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claudiogc

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Registered: 2015-06-16

Posts: 108

Can't watch video using mplayer.

Hi!

I'm trying to watch a video using mplayer but I'm getting the following error message:
First video:

Playing video01.mp4.
libavformat version 58.12.100 (external)
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f0f057df340]moov atom not found
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f0f057df340]moov atom not found
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed

Second video:

Playing video02.mp4.
libavformat version 58.12.100 (external)
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f1759a3f340]moov atom not found
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed
ISO: File Type Major Brand: ISO/IEC 14496-1 (MPEG-4 system) v2
MOV: missing header (moov/cmov) chunk! Maybe broken file...
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7f1759a3f340]moov atom not found
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed

How can I fix this?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,154

Re: Can't watch video using mplayer.

"Not."
You apparently somehow face chunks of a stream, but lack the indexing header.
IOW, those are no valid video files.

This sounds like an xy-problem.
If this is a legit download, explain where you got the video/s from and how you attempted to obtain them.

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x33a

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Can't watch video using mplayer.

What's the source of these files?

Edit: Too slow