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#1 2012-03-16 18:17:16
- Maki
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Mplayer can't play mkv files on an old thinkpad
When i try to play a mkv file with mplayer from the repo on my thinkpad t23 i get the following error
http://pastebin.com/jNVj4YAV
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I can play the file on my other pc as well as on the thinkpad using mplayer2 or vlc.
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#2 2012-03-17 08:50:12
- ConnorBehan
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Re: Mplayer can't play mkv files on an old thinkpad
Chances are that the problem doesn't have to do with mkv; a container format that can hold almost anything. It would be good to post information about what codec the Breaking Bad episode used. You can extract video and audio from the mkv file with "mkvextract" and see which one is causing the problem. You can also try adding other videos that work to an mkv container using "mkvmerge" and see if they still work.
Does mplayer still crash using different -ao and -vo options? Does mplayer crash if you compile it yourself from abs? I also need to ask if you have the appropriate 3D driver for your thinkpad's card... (savage-dri I think?)
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#3 2012-03-22 18:05:21
- Maki
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Re: Mplayer can't play mkv files on an old thinkpad
Chances are that the problem doesn't have to do with mkv; a container format that can hold almost anything. It would be good to post information about what codec the Breaking Bad episode used. You can extract video and audio from the mkv file with "mkvextract" and see which one is causing the problem. You can also try adding other videos that work to an mkv container using "mkvmerge" and see if they still work.
Does mplayer still crash using different -ao and -vo options? Does mplayer crash if you compile it yourself from abs? I also need to ask if you have the appropriate 3D driver for your thinkpad's card... (savage-dri I think?)
Hi, thanks for the response, i have checked varios mplayer versions, mplayer2 from aur worked but i had other problems with it, i have an savage card but in the recent xorg versions (i use testing) mesa dropped support so i guess it is something related to that. Seems like mplayer-vaapi works just fine, i will toy around with trying ./configure options from mplayer-vaapi.
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