[mythtv] playing rtjpeg files in mplayer not working?

[Wayne Johnson]

Hello Dean,
      The reason you can't play them is because they aren't standard
nupplevideo files. You'd need the patch for mplayer that Matt posted
to the list within the past 2 weeks that allows playback of the
myth videos.
Sunday, December 15, 2002, 6:11:49 AM, you wrote:

DM> I'm not exactly sure why this is since mplayer supports the nupplevideo 
DM> codec, but I can't seem to play any of the recorded *.nuv files for some 
DM> reason.  It plays perfectly fine in the mythfrontend, but doesn't play if I 
DM> use a third party player.  When I use mplayer, it says: "Sorry, this file 
DM> format is not recognized/supported". (using the latest cvs mplayer)  Also, 
DM> if I try to use the nuvplay from the NuppleVideo reference distribution, 
DM> this is the output that I get:

DM> catch23@dino:/var/lib/mythtv$ nuvplay 7_20021212190000_20021212193000.nuv
DM> nuppelvideo file with w=480 and h=480 and fps=29.970000
DM> frames=53882 realframes=53882 effdsp=32013.61
DM> Segmentation fault

DM> It seems like the header is intact, but nothing works...  Anyone have any 
DM> ideas?

DM> Dean


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