Mplayer

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Mplayer
started by: woverin

Posted by woverin on May 03 2004,16:23

DSL is getting better and better. I guess DSL is still missing video player.
Mplayer is a nice DVD,VCD,mpg player.
Is it too big for DSL ?
Another suggestion is you can save some space by removing unused fluxbox theme. I believe that default DSL theme is good enough. So, there is no need to redundancy themes. You may put it as an optional download.

Posted by dslfool on May 04 2004,04:08

Looks like mplayer is too big, < per this thread. >

Posted by KnightFire on May 06 2004,04:59

FYI,

mplayer is about 2MB (dynamically linked and stripped) but it's ALL the codecs that take up >13MB. Perhaps only picking out a few, like MPEG 1, 2, and 4, and... ?

MoviX does it in about 5MB, maybe that's a good starting point?

--
KFF

Posted by woverin on May 06 2004,14:32

yes i'm strongly agree with you ,KnightFire.
We can choose to install only some codecs like MPG,Divx.
But my linux experience is limited. Can some linux guru write a small script like Firefox download?
Any help would be appreciated.

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 11 2004,00:39

Actually, that's a very good idea - if you get and install MPlayer with the few codecs you want (WMV, MPEG, AVI, DVD, DivX, and maybe MP3, you'll be set. I should do some checking on that, and see what I can come up with. Then again, my machine right now is deader than dead - I'm just LiveCD'ing it for now.

>>PhrozenFear

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 11 2004,01:02

Well, I just went through my list of MPlayer codecs (had them backed up on a HD I forgot I had) and I found that removing a lot of the files slims it down tremendously. I dunno what each codec does for you, but here's a list of the ones that I think might be necessary. If any aren't, lemme know and I'll cut 'em out:

Code Sample

14_4.so.6.0 28_8.so.6.0 3ivX.qtx acelpdec.ax
atrc.so.6.0 avimszh.dll avizlib.dll cook.so.6.0
ddnt.so.6.0 divx.dll divx_c32.ax divxa32.acm
divxc32.dll divxdec.ax drv2.so.6.0 drv3.so.6.0
drv4.so.6.0 mcdvd_32.dll mpg4c32.dll mpg4ds32.ax
msscds32.ax msvidc32.dll sipr.so.6.0 tokf.so.6.0
tokr.so.6.0 vid_3ivX.xa vid_3ivX_d3.5_linuxELFx86c6.xa
wma9dmod.dll wmadmod.dll wmspdmod.dll wmv8ds32.ax
wmv9dmod.dll wmvdmod.dll wmvds32.ax

Using all of those codecs, including Quicktime, the gzipped codec file size is 5.7 MB. If you cutout Quicktime, the file size drops down to 3.6 MB. That's using gzip -9. If you use bzip, which is slightly better at compression, you can compress the codecs tar file down to 3.4M without Quicktime. But Quicktime is not that common for the average end user, so you don't really need it.

So if anyone can see any others to get rid of, lemme know and we might be able to do something with this - because MPlayer is a very good way to view media.

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 11 2004,01:14

Now that I just went and did a nice lil configure for it, it gives me this lovely error:

Error: X11 support required for GUI comilation. Since we're gonna want a GUI for it, that could cause a problem...

Posted by enthusi on May 11 2004,08:23

Hi there :o)
A GUI for mplayer? I never use on on my main machine even...
I still think mplayer is a bit big - not only because of its size but also beacuse of its requirements... on the othe rhand - I once missed a nice player after istalling dsl :o)
As long as there are 5 MB totally free its a nice ADD but I'd prefer smaller, numerous nice tools instead...
Just my opinion.Greetings

enthusi

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 12 2004,16:22

If you don't install the gui, how do you watch video files ?

Posted by Grim on May 12 2004,17:32

Quote (PhrozenFear @ May 12 2004,10:22)

If you don't install the gui, how do you watch video files ?

mplayer name_of_your_video_file_right_here.extension

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 13 2004,17:05

I get nothin' but the file details as it plays along in my terminal - no video output.

Posted by Grim on May 16 2004,03:18

If you're playing it from dsl try the -vo (video out) option.

For framebuffer try -vo fbdev.

For vesa try -vo vesa.

Either of which should give you something like..
mplayer -vo vesa filename.avi

Posted by titanic on May 16 2004,12:58

Sorry for bringing this here. I don't want to make an issue with it. But I think this is meant for DSL.
I just found that LuitLinux site has released Mplayer to be installed on DSL. And ya, it has specifically mentioned about DSL. I still havn't downloaded it yet. I think I will wait a while to see if other's can really make it run without a problem. The site has also released a screenshot of mplayer running under DSL.
< http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/screenshots/mplayer2.jpg >

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 18 2004,06:59

Works like a hot damn. Using an HD install, as super-user, just untar them both in the / directory, and then run it. Set your -vo device properly (should be the X11) and your audio out if necessary, then enjoy.

Posted by Grim on May 18 2004,11:48

Quote (PhrozenFear @ May 18 2004,00:59)

Set your -vo device properly (should be the X11) ...

Really? Has anyone verified that this works? 'Cause I was under the impression that you had to have XFree86 installed for -vo x11 to work properly.

Posted by PhrozenFear on May 20 2004,06:37

It works for me, man. Trust me. You use that, and set it to that, then everything will work.

Here's a link to a DSL extension version of it. Just "tar -zxf mplayer.dsl" from the root directory, and enjoy.

< http://mymashiara.tripod.com/linux/mplayer.dsl >