mplayer (ported from linux) available for win32: stand alone (no codecs needed)

[avih]

mplayer ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu ) is one of the best video players for linux.

now you can try it on win32 (beta). MANY codecs (audio/video) are built in, so it's great as a reference player. very handy.

get it from ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mplayer-cvs-2003-03-24.zip
it's about 6M but also includes mencoder as a bonus...
(at the same directory there's also a more recent version, marked as 'dev' without mencoder, but when i tried it, i couldn't get OSD, which is important for ff/rw when there's no gui).

to play a clip, just drag-n-drop it onto the mplayer executable or run from the command line: mplayer <clip_name>.

mplayer does have GUI and skins, but these are not included in the basic package. i didn't try using skins on win32 (on linux i managed the task quite easily). so we're talking command line app here. (if you try and have success, posting your experience here would be nice).

here are some shortcut keys for controlling the playback:
(you can find these and many command line options at ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mplayer.html )

<- and ->
seek backward/forward 10 seconds

up and down
seek backward/forward 1 minute

pgup and pgdown
seek backward/forward 10 minutes

< and >
backward/forward in playlist

HOME and END
go to next/previous playtree entry in the parent list

INS and DEL
go to next/previous alternative source (asx playlist only)

p / SPACE
pause movie (any key unpauses)

q / ESC
stop playing and quit

+ and -
adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second

/ and *
decrease/increase volume

9 and 0
decrease/increase volume

m
mute sound

f
toggle fullscreen

w and e
decrease/increase panscan range

o
toggle between OSD states: none / seek / seek+timer

d
toggle frame dropping

v
toggle subtitle visibility

j
switch subtitle language

z and x
adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second

r and t
adjust subtitle position

i
set EDL mark

enjoy and keep handy ;)

[BoNz1]

Wow, amazing. Thats all I can say. I never thought this would happen since mplayer devs are so anti redhat not to mention windows ;). mplayer is in my opinion the best player on the planet so it is sweet that we can now enjoy this beauty in a windows environment.

EDIT: Just as a side note. Imagine how nice this will be to put this onto a cd and have it autoplay. No need to install any codecs. Perfect to give to your friends who may not know too much about this video encoding. Only problem is that it is a little big, but you wouldn't need mencoder I guess. Just one more thing, I wonder if it supports matroska since the mplayer plugin was added to the cvs. Time to find out I guess. :D

[BoNz1]

I compiled the simple gui for users who may not like the command line, I don't think it is available as an exe on the ftp. Just put it in the same directory. Now time to see if I can make some of those nice new skins work.

[JimiK]

Did you attach this GUI? I'm just asking, because if so, then it hasn't been aproved for 6 hours (I don't mean to push anyone, I know that the mods have a life outside this forum).
What about your matroska tests? I won't be home for the weekend, so I won't be able to test it myself, still I would be very interested in this feature.
Best regards,
JimiK

[avih]

the compiled GUI (i didn't see the attachment either, but i compiled it myself. sources are at the same directory as the download) is very naive, partially broken imho, and doesn't give something the shortcut keys i mentioned on my 1st post can't do.

if you wanna try it, just memorize:
ESC: quit
space: pause (toggle)
f: full screen (toggle)
0,9: volume
+,-: adjust audio delay by 0.1 sec
right/left : ff/rw 10 sec
up/down: ff/rw 1 min
PgUp/PgDn: ff/rw 10 mins

and give it a try. the current win32 gui does more harm than good atm imho. otoh, mplayer skins are something to look for (they give the full GUI as it was ment to be). so again, any experience with skins on win32 will be a welcome addition to this thread.

[BoNz1]

@avih, if it does more harm than good I can just remove it. I am not sure why all the buttons don't work but it seemed to compile ok. Probably most people would just memorize all the buttons anyway so it may be useless.
@JimiK, I will test for matroska support and post back. :)

EDIT: Matroska doesn't seem to work, I know there is support for it if you checkout from the cvs and build it, but there is no support for it in 0.9. I am not sure when mosu added support for it but maybe 2003 03 24 isn't recent enough.

[avih]

Originally posted by BoNz1
@avih, if it does more harm than good I can just remove it. I am not sure why all the buttons don't work but it seemed to compile ok. Probably most people would just memorize all the buttons anyway so it may be useless.
@JimiK, I will test for matroska support and post back. :) it's ok to stay online, although obviously u've encountered the same problems as me ;) i'll try to make the skins work. don't hold your breath though...

[Mr_Khyron]

ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mingw32-dev-CVS-030422.zip (from 2003-04-22)

[avih]

after a short test (for the version i posted in the 1st post here), it seems the version is compiled WITHOUT gui support. that means no skins for this version. i didn't check the other (and later) version since it doesn't have OSD, as i mentioned.

on the good side though, the version i tested supports VCD/SVCD/AVI/OGM out of the box, which is pretty cool imho. i think it should also work for DVD, but i didn't test that. it does NOT seems to support XCD.

