On 11/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rick Stone</b> <<a href="mailto:rhadenstone@gmail.com">rhadenstone@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm going insane with this! I'm fairly certain that the problem is with Myth, NOT with ffmpeg, as I can play anything (and correctly) using Totem, but in Myth I either get mp4 vids that won't play at all and certain avi vids that won't play correctly, even though, again, they play perfectly fine OUTSIDE of Myth.
<br><br>I've scoured this forum and the other main Myth forum, I've googled like mad and I've read through the wiki, but I cannot figure out what the problem could be. I thought about removing ffmpeg and reinstalling, but that wants to remove so much that I'm afraid I'll break my Myth install if not my entire OS install.
<br><br>I've taken out the word "Internal" everywhere applicable (that I know of) and unchecked "default" for all file types, as per the wiki. And I've set the internal player (in TV playback settings) for mpeg2 videos to use "Standard" which SHOULD be using ffmpeg, though I don't understand how this would affect any other file types other than mpeg2.
<br><br>Someone has got to know more about this than I do!! (ha...)<br></blockquote><div><br>I'm not an expert on this by any means, but I think you need to focus on the basics. First, do you want to use Myth's internal video player for the MP4s or do you want to use another player? Myth's internal video player can play anything ffmpeg can decode, so if you're going that route, please follow my original suggestion
<br><br>ffmpeg -i <your fmp4><br>This will tell you the details of the audio and video streams you are trying to play<br><br>ffmpeg -formats<br>This will tell you the formats your version of ffmpeg supports<br><br>If you want to use mplayer, I suggest playing the video from the command line. If you can play the video without problem using mplayer on the command line, then you can go to Settings/Video and change the mp4 extension so that it uses mplayer for mp4 video playback with whatever options are necessary for your system.
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