[mythtv-users] Videos over 2GB - Xine & MPlayer Problems

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sunday 31 October 2004 13:58, Brian Donaldson wrote:
> I'm running into a strange problem with MPlayer and Xine.  All avi
> files (DivX and Xvid) under 2GB play fine in Xine and MPlayer.
> However, playing files larger than 2GB result in the following
> problems with MPlayer & Xine:
>
> MPlayer - The video and audio play fine, but I cannot fast-forward or
> rewind.  While video is playing if I press fast-forward or rewind I
> get the following output:
>
> Cannot seek in raw AVI streams. (Index required, try with the -idx switch.)
>
> When I use the -idx switch I get the same results.
>
> Xine - The video is green with some artifacts in the top-left corner.
> I can hear the audio.  After a few seconds of the green video is
> switches to the regular video, but it has skipped almost all the way
> to the end of the video.  While the video is playing in Xine I get the
> following output to the terminal:
>
> vop not coded
> warning: first frame is no keyframe
> Error at MB: 0
> marker does not match f_code
> concealing errors
> Market bit missing before vop_coded
>
> These video files all play fine in Windows Media Player.  I'm running
> Fedora Core 2 with MythTV 0.16 installed from Jarod's excellent
> instructions.  I'm on kernel 2.6.8-1.521.  Any help is greatly
> appreciated.

Sounds like you're connecting to your video store via samba. I believe samba 
has issues with files over 2GB. Try connecting via NFS and the problem should 
go away.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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