[BoNz1]

avih, that is what I assumed too that it was not compiled with gui support, I tried for about 1hr to get it to work but it wouldn't. So, I also tried the later one too and it didn't work either.

[slavickas]

Originally posted by BoNz1

...
EDIT: Just as a side note. Imagine how nice this will be to put this onto a cd and have it autoplay. No need to install any codecs. Perfect to give to your friends who may not know too much about this video encoding. Only problem is that it is a little big, but you wouldn't need mencoder I guess. Just one more thing, I wonder if it supports matroska since the mplayer plugin was added to the cvs. Time to find out I guess. :D

have u tried http://movix.sf.net ?

[Sirber]

Does it supports RV9?

[avih]

Originally posted by Sirber
Does it supports RV9? i don't think it does as it is. however, there's a codec pack available for download. i didn't test it too much. i guess that any experience with formats playable with this player under win32 will be a welcome addition to this thread. including relevant setup of course.

[Sirber]

If you use UPX on all files, MPlayer is 6 Mo.

I'll try the codec pack.

[BoNz1]

have u tried http://movix.sf.net ?

Yes, its very nice indeed, I really like it, but you do have to boot up a tiny version of linux which might not be too great for giving to friends.

[Sirber]

Don't work if I get the codec pack. I put these where mplayer.exe is.

2001-04-10 15:39 61ÿ952 acelpdec.ax
2002-01-06 19:00 38ÿ912 alf2cd.acm
2001-01-21 20:49 88ÿ064 asusasv2.dll
1999-09-09 13:12 35ÿ840 asusasvd.dll
2000-08-02 01:28 150ÿ016 ativcr2.dll
2001-02-14 19:00 95ÿ292 atrac3.acm
2002-12-09 22:20 73ÿ766 atrc3260.dll
2002-04-20 19:58 312ÿ832 CLRVIDDC.DLL
2002-04-20 19:52 135ÿ168 clrviddd.dll
2002-12-09 22:20 65ÿ575 cook3260.dll
2002-04-21 05:22 81ÿ920 CtWbJpg.DLL
2002-06-24 19:40 681ÿ984 cygiconv-2.dll
2002-09-20 05:16 14ÿ848 cygintl-2.dll
2001-06-20 18:14 11ÿ264 cygintl.dll
2003-02-08 18:12 365ÿ384 cygwin1.dll
2002-01-20 20:42 24ÿ064 cygz.dll
2002-12-09 22:21 102ÿ437 drv13260.dll
2002-12-09 22:22 176ÿ165 drv23260.dll
2002-12-09 22:24 208ÿ935 drv33260.dll
2002-12-09 22:27 217ÿ127 drv43260.dll
2002-06-23 15:38 335ÿ694 freetype.dll
2000-03-09 15:15 110ÿ592 iccvid.dll
2001-05-03 09:29 307ÿ200 icmw_32.dll
2000-12-17 20:32 98ÿ304 imc32.acm
2000-07-13 23:52 199ÿ168 ir32_32.dll
1997-07-07 05:32 739ÿ328 ir41_32.dll
2000-03-09 15:17 755ÿ200 ir50_32.dll
2002-11-30 18:55 90ÿ112 jp2avi.dll
2003-05-06 18:13 876 keys.txt.txt
2002-04-21 14:13 338ÿ432 LCodcCMP.dll
2002-04-21 05:09 33ÿ040 lhacm.acm
2002-11-12 04:53 422ÿ912 m3jp2k32.dll
2003-03-24 22:26 2ÿ400ÿ741 mencoder.exe
2003-03-24 22:26 2ÿ531ÿ895 mplayer.exe
2000-07-30 00:36 17ÿ920 msadp32.acm
1999-05-05 17:22 10ÿ752 msg711.acm
1999-05-05 17:22 25ÿ088 msgsm32.acm
1999-04-15 14:10 424ÿ960 msms001.vwp
2001-10-11 09:10 79ÿ872 msnaudio.acm
2001-12-07 09:27 76ÿ112 msscds32.ax
2001-03-23 14:30 30ÿ208 msvidc32.dll
1999-04-15 14:10 218ÿ624 mvoiced.vwp
2002-12-22 15:56 36 NOTE
2002-04-20 21:30 49ÿ664 nsrt2432.acm
2001-11-16 15:10 45ÿ056 pclepim1.dll
1996-12-15 19:00 34ÿ304 qpeg32.dll
2002-04-20 21:32 299ÿ008 rt32dcmp.dll
2002-12-09 22:20 102ÿ439 sipr3260.dll
2002-09-09 14:01 131ÿ072 sp5x_32.dll
2003-05-06 18:32 0 test.txt
2002-04-23 09:51 175ÿ616 tm20dec.ax
2002-06-09 13:34 49ÿ152 tokr3260.dll
2002-04-21 08:38 110ÿ592 tsccvid.dll
2002-04-20 20:56 9ÿ488 tssoft32.acm
2001-07-03 10:01 241ÿ664 ubv263d+.ax
2002-11-07 14:13 94ÿ208 upx.exe
2002-03-12 09:23 76ÿ800 vgpix32d.dll
2001-05-03 09:34 122ÿ880 vivog723.acm
1999-04-15 10:10 56ÿ320 voxmsdec.ax
2001-09-22 09:17 462ÿ848 vp31vfw.dll
2002-10-29 12:03 409ÿ720 wma9dmod.dll
2002-10-28 10:11 410ÿ216 wmadmod.dll
2002-10-28 10:12 486ÿ504 wmspdmod.dll
2002-11-20 17:03 807ÿ032 wmv9dmod.dll
2002-10-28 10:12 807ÿ528 wmvdmod.dll

