using FFmpeg-MT buils from now on ("Pentium 4" and "Athlon XP" only!)
* QT Runtime Libs updated to Version 4.6.2

ElQuia

25th February 2010, 18:17

Mulder: nice :-) will try

Any new builds of MT ? Last is still 2010-02-08?

LoRd_MuldeR

25th February 2010, 19:15

Mulder: nice :-) will try

Any new builds of MT ? Last is still 2010-02-08?

As the changelog indicates, I have included the 2010-02-22 builds ;)

ElQuia

25th February 2010, 20:46

As the changelog indicates, I have included the 2010-02-22 builds ;)

GULP :stupid:
Yessss should read before asking hahaha
Sorry hetic times down here.

Thanks for keeping this going and thanks for your work

Vicki_21

25th February 2010, 21:07

So now the package is multi-threaded out of the box?

Should we still adjust the "Threads for decoding" option in SMPlayer's preferences?

And what about MPUI? Is it ready for multi-threading support without any user configuration? If not, where are the essential options?

LoRd_MuldeR

25th February 2010, 21:17

So now the package is multi-threaded out of the box?

Yes. But only if you pick the "Athlon XP" or "Pentium 4" build - which requires a suitable CPU, of course!

The "RTM" and "P3" builds are not multi-threaded.

Should we still adjust the "Threads for decoding" option in SMPlayer's preferences?

Of course. If you don't configure at least two decoding threads, then multi-threaded decoding will be disabled - this applies to the "MT" builds.

Configuring two (or even more) decoding threads will not have any effect with the Non-MT builds...

And what about MPUI? Is is ready for multi-threading support without any user configuration? If not, where are the essential options?

Simply add "-lavdopts threads=2" to "Additional MPlayer options" in MPUI's option menu ;)

Vicki_21

25th February 2010, 21:27

Simply add "-lavdopts threads=2" to "Additional MPlayer options" in MPUI's option menu

:thanks:

If our CPU cores support intel hyper-threading, what's the best practice you suggest?

One thread per core or two (due to hyper-threading)? Have you (or anyone else) tested FFmpeg-MT compatibility for hyper-threading?

One more question: Are MT-related problems (like mpeg2 decoding) fixed?

LoRd_MuldeR

25th February 2010, 21:33

If our CPU cores support intel hyper-threading, what's the best practice you suggest?

One thread per core or two (due to hyper-threading)? Have you (or anyone else) tested FFmpeg-MT compatibility for hyper-threading?

My assumption would be that on an old single-core P4 with HT using two threads may give some speed improvement over a single thread.

On a modern Core i7 where you have 4 cores anyway using 4 decoding threads should be sufficient. Even my Core2 Quad can do 1080p H.264 @ 50 MBit/s with 4 threads ;)

One more question: Are MT-related problems (like mpeg2 decoding) fixed?

Nope, it's not fixed. But I included a modified "codecs.conf" file, so the working 'libmpg2' decoder will be used for MPEG-2 instead of the broken 'ffmpeg2' decoder.

Unfortunately it seems that HuffYUV is broken too. And there's no alternative decoder for HuffYUV included in MPlayer :o

Vicki_21

25th February 2010, 21:36

Thanks Lord!

Unfortunately it seems that HuffYUV is broken too. And there's no alternative decoder for HuffYUV included in MPlayer :o

:mad:

LoRd_MuldeR

26th February 2010, 23:40

MPlayer for Windows 2010-02-26 :)

[2010-02-26]
* MPlayer binaries updated to SVN-r30725
* Reverted the "Generic" (RTM) build to SVN-r30521

Note: The "Generic" (RTM) build included in the previous release was broken. Fontconfig was missing in that build, but the included 'mplayer/config' tried to enabled fontconfig anyway :rolleyes:
Therefore I have reverted the RTM build (and only that build!) to SVN-r30521 until a new fixed RTM build becomes available. Sorry for the inconvenience...

gx240

27th February 2010, 02:41

Is it possible to play videos with paths and file names that contain Asian characters in Mplayer?

If I try to play a video at "C:\愛在黑夜@BD-M20.mkv" Mplayer reads the characters as question marks. So it tells me "File not found: 'C:\????@BD-M20.mkv'"

Is there some way to get around this? I'm using XP with East Asian Language files installed, and the characters show up fine in windows explorer.

roozhou

27th February 2010, 07:37

LoRd_MuldeR

27th February 2010, 13:39

MPlayer does not support unicode, so the only way is to use 8.3 filenames.

And SMPlayer has an option "Pass short filenames (8+3) to MPlayer" for exactly that purpose :)

Alante

2nd March 2010, 16:38

Could you implement the Video Acceleration patches? (http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/mplayer-vaapi/)

LoRd_MuldeR

2nd March 2010, 16:49

Could you implement the Video Acceleration patches? (http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/mplayer-vaapi/)

This is the wrong place to ask for MPlayer patches. I don't build MPlayer myself, I use the builds provided by Gianluigi Tiesi (http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php). You may want to ask him about the patch.

roozhou

2nd March 2010, 18:36

@Alante

VAAPI is Unix only. If you need video acceleration on windows, just use DXVA and do NOT use MPlayer.

Vicki_21

2nd March 2010, 22:50

@Alante

VAAPI is Unix only. If you need video acceleration on windows, just use DXVA and do NOT use MPlayer.

It would be a great combination: Mplayer+DXVA.

LoRd_MuldeR

2nd March 2010, 22:53

It would be a great combination: Mplayer+DXVA.

http://oss.netfarm.it/dsnative/ ;)

Alante

2nd March 2010, 23:30

This is the wrong place to ask for MPlayer patches. I don't build MPlayer myself, I use the builds provided by Gianluigi Tiesi (http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php). You may want to ask him about the patch.

I did and this is his answer:

I'm trying to make ffdshowdxva working, ffmpeg has some dxva code, I hope it will be ported to mplayer

regards

So guess we have to wait and so far he's the only hope of something happening, cause Mplayer project kinda stopped evolving.

LoRd_MuldeR

2nd March 2010, 23:36

So guess we have to wait and so far he's the only hope of something happening

Well, the "dsnative" wrapper is supposed to work with ffdshowdxva already. At least according to the project page.

However I have not been able to get "dsnative" working with MPlayer on my system, so far...

...cause Mplayer project kinda stopped evolving.

The MPlayer project is pretty active. Look at the SVN log! There usually are several commits per day:
http://pastie.org/850728

However you shouldn't forget that MPlayer originates from the Linux community and it seems most MPlayer developers don't focus on Windows ;)