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FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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Matroska/H.264 file won't play decent

I've got a .mkv file with a video stream encoded with the H.264 codec. I've upgraded my ffmpeg to ffmpeg-cvs and here's what happens:

- Mplayer won't play it:

Starting playback...
[h264 @ 0x85b3be8]QP -24 out of range
Error while decoding frame!
mplayer: h264.c:2306: mc_dir_part: Assertion `pic->data[0]' failed. 

- Xine will play it, but there's no video output, just sound.
- VLC, same as Xine.
- ffplay does show me the video, but I can't skip / seek.

When I go back to the old ffmpeg package, I don't even get any video output with ffplay.

Does anyone know how to view this thing?

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dragonajie

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From: Dragonmount, near the Isle of

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 32

Re: Matroska/H.264 file won't play decent

hello. same issues here. any resolutions so far?

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dragonajie

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From: Dragonmount, near the Isle of

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 32

Re: Matroska/H.264 file won't play decent

solved with mplayer-cvs and ffmpeg-cvs from AUR.

now, how the hell do i enable the subtitles in mplayer? kmplayer has the option but there are no progress bar.

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Richie

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From: Leverkusen, Germany

Registered: 2003-12-10

Posts: 22

Re: Matroska/H.264 file won't play decent

v
               Toggle subtitle visibility.
          b / j
               Cycle through the available subtitles.

Source: man mplayer

dragonajie

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From: Dragonmount, near the Isle of

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 32

Re: Matroska/H.264 file won't play decent

thanks richie. will try today. :salute:

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