Also, mplayer.exe uses 100% CPU when playing a file...

[avih]

Originally posted by Sirber
If you use UPX on all files, MPlayer is 6 Mo.

I'll try the codec pack. actually, under the directory 'old', you'll be able to find mingw compiled versions (not so old at all btw), that are only 1M. and 850K with upx. worked for me, but it doesn't have osd when searching through the clip.

[Malow]

on my movies, it uses 100% of cpu too, is "normal"?

in a xp2000 , using low or hi resolutions movies in window mode..
with xvid and mp3..

Malow

[FredThompson]

Originally posted by BoNz1
EDIT: Just as a side note. Imagine how nice this will be to put this onto a cd and have it autoplay. No need to install any codecs. Perfect to give to your friends who may not know too much about this video encoding. Only problem is that it is a little big, but you wouldn't need mencoder I guess. Just one more thing, I wonder if it supports matroska since the mplayer plugin was added to the cvs. Time to find out I guess. :D
Maybe this will help you:
http://movix.sourceforge.net/

[slavickas]

Originally posted by BoNz1
Yes, its very nice indeed, I really like it, but you do have to boot up a tiny version of linux which might not be too great for giving to friends.

it's not that scary to boot movix :D
btw tried http://videolan.org

[ExSport]

Anyway the BEST player for WINDOWS is MV2Player:D
http://mv2.czweb.org/
You can try it.
Features:
SAPI 4,5 support for TTS (reading subtitles);)
Automatic detection of subtitle language
Multilangual
Skins, OSD
DS graph, filter manager
Automatic MENU generator(like DVD menu)
Generator of COMICS (screenshots of video clips)
and much much more....

[FredThompson]

grrr...self-censored...

[avih]

pls try not to bash eachother. also, if you keep the focus of this thread, then many people will benefit.

[BoNz1]

Originally posted by slavickas
it's not that scary to boot movix :D
btw tried http://videolan.org

True enough. Yes, I have tried videolan, it works nicely as well. :)

[Sirber]

I really like MPC...

[kilg0r3]

Hi,

wow this is nice! However I don't get it to work. No matter what kind of file I drop on it it just crashes with the following error mesages

Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale


MPlayer CVS-021125-21:13-2.95.3-5 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP Multiprocessor/Athlon
XP eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directo
ry
Reading config file /cygdrive/c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Severus Snape/.mplay
er/config
Reading /cygdrive/c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Severus Snape/.mplayer/codecs.co
nf: can't open '/cygdrive/c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Severus Snape/.mplayer/c
odecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/c
odecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
font: can't open file: /cygdrive/c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Severus Snape/.mp
layer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /cygdrive/c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/Severus Sna
pe/.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

Playing C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Severus Snape\Desktop\Divx\Misc\qp+_vhq0.
avi
AVI file format detected.
AVI_NI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
AVI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: [XVID] 512x272 12bpp 25.00 fps 1156.6 kbps (141.2 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: VirtualDubMod 1.4.13
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
This file was encoded with XviD build 9
VDec: vo config request - 512 x 272 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.88:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [directx] 512x272 => 512x272 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>invalid pixelformat: YV12
V: 0.0 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%

MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: decode_video
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. For details, see DOCS/bugreports.html#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/bugreports.html
and follow the instructions there. We can't and won't help unless you provide
this information when reporting a possible bug.

[xox]

Does this mean I can use this media player to play divx movies at school? Without installing either player or codecs? just drag and drop divx file to the interface and it will play it? sorry for the noob questions...

