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Yuzuyu · 2007-03-12, 05:28

I think i just give up. I'm not in the mood to try to get it work for many times again.

thanx for your help anyway andiyar

EDIT:
I found the opt map. it was unvisible all the time it seemed.. I made it visible in my root but now it's still not working

virtualnao · 2007-03-13, 02:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Discerptor

Did you remember to put in the preferences "-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig"?

Yes I did. And I also tried this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheFluff

Try adding -correct-pts to the commandline. In the OS X player you do this under preferences -> misc -> additional parameters IIRC.

Currently what's in the preferences:
-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig -correct-pts

And this was the error log message:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/MPlayer OSX SAC.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer
Reason: image not found
2007-03-13 02:54:09.886 MPlayer OSX[422] Abnormal playback error. mplayer returned error code: 5

You'll notice that it's a similar error, but not the same as the previous.

So I'm still stuck.

TheFluff · 2007-03-13, 05:13

Install X11, see the first post in this thread.

andiyar · 2007-03-13, 06:08

@ virtualnao

Did you try installing X11 yet?

-Andiyar

virtualnao · 2007-03-13, 09:20

I already have X11 installed for other applications.

iamtetsuo · 2007-03-13, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by virtualnao

I already have X11 installed for other applications.

Have you installed the latest update?

Super Ska Master · 2007-03-17, 21:51

What am I supposed to use to play .mp4s? I tried using MPlayer with X11, Quicktime Pro and VLC and they all don't work. Quicktime just plays the audio, VLC just doesn't play, and MPlayer says "Abnormal Playback termination."

andiyar · 2007-03-17, 22:05

@ Super Ska Master

What kind of Mac are you running? What version of OSX? What version of VLC/MPlayer? Tried Perian with Quicktime?

At a guess, I'm guessing it's a h.264 .mp4 file. What does Quicktime do when you open the file - you said it just plays audio. Does it display any video at all? When you say VLC doesn't work, does it give you an error? Or does it just not do anything?

A bit more info required

-Andiyar

andiyar · 2007-03-17, 22:11

@ virtualnao

In the finder, type "command-shift-g". In the resulting box, type "/usr/X11R6/lib/". Ensure that the folder is actually there, then check that you have the requisite library. If you don't, put your Tiger disk in the drive and reinstall X11 (did you do this to start with, or did you install it from Apple's web site?), as I believe the one on their website is Panther only (and not Intel compatible).

Otherwise... grab the official mplayer build (mplayerhq.hu) and see if that works for you. Sticking point is the SSA support isn't there... unless you want to compile it for yourself

-Andiyar

Super Ska Master · 2007-03-18, 08:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by andiyar

@ Super Ska Master

What kind of Mac are you running? What version of OSX? What version of VLC/MPlayer? Tried Perian with Quicktime?

At a guess, I'm guessing it's a h.264 .mp4 file. What does Quicktime do when you open the file - you said it just plays audio. Does it display any video at all? When you say VLC doesn't work, does it give you an error? Or does it just not do anything?

A bit more info required

-Andiyar

I have a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 Tower with OS10.3.9
-2 MB L3 Cache
-896 MB SDRAM

Quicktime Version 7.1.5 Player Version 7.0.1
It plays the audio and shows all black instead of the video.

MPlayer OSX Version 1.0rc1

VLC Version .8.4
When I play it, plays the video very laggy and doesnt play audio unless I try pausing it and then it plays the audio for a second. It also gets very sketchy with the video.

andiyar · 2007-03-18, 23:51

@ Super Ska Master

Okay. I'm guessing it's a h.264 file from that. Open the file in VLC, as it starts to play get info (command-i) on the file. Now, there should be three tabs across the top (working with VLC 0.8.6 here, might be slightly different for you) - these tabs are General, Advanced Info and Stats. Click on the Advanced Information tab, you should be presented with a list of streams. Expand Stream 0 (generally) - this should be the video stream, if not, check the others. It should have a list of things, including Codec, Language, Type, Res & FPS. What's the Codec listed as? Oh, and incidentally, what's the resolution?

If, as I'm guesing, it's a h.264 file, it should be listed as AVC. This is where we hit the fun part, namely that your machine is bottom-level in terms of processor speed for playing back AVC files. Try upgrading VLC to a newer version - their X.264 support has improved a fair bit recently - and perhaps try the custom build of MPlayer posted in this thread (assuming you're using the official rc1 build). If they just don't cut it, I'm afraid it's almost certainly due to your computer

Though with that much RAM, it shouldn't be too much of an issue... unless you're trying to play back a 1024x576 h.264 file, or something equally large. Keep an eye on Activity Monitor to see your processor usage when playing the file - if it's at 100%, it's sadly not looking hopeful.

