[mythtv-users] Re: mplayer/xine both crash playing WMA files

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 10:04:11AM +0100, Dan Robinson wrote:
> I just upgraded to fc2 (following Jarod's guide, excellent thanks) and
> I've found the following:
> 
> 1.) The w32codec package wasn't installed by default, so after
> installing that I tried to play a .wmv home movie that used to play OK
> on fc1 mplayer/xine and both segfault with the w32codec installed.  I
> found this thread on atrpms, but it was some months ago and the
> resolution wasn't clear.  Has anyone else had success using atrpms
> installed mplayer/xine to play .wmv files in FC2?
> 
> http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/atrpms-users/2004-June/000580.html

I think the resolution is here:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#id2894874

(in case the FAQ gets new ids again, it's the question "Why doesn't
MPlayer work on Fedora Core?")

The solution presented there is far too invasive, so it is not going
to be a default in the packages. There are ways to fine control
perlink/exec-shield, so if someone comes up with a better mplayer-only
solution, I'd be glad to know about it.

> 2.) I had to fiddle around with my sources.list file to get xine
> installed.  Is there a chance that either (it is installed by default
> in the same way mplayer is, or that Jarod could include the required
> steps at the end of his guide.
> 
> 3.) I'm using DVB so I've built myth, dvb, etc. myself.  I did see
> some comments a while ago about DVB support being included in atrpms
> FC2.  Has anyone validated that this is working OK?

Yes.

> 4.) Can anyone shed some light on the required modprobe.conf entry for
> loading the dvb modules automatically (for a Nova-T if possible).  I'm
> not sure of the new syntax for this file and running the insmod.sh
> load script manually isn't very nice.

Which Nova-T? Nova-T is a marketing name with a lot of revisions
sometimes changing all components form the PCI bridge over the
demodulator to the tuner.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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