//update//
I just tried to play some files and they all work (divx3, 5 and xvid). This is great indeed. Thanks a lot!!!
//end of update//

[Sirber]

But it uses 100% CPU on a 2000+. How does it perform on a 500 or 300 MHz?

[xox]

Same here, uses 100% cpu on my 1900+. I guess we need some kind of optimisation or the like to improve this.

[vinks]

i've gotten mplayer for windows to work with RV9 :) and some old quicktime clips but not quicktime 5/6 encoded stuff (i dont know why the streams arent recognised)

but to get RV9 working you need to go the experimental codecs page, and download the RV9 codecs for win32 (the linux version doesnt work for windows) decompress and place in your codecs directory and it should work.

so far i've had good experiences with the windows version, its almost as polished as its *nix counterpart, apart from the odd errors here and there.

[vinks]

Originally posted by Sirber
But it uses 100% CPU on a 2000+. How does it perform on a 500 or 300 MHz?

try "Mplayer -pp 0 videofilename.avi", this turns of postprocessing, it only uses ~50% cpu time on my oc'd 1.8ghz p4 (running at 2.4ghz)

[cracksloth]

has anyone tried ace media player? it is an amazing little prog that plays quicktime, real, and anything directshow (anything media player can play -- divx, ogm, m2v, ac3, etc.). it has great commandline support -- so far it is undocumented but i can elaborate if needed. it can fit on a cd play fullscreen when inserted. it requires that the proper codecs are installed (and real and quicktime must be installed for the capability to play those filetypes). but it gives you a common interface from which to play pretty much anything without the bloat of the native players. the capability to play apple and real will cost $20 but there is a free version (ace divx player) that plays everything other than real and apple. he is currently working on a skinning engine that could serve well as the backbone of every htpc. anyway, it is a little known software and it is a good value, so check it out.

http://www.gustosoft.com/

[kilg0r3]

1.Originally posted by cracksloth
it has great commandline support -- so far it is undocumented but i can elaborate if needed.
That'd be great.

2.
Made it! It seems that what caused 100% cpu on other machines prevented mine to play it all together. Now I tried it with '-vo directx' commandline option. Now it works using about 50% cpu :D.
the file is an ogm encoded with 05042003-1 koepi, two vorbis streams, and muxed srt subtitles
- However, playback is a little jerky :( (b-frames are not decoded?)
- Muxed subtitles flicker :( (b-frames are not decoded?)

[cracksloth]

ace media player and ace divx player have the following commandline parameters:

-a add new files to the end of the playlist
-x replace the playlist with the new files
-m mix the new files into the current playlist
-r randomize the new files before inserting them into the playlist
-f fullscreen
-n add the new files to be played next after the currently playing file (finally a true jukebox behavior!)

for example:
amplayer.exe -a "e:\music"
would place every playable format in e:\music at the end of the current playlist

amplayer.exe -a -r "e:\music"
would randomize the playable contents of e:\music and place them at the end of the playlist

amplayer.exe -n -r "e:\music"
would randomize the contents e:\music and insert them into the playlist after the currently playing title. this would act like a jukebox.

etc. etc.

[FredThompson]

How about a player that will make a file copy of a stream as it plays?

THAT would be real helpful.

[avih]

Originally posted by cracksloth
ace media player and ace divx player have the following commandline parameters: ....
PLEASE try to keep the focus of this thread (mplayer). mentionning other players is very nice, but turning it into promotion or player fights is not. pls.

thanx
avih

[kilg0r3]

Originally posted by avih
PLEASE try to keep the focus of this thread (mplayer).

Sorry, you are right. Do you have an idea where the jerky playback comes from?

[cracksloth]

i apologize -- i simply mentioned an alternative (as others have already done). then i was directly asked to elaborate so i did (rather than bluntly ignoring the request). i will not post about alternatives again.

[vinks]

in the *nix version you can setup a cache by adding the switch "-cache 8192" etc... perhaps you should try that in the windows version.

the documentation is there for how to use mplayer, most of its probably the same except for the -vo and -ao switches on windows.

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS

[kilg0r3]

Originally posted by vinks
[B]in the *nix version you can setup a cache by adding the switch "-cache 8192" etc... MEEEK ...:
I get this message:
"MPlayer was compiled WITHOUT cache2 support"

btw it also says: "CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0", Thich is not true the Athlon Xp supports simple SSE.

[Malow]

UPDATE - it uses 100% of cpu too in a 352x240 DIVX-MP3
on a XP2600!!!!!!!

SOMETHING IS REEEEALY WRONG! (and whit some frame gaps too... ??? )

Malow

[kilg0r3]

@Malow
did you use the cml option '-vo directx'? If this does not work, you can use '-vo help' to get a list of possible choices.

