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jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

Im not getting any sound with a .mkv video that I have.. using mplayer..

is there a codec I could install?

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jakob

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-10-27

Posts: 430

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

what is the output if you start the file with mplayer? i think you coul see from there if there is a sound or not..

jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

I know this is codecs fault.. no codec to decode the sound, therefore no sound.. only with mkv files.

Sound works with other files, such as avi, mpeg mp3..

FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 
FAAD: Failed to decode frame: Maximum number of scalefactor bands exceeded 

Too many video packets in the buffer: (3300 in 8389974 bytes).
Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed?
For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12 
No bind found for key MOUSE_BTN0                         18.1% 0 0              
A:   inf V:  11.2 A-V:    inf ct:  1.122 270/270 27% 12% 17.7% 0 0 

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Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

MKV files work fine on my mplayer. Here are all the codecs I've got installed:

[dave@kaminoitte ~]$ pacman -Qs codec
local/codecs 20050412-2
    Non-linux native codec pack. (Win32, Real9, QuickTime)
local/flac 1.1.2-3
    Free Lossless Audio Codec
local/jasper 1.701.0-3
    a software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging
    JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard
local/libdv 0.104-2
    The Quasar DV codec (libdv) is a software codec for DV video
local/libtheora 1.0alpha5-1
    An open video codec developed by the Xiph.org
local/libvorbis 1.1.1-2
    Vorbis codec library
local/speex 1.1.10-3
    A free codec for free speech
local/xvidcore 1.1.0-1
    XviD is an open source MPEG-4 video codec

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jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

well.. no wonder.. I only have this:

[root@estergon ~]# pacman -Qs codec
local/codecs 20050412-2
    Non-linux native codec pack. (Win32, Real9, QuickTime)
local/flac 1.1.2-3
    Free Lossless Audio Codec
local/libtheora 1.0alpha5-1
    An open video codec developed by the Xiph.org
local/libvorbis 1.1.2-1
    Vorbis codec library
[root@estergon ~]# 

Thanx alot. Ill install the codecs that are missing now.

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jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

hmm.. still nothing.. gonna try this file in windoze and se what happens.. I am starting to think that the file might be corrupt.

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Komodo

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2005-11-03

Posts: 674

Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

well.. no wonder.. I only have this

There'll only be one that provides support for it, and I think it's the 'codecs' package that comes with Arch Base (though I may be wrong).

It sounds like it may very well be something wrong with your file...

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syntax

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From: Saint-Truiden

Registered: 2006-03-04

Posts: 19

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Re: no sound in with a .mkv file with mplayer

very likely that mkv file uses the m4a codec for sound, can't find it in pacman though

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