Bug #540
mplayer-wrapper.pl don't play with videos in a VIDEO_TS directory
| Status: | Rejected | Start date: | ||
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 0% |
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| Category: | - | Spent time: | - | |
| Target version: | - |
Description
Installed LinHES 6.00.09 CD Image from scratch on it's own hard drive.
I have the /myth directory on a set of 4 1TB RAID-6 drives that was pre existing from a prior LinHES 6.00.08 install. I modified the /etc/fstab and /etc/mdadm.conf files to mount it in place of the installed /myth directory.
When I try to run videos using the Default Video Player: mplayer-wrapper.pl -fs -zoom %s
nothing happens. When I change this to the Internal player, it plays, but there is no resume ability.
I have technical knowledge of both hardware and software in general. As an Engineer, I have designed both in the past. I'm a little green with Linux and MythTV, so I go on wild goose chases trying to resolve issues. I hope this is not one of them. I copied these videos from outside LinHES to the /myth/video directory.
MythTV's "Video Manager" finds my videos.
MythTV's "Watch Videos" shows the video folders. When I select a folder containing a VIDEO_TS it shows a screen with the video name without any Runtime and other information.
The directories containing these videos look like this:
/myth/video/<videoname>/
AUDIO_TS/
<empty>
VIDEO_TS/
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
History
Updated by cecil over 16 years ago
What files are you attempting to play? I'm sure you realize that only some of those files are actually playable. You've essentially a the contents of a DVD in a directory. What would be needed is intelligences to figure our the directory is a DVD images and treat is as such.
Updated by bobjewett over 16 years ago
Yes, I am aware of all the files in the directory. The "Internal" player has no problem selecting the correct file when I select to the <videoname> folder from Watch Videos. The <videoname> is the name of the movie and it contains the directory structure of a DVD. I guess the mplayer-wrapper.pl currently does not have the code to look into subdirectories to see if this is a DVD file structure. The problem with the "Internal" player is it does not resume the video when you stopped it before the end.
Updated by Human over 16 years ago
Currently, the wrapper serves to optimize the flags used to invoke mplayer (via the resumer), and that's all it does. It can be made to do more, certainly.
If you could take the time to look into ways to accomplish this in mplayer (such as tricking mplayer into thinking the DVD directory tree is the DVD drive, and then using the dvd:// parameter) I can add the logic to the wrapper. Otherwise, I would have to play the VOB files one by one, and there would be obvious transitions between the VOBs that the Internal player, and mplayer dvd:// would not have. I'm open to other suggestions, of course.
Updated by bobjewett over 16 years ago
My thought is if the only solution would be with your "Otherwise" option, then you should probably forget this idea.
Maybe this is an issue with MythTV with it's Internal player, where it don't remember where it was when stopped in the middle of the video. Does MythTV 0.22 handle this situation differently?
Updated by brfransen almost 16 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
- Assignee deleted (
cecil)