[Malow]

tried now, all options, same thing.... :(

MAlow

[vinks]

Originally posted by kilg0r3
MEEEK ...:
I get this message:
"MPlayer was compiled WITHOUT cache2 support"

btw it also says: "CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0", Thich is not true the Athlon Xp supports simple SSE.


im not too sure then, it probably needs a recompile. i'd love to muck around with this more but since i got exams soon, it'll have to wait :) it could be you graphics card thats giving you hassle as well, since its using directx, im getting perfect playback on my mchine, even with pp turned on to 4, i still get only about 70% cpu usage on my machine. (1.8ghz p4 oc'd 2.4ghz, radeon 7500)

[obelix]

Always uses 100% CPU, even with "-vo null" (No video output). So it has to be the decoder.

edit:
uses 100% CPU with "-vo null -nosound"

Benchmark: 95.5% CPU-Time seems to be used by the Kernel. Strange result for a p3-1GHz.

D:\olx\mplayer>mplayer -vo null -nosound -benchmark cc.mpg
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale


MPlayer CVS-021125-21:13-2.95.3-5 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10
)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directo
ry
Reading config file /cygdrive/w/.mplayer/config
Reading /cygdrive/w/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/cygdrive/w/.mplayer/codec
s.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/c
odecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
font: can't open file: /cygdrive/w/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /cygdrive/w/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or d
irectory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or
directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing cc.mpg
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 352x288 (aspect 8) 25.00 fps 1150.0 kbps (143.8 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 288 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [null] 352x288 => 384x288 Mpeg PES
Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm:mpegpes (Mpeg PES output (.mpg or Dxr3/DVB c
ard))
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
V: 328.1 8196 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%

BENCHMARKs: VC: 0.040s VO: 0.096s A: 0.000s Sys: 2.897s = 3.033s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 1.3316% VO: 3.1531% A: 0.0000% Sys: 95.5153% = 100.0000%

Exiting... (End of file)

[((( atom )))]

finally!

does anybody know how to set mplayer up to play my movies when i doubleclick on them?
i used the filetypes-dialog of windows to point avis to mplayer, but when i double-click on a file containing spaces in the filename, windows passes all "strings" of the name after another and uses the spaces as a separation.
so "my movie" passes "my" and then "movie" to the player.

[Safai]

Hi, I would like to write a remote control plugin for my remote

is faking keyboard shortcut the best way to go?

are there any window messages or IPCs that I can use to control mplayer?

[millekink]

I also tried to play a movie with mplayer on a pIII 800
and it worked. Mplayer runned at 100% but the movie played without hassle. I didn't had time to use the -vo directx option.

On my AMD Xp 2200+ I also have 100%.

I find it very strage.

Is the source of this mplayer for windows the same as the source for the linux version? Can I find info about this mplayer version on the original mplayer site? (I searched but couldn't find it).

It's realy nice to see this program in windows. If the 100% bug gets fixed I'll use it as standard player.


Thnx

Mille

[avih]

on my Duron 800 (XP-Pro) i get about 70-80 % cpu regardless of whether i use or don't use '-vo directx' and/or '-pp 0'. clip resolution: 512x384. codecs: divx3.11 (nandub), mp3.

[avih]

Originally posted by vinks
i've gotten mplayer for windows to work with RV9 :) and some old quicktime clips but not quicktime 5/6 encoded stuff (i dont know why the streams arent recognised)

but to get RV9 working you need to go the experimental codecs page, and download the RV9 codecs for win32 (the linux version doesnt work for windows) decompress and place in your codecs directory and it should work.

so far i've had good experiences with the windows version, its almost as polished as its *nix counterpart, apart from the odd errors here and there. That's great news.
could u pls give detailed instructions?
(exact file name that you downladed, exact location/names of the directories you created locally (absolute paths please), etc)

thanks

[kilg0r3]

does anybody besides me have a problem with jerky playback (probabely not decoded b-frames)?

And, i get screen tearing. Doesn't it use overlay?

on my system mplayer uses reasonable amounts of cpu depending on the clip res etc.

[((( atom )))]

i had some problems with jerkyness as well. i think, it is due to cpu-usage, since not decoded bframes usually show up and tall "b-frame decoder lag / missing b-frame" or somethink like it. cpu is anyway at its limit, wich should surely will be solveable in the near future. under linux i can play mpeg4 any size with a pentiumII 233. mplayer decoding will not use different decoding-techniques under windows.

[kilg0r3]

Originally posted by ((( atom )))
i had some problems with jerkyness as well. i think, it is due to cpu-usage

My cpu usage is around 60-70%. So, I don't think this is the problem.

