[vlc] Re: OS X DiVX Decoders

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On woensdag, maa 12, 2003, at 23:21 Europe/Amsterdam, Joshua Bernstein 
wrote:
> So there is something wrong with FourCC flipping? What exactly does 
> that mean? Does that mean that the library reading the encoder type 
> should report 3VID instead of VID3?

It should report 3DIV (Divx 3).

> And what about the audio? Will VLC ever learn to handle this type of 
> bug? It seems that if Mplayer can work aroung this, a patch to the VLC 
> code taken from the routines in Mplayer to handle this should work?

Well our design is quite different from mplayer so i have no idea. I 
just work on OSX interfaces. This is more hardcore than that.

> Actually doing this type of thing is way over my head though. So is 
> this an OS X VLC problem, The VLC linix binary?

Well it is a Mac problem. it should also show on Linux running on a Mac.

> Also, are there any known encoders that will compress to DiVX that 
> don't cause this problem? It seems that ever movie I've encoded with 
> this particular program causes these issues...

You need an encoder which isn't based on ffmpeg (although maybe newer 
versions have a fix for this). i don't know such an encoder for the mac 
at the moment.

> Cause it worked fine on my Win2k box. Anyway, It would help me to 
> understand if I had a bit more explanation... Maybe, I can run a CVS 
> version of a library someplace? Sorry to be a bother...

That's because your windows machine uses a different type of CPU.
It's hard to explain. i hardly understand it.
There is no point in running CVS at the moment. a bug is a bug.
And never a bother.

DJ

> Derk-Jan Hartman wrote:
>> Actually, i think this might be the problem.
>> http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2002-June/009258.html
>>
>> This is a serious issue. an endian issue and if i read it correctly, 
>> then it is actually the fault of the encoder.
>> mplayer just knows how to deal with this issue, but we don't.
>>
>> Derk-Jan Hartman.
>> On woensdag, maa 12, 2003, at 20:35 Europe/Amsterdam, Derk-Jan 
>> Hartman wrote:
>>> Try deleting your preferences.
>>> HOME/Library/Preferences/VLC/vlcrc
>>> It looks like you set a decoder by hand or something instead of it 
>>> being determined automatically.
>>>
>>> Derk-Jan Hartman
>>>
>>> On woensdag, maa 12, 2003, at 19:26 Europe/Amsterdam, Joshua 
>>> Bernstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>>
>>>>     Just installed VLC for the first time and it ran very nicely on 
>>>> my Linux server. I streamed a full DiVX right to my windows desktop 
>>>> without an issue. Unfortuenately though, I could careless about 
>>>> windows as I usually run on my OS X Laptop. But I get the following 
>>>> when trying to stream a unicast video. A window just pops up with:
>>>>
>>>> main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `mpga'.
>>>> VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
>>>> main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `3VID'.
>>>> VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
>>>> main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `mpga'.
>>>> VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
>>>>
>>>> What packages or what not am I missing? I know that VLC will play 
>>>> this stream. It worked beautifuly on my Win2k desktop? Is it just a 
>>>> limitation of that OS X client? Is there a CVS I can try. I know 
>>>> I'm missing something simple.
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