-Andiyar

Super Ska Master · 2007-03-19, 05:47

The Codec is AVC. When I tried getting the new VLC, when I opened the file, it just quits automatically after i open it. Also, I was working with the custom MPlayer and it didn't work. This is episode 7 of Katekyo Hitman Reborn by the way.

Discerptor · 2007-03-19, 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheFluff

Try adding -correct-pts to the commandline. In the OS X player you do this under preferences -> misc -> additional parameters IIRC.

I was wondering what this preference did.

TheFluff · 2007-03-19, 15:26

It makes MPlayer use an alternative method for calculating timestamps, and therefore fixes an issue with -ass subtitles being one frame early/late.

andiyar · 2007-03-22, 05:07

@ Super Ska Master.

I'd say it's just your computer then, my friend. Give the official MPlayer build a twirl if you like (mplayerhq.hu), although to be frank there isn't too much difference between it and my build - I built with a newer version of freetype, mostly. It is possible, however, that my build is Tiger only - I really couldn't say, as I don't have a copy of 10.3 around to test it on, nor do I know of anyone specifically using 10.3 to use it. :/

Quicktime not playing it isn't really an odd thing - it doesn't support a lot of the h.264 (AVC) spec. VLC... again, perhaps the new VLC requires Tiger, though I'd have thought it'd support 10.3.9. You definitely grabbed the Universal version, yes?

-Andiyar

Super Ska Master · 2007-03-22, 18:46

Well, whenever I tried the new VLC, it automatically quits. Maybe I didn't have the universal version. Link?

And MPlayer is crap. It just flat out doesn't work.

andiyar · 2007-03-24, 06:15

The newest universal of VLC is available on the Videolan site - http://www.videolan.org/

As to MPlayer, honestly, I've never, ever had an issue with it - and neither have the majority of people in this thread, it appears. I am seriously wondering if it's a Panther issue. You did try the official build as well?

-Andiyar

Graves · 2007-03-30, 03:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichobi

Hey Graves, if you have fontconfig parameter on , make sure you DO NOT use Mplayer font.

Set it like this;
Look in Mplayer > Preference
in General tab > Subtitle settings

FONT: none
That should fix it.

On a side note, what sort of Machine are you running, is it PPC or is it Intel.
If you download Andiyar Mplayer special build but you are running Intel Mac, then it wont work because Andiyar's build is only for PPC Mac.

No dice... I still get the green screen then a crash.

2007-03-30 04:50:58.141 MPlayer OSX[1566] *** Assertion failure in -[NSTextFieldCell _objectValue:forString:errorDescription:], AppKit.subproj/NSCell.m:1298
2007-03-30 04:50:58.141 MPlayer OSX[1566] Exception raised during posting of notification. Ignored. exception: Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil
Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file

And yes, it's the Intel build, for my MacBook Pro. This is frustrating. I haven't had to deal with MKV subs for a while, but now that I do once more, I'm stumped all over again.

Nonezumi · 2007-04-06, 13:33

Thank you all for relieving me of my VLC/MKV Subtitling woes!

Just a few notes and summary of previous posts here in case anyone else has the same issues I did;

I'm on a 15" Macbook Pro, OS X Tiger, and use the DVI out to send VGA to my Flatscreen TV.

1) The Intel Build found at the front of this thread is a must. It's currently at http://www.sendspace.com/file/l9b0gl. You may need to get Stuffit Installed to expand the file you download. Copy that expanded Application into your Applications Folder.

2) Even if it appears that you have files in /usr/X11R6/lib, the chances are you still don't have the Apple X11 software installed. I had only about 20 or so files, and therefore didn't have the Dynlibs which Mplayer requires for the custom build installed. Either download that from the Apple Website, or do what I did and just install X11 from the Optional Installs Package found on your OS X Tiger install DVDs/CDs.

3) When you run MPlayer for the first time, go to the MPlayer OSX menu and select preferences.

4) In the General Tab, make sure that Font is set to "None" under the Subtitle Settings Section

5) In the Miscellaneous Tab, tick the box under Advanced Settings to allow additonal parameters, and then paste '-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig' into the box under that (wihtout the quote marks around it of course)

6) Click OK, and then try running an MKV file with subtitles and all should be good! If you haven't performed stage 2, then you will get a crash as soon as you try and load the movie. Go and make sure you've done that step!

Additional things I've found;

* In the Video & Audio section of preferences, if you are intending on using videos through your external Monitor or Television (as I do), then the Default Video Out Module (MPlayer OSX) doesn't display at all; you'll just get a fullscreen OS X Window with no contents. Change it to CoreVideo (BETA) and Fullscreen will work correctly

* Forcing MPlayer to output to your 2nd Monitor without changing