[vinks]

Originally posted by avih
That's great news.
could u pls give detailed instructions?
(exact file name that you downladed, exact location/names of the directories you created locally (absolute paths please), etc)

thanks


sure, i'll get together the links that i got for the "codec packs" and put together a few instructions tonight after i get back from college. rv9 playback is rather nice with mplayer. i'm also going to try to compile my own executable later on as well and see how that goes.

[kilg0r3]

Rv9 playback works for me too. However, smils do not seem to work.
The tearing/banding prob surfaces int rv9 and xvd content.

[((( atom )))]

@kilg0r3,

hmm, sorry then..
is your screen refresh-rate any multiple of your video fps?

since mplayer is no frontend for directshow as most of the other players, it should actually be very independent from all those a/v syncing and stuttering problems direct show introduced, but who knows, maybe there are similar problems with it under windows.
but i might be wrong here..

[kilg0r3]

Originally posted by ((( atom )))
[B]@kilg0r3,

hmm, sorry then..
is your screen refresh-rate any multiple of your video fps?
Not actually, but this has never benn a problem[quote]



Is there something like an mplayer forum?

[((( atom )))]

Mailing lists

There are some public mailing lists on MPlayer. Subscribing can be achieved on the following addresses:

For users:
MPlayer-announce:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-announce (low traffic!)

MPlayer-users:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users

MPlayer-felhasznalok (hungarian) :
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok

MPlayer-Matrox-users:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox

MPlayer-DVB:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb (for users with DVB card)

For developers:
MPlayer-dev-eng:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng

MPlayer CVS-log:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog

MPlayer-OS2:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-os2 (for OS/2 porters)

MPlayer-CygWin:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin

MPlayer-MWN:
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-mwn (for MWN editors)

[vinks]

here is the url to get the rv9 codecs for mplayer

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/rp9win32codecs.tar.bz2
get the above file and the windows version of mplayer from the start of the this thread, either one will do.

then decompress the files from rp9win32codecs.tar.bz2, then move these files to "codecs/" which is in the same directory that the mplayer.exe executable is. its a pretty simple process. then mplayer will then play be able to play rv9 files.


http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/index.html
has a few other codecs for mplayer (some of the linux versions of the codecs dont work for the windows version of mplayer)


(also www.7-zip.org the program here can decompress .bz2 compressed files for those who are having problems decompressing these files)

[avih]

just a quick update regarding quicktime.
the current mplayer-win32 seems to have some problems with playing quicktime files of newer versions (v5/6). but i was able to play the matrix-reloaded QT trailer without video (only sound). you have to download the qt files from the experimental codecs page, and put them in windows\system32. it's an anomality, since it SHOULD have worked when put into mplayer\codecs dir, but it currently doesn't. the windows\system32 is a workaround untill they fix it.

[Safai]

anyone know if the current mplayer-win32 build has WinLIRC support? it doesn't seem to work with the one posted here...

[Rasi]

they should make a win32 port like the macport which really is brilliant!

so with a nice standard gui and all of that...

ah and rv9 doesnt work for me.. copied the files to codecs/ but no success...

[avih]

Originally posted by Rasi
they should make a win32 port like the macport which really is brilliant!

so with a nice standard gui and all of that...

ah and rv9 doesnt work for me.. copied the files to codecs/ but no success... you did extract the files (twice, once for bz2 and once for tar) and then put the files from INSIDE directory rpXwin32codecs into mplayer\codecs right? it did work for me.

[Rasi]

thats exactly what i did, yes...

http://rasi.homeip.net:66/mplayer.jpg

[avih]

rasi, can u pls try it with both mplayer version posted at the begining of this thread?

[Rasi]

*cry*

now mplayer site is dead... they hate me :/

serious.. i have to try tommorow then it seems

[Kb_cruncher]

rv9 works with the second player posted(smaller than the first,compiled with different compiler i think),does not work with the first player posted.At least not for me,but i didn't try putting the actual rv9 folder in the codecs folder though.

Does win32 mplayer support Matroska?

[Rasi]

ah great.. this works now.... now only a nice gui is missing and dvd support (or is it compiled with it?) at least for me when typing "mplayer -dvd 1" it says this:

-dvd N is deprecated, use dvd://N instead.

dont understand this really "mplayer -dvd://1 says wrong option

[vinks]

i dont think dvd and vcd support is built into the win32 version, i think tv support is disabled as well. it would be interesting to find out what configure options was used to build the mingw32 compiled version of mplayer. i've given it a quick go at compiling it in mingw32 under windows, and i have been getting lots and lots of errors (a recent cvs checkout was used)

[avih]

i played both VCD and SVCD successfully with the version from the 1st post of this thread (without any additional downloads). i still think it should play dvd, reading several posts on the mailing list. but dvd seems to have some problems with some versions of win98. didn't test though.

