[mythtv-users] Problem playing RealMedia stream in mplayer

[John Pilkington]

Phill Edwards wrote:
> I'm trying to play some RealMedia streams on my MythTV box in mplayer.
> This used to work on my previous FC installation but I recently moved
> to Centos 5.1 and I'm not sure if I've managed to play any ot these
> streams since the upgrade, or whether something has recently changed
> at the stream provider's end (ABC Australia).
> 
> I've installed mplayer essential codecs in /usr/local/lib/codecs and
> /usr/local/lib/win32 but still no joy. The error I'm getting is:
> 
> Playing rtsp://media1.abc.net.au/reallibrary/news/200802/20080212-yahoo-am1_16_9_bband
> rm.
> Resolving media1.abc.net.au for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: media1.abc.net.au
> Resolving media1.abc.net.au for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server media1.abc.net.au[202.6.74.108]: 554...
> Cache size set to 512 KBytes
> Cache fill: 18.75% (98304 bytes)
> REAL file format detected.
> Stream description: video/x-pn-multirate-realvideo logical stream
> Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
> [real] Video stream found, -vid 0
> Stream description: audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream
> Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
> [real] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> VIDEO:  [RV30]  400x224  24bpp  25.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
> Clip info:
>  name: 20080212-yahoo-am1
>  author: News Video
>  copyright: Copyright 2008 Australian Broadcasting Corp
> xscreensaver_disable: xscreensaver wid=6291462.
> Opening video filter: [expand w=424 h=290]
> Expand: 424 x 290, -1 ; -1, osd: 0, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
> Error: /usr/lib/codecs/drvc.so: cannot open shared object file: No
> such file or direct
> ory
> Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: drvc.so, /usr/lib/codecs/drvc.so,
> /usr/lib/win32/drv
> c.so, /usr/local/lib/win32/drvc.so
> Error loading dll
> ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.so.
> Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
> Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: drvc.dll, /usr/lib/codecs/drvc.dll,
> /usr/lib/win32/d
> rvc.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/drvc.dll
> Error loading dll
> ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.dll.VDecoder init failed :(
> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30335652.
> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> 
> Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
> 
> Does anyone know what I need to do to be able to play this in mplayer
> or is it just that ABC might be using a new Real codec that isn't
> supported yet? Or could I play it with MythVideo somehow?
> 
> My command for playing the stream is:
> $ mplayer -af volume=-11:0 -cache 512 -vo xv -xy 2 -stop-xscreensaver
> -osdlevel 3 -vf expand=424:290::::: -playlist
> 20080212-yahoo-am1_16_9_bband.rm.m3u
> 
> The playlist file contains the URL to the stream.
> 
> Regards,
> Phill

Hi:  I tried your URL in RealPlayer10.0.8.805 (gold), build date Jul 18, 
2006 under CentOS 5 and was astonished to find that I got AV playback. 
I usually just use it for audio.  Here's part of the output from File > 
Clip Properties > Clip Source

> 
> Stream: 0 video/x-pn-multirate-realvideo logical stream�
> 
>     * MIME type: video/x-pn-realvideo
>     * Max Stream Bit Rate: 180.0 Kbps
>     * Dimensions: 400x224
>     * Encoded Frame Rate: 25.0 fps
>     * SureStream Video Codecs:
>           o 159.3 Kbps (RealVideo 8)
>           o 180.0 Kbps (RealVideo 8)
> 
> Stream: 1 audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream�
> 
>     * MIME type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
>     * Max Stream Bit Rate: 32.0 Kbps
>     * SureStream Audio Codecs:
>           o 20 Kbps Music (RealAudio G2) 22050 Khz
>           o 32 Kbps Stereo Music - RA8 (RealAudio 8) 22050 Khz

HTH

JohnP