[vinks]

did you get it play xcds as well? i havent been too sucessful with playing vcds/dvds with mplayer in windows at all myself. :(

[avih]

please read this thread again. from the 1st post this time.

[Sirber]

RV9 is working from the lastest dev. I think it's using RealOne codecs.

But seeking don't work yet :(

[wing1]

sweet :D mplayer and rv9 together!

try rename the file extention to something like *.mpl and associate it to mplayer.exe. Double click on the files and presto.

[Anubiz]

on my XP1800+, mplayer uses 40% CPU without any -vo or anything else :)

but I have another problem :
enable/disable subtitles works find, but I cant switch the subs :(
and how can I switch the AUDIO language?

[avih]

regarding cpu usage, i tried mplayer/win32 on celeron 300 as well. clip ran fine with div3 file on win98SE. (didn't check out the actual cpu usage)

[Gaia]

This version is compiled with Cpu runtime detection, it doesn't detect my cpu right. I can't play anything with this version. Then i try to play clip all i see is few seconds some mess and after that it closes.

Best Linux player but this version doesn't work for me.

Ok did some more testing and that older build worked but it uses 100% cpu time and playback is VERY jerky, get somenthing like 10-15 fps. It claims my system is too slow but i have 950 Duron and Linux version works great. Tried various drivers and settings but no luck.

Anyway nice to see Win version of this great player :)

[kilg0r3]

1.)
Isn't there a way to override cpu detection?

2.) @Anybody with jerky playback not due to cpu usage

Try inserting a line 'autosync=100' in the config file. This suggestion is from Sascha, and, it worked for me.

Finally, i can actually use mplayer :) !

3.)
I have been browsing the docs for some time now but couldn't find a way to switch audio streams during playback. Any suggestions?

[avih]

all right ;)
ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta

there's a new version from 2003-05-27 (only mplayer.exe), and it plays the matrix reloaded qt trailer out of the box! file size: 3.1M (or 1M with upx, but you'll have to compress it yourself). no osd with this version. did i mention it playes the matrix reloaded qt trailer? ;)

nice

ps.
it doesn't play mkv...

[Mr_Khyron]

Mplayer only dectect MMX on my Athlon XP hmmm... :(

[avih]

same here, but it doesn't seem like it uses more cpu here...

[Gaia]

Latest build works great in my system. It doesn't use 100% cpu time anymore.

[Mr_Khyron]

ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mingw32-dev-CVS-030601.zip

[CruNcher]

yeah quicktime works not only sound also video :)

[avih]

some more good news. the new builds (all builds except for the one on the 1st post of this thread) can display the osd and progressbar, but not out of the box, at least for me.

i've downloaded MSYS (http://mingw.org/msys.shtml)(2.8M), which is the Minimalist SYStem for mingw (minimalist gnu gcc compiler for win32), and it just sets up the unix paths correctly, such that mplayer is able to find the fonts (apperantly that's what caused it not to display the osd).

in my case, i had to copy the mplayer directory (the one with codecs.conf and other conf files in it) to <msysInstallDir>\1.0\bin\%USERPROFILE% and then mplayer will work correctly. the %USERPROFILE% (literally) directory is created after you run mplayer for the 1st time from inside MSYS.

2 tips:

1. the default config file had 5 configs inside it (vo, autosync, ao, quiet, framedrop), i disabled all but autosync, and this way the files play smoother on my pc.

2. the default terminal opened by msys is rxvt, which displayed the text with absurdly wide spaces between chars (prob a bug). you can change msys.bat and remove the font option for rxvt, or just rename rxvt.exe to something else, and sh.exe will be used instead in a normal text window.

cheers


lol, there's a much simpler solution, not involving MSYS.

inside the directory of mplayer.exe, create a directory %USERPROFILE% (literally) and copy the mplayer directory (with the config files in it) into %USERPROFILE%. it's apperantly a bug with mplayer/win32 since %USERPROFILE% should have pointed to "c:\Documents and settings\<userID>" but it's somehow interpreted literally. tip #1 from above still applies.

another thing, you can create a shortcut to mplayer.exe on your desktop, and drag the files onto it, will be the same as dragging the files streight onto mplayer.exe. you can also put this shortcut inside the "Send to" directory, and this way play files directly. it's also working for a group of files, which are then played in a sequence (i.e. an mp3 album, or 2-cd-rip movie, etc).

[Gaia]

2. the default terminal opened by msys is rxvt, which displayed the text with absurdly wide spaces between chars (prob a bug). you can change msys.bat and remove the font option for rxvt, or just rename rxvt.exe to something else, and sh.exe will be used instead in a normal text window

I can't see anything like this but i am using Win98se

inside the directory of mplayer.exe, create a directory %USERPROFILE% (literally) and copy the mplayer directory (with the config files in it) into %USERPROFILE%. it's apperantly a bug with mplayer/win32 since %USERPROFILE% should have pointed to "c:\Documents and settings\<userID>" but it's somehow interpreted literally. tip #1 from above still applies

I don't have any problems with osd but if i follow your intructions osd is gone. So it might be just WinXP problem.

1. the default config file had 5 configs inside it (vo, autosync, ao, quiet, framedrop), i disabled all but autosync, and this way the files play smoother on my pc No, if i disable these i get more jerky playback.

[avih]

can someone else with winxp/win98(se?) confirm the above differences?

[millekink]

I wondered if there was some howto for making the mplayer binary.
Is the normal cvs used(linux version) or....
Are there some other packages required....

Some info would be great.

Thnx

Mille

[avih]

there are some more files under "contrib" under the directory of the download.

i tried compiling mplayer with mingw and msys, without using these packages, and it didn't compile.

[RadicalEd]

ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/win32_gmplayer_pre1.zip

I'm guessing from the "pre" that they just released a pre-beta gui for it :\
WHICH IS AWESOME
except.. I was almost finished this..

http://digitalinsanity.ath.cx/~tab/gah.gif

;_;

I was only making it so the person I'm sending some AMVs to would be able to watch them even if she (inevitably) screwed up the installation of ffdshow, but still. It's the principle :? or something.
Yeah.
Oh well, less work for me.

but.. don't get too excited, it won't open any files for me or do anything for that matter.. :/

[avih]

i'm a bit short on time lately, but i'd love to see a screenshot of gmplayer/win32 running with one of the downloaded skins ;) anyone tried it already?

[BoNz1]

Well, the gmplayer is pretty cool but none of the buttons work on my computer, oh well guess thats why it is called a pre-beta ;).

[Perplx]

New mplayer is out http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/mingw32-dev-CVS-030630.zip
I dont know whats new though, couldnt play mastroka.

[Gaia]

This build doesn't work for me. Very slow again. Previous works fine...

[BoNz1]

New mplayer, mencoder, and gmplayer available, http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/ there is also some very exciting news on the homepage http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html#mplayer10gossip

[smok3]

just some experience:

MPlayer dev-CVS-030816-12:54-3.2.3
os: win xp
(file is some sort of divx 5.x)

using from cli:
mplayer shrek.avi -sub shrek.sub -fs -subcp cp1250

- decoder seems to work rather fine (i just need to learn how to disable post-processing filters?), there are ocassional lines traveling down the picture, but not really annoying. the card is 'matrox etv450'.

- subs are annoying, they blink, they are soft and the char table is wrong. (using slovenian chars in the sub file)

SUB: Detected subtitle file format: subrip

anyway; great stuff all the way, i hope this player (iam only interested in cli version) will get ported as it deserves :cool:

edit: mkay, this fixed the wrong char issue, i copied the font to the same dir as movie is and the new line is:
mplayer shrek.avi -sub shrek.sub -fs -subcp cp1250 -font subfont.ttf

[echo-kk]

Originally posted by smok3
subs are annoying, they blink,Just add '-double' to your mplayer options to get rid of the 'blinking'.

Originally posted by smok3
i just need to learn how to disable post-processing filtersAFAIK mplayer doesn't pp with default settings. To TURN ON pp just add '-pp <n>' (usually <n>=1,...,6).

[smok3]

Originally posted by echo-kk
[B]Just add '-double' to your mplayer options to get rid of the 'blinking'. tnx, ill try that.

[BoNz1]

I found some new builds, these ones should support dvd playback, ogg vorbis (OGM), osd, and subs http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php

[smok3]

Originally posted by BoNz1
I found some new builds, these ones should support dvd playback, ogg vorbis (OGM), osd, and subs http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php great, this are upx compressed also, now this is a nice size for some sort of self-playable-cd-thingy allready.

(4.448.768 mplayer_old.exe
1.937.920 mplayer.exe)

i wonder on how many systems this compile should work with some generic settings?

[Jaffy]

mplayer-mingw32-dev-CVS-030906.zip :sly:

Great player but the default config "dr=yes" causes my Athlon XP 1600+ 100% cpu. W/out that line most eps are 70% cpu.

This is a bit weird as on my laptop a P3 500 Mhz, dr on/off makes no diff. Cpu is usually 60%. :confused:

Why is the faster Athlon using more cpu :eek:

Also using mpc w/ ffdshow cpu use is usually 30%.... Is this a compile problem?

Btw i use a sendto shortcut to play files. How do i play subs w/ sendto method :confused:


Thx

[Gaia]

There are 2 new builds but they don't work for me. Again strange playback problems.

[BoNz1]

They put some new builds up of Mplayer1.0 pre2 which was released today. Even the gui is getting close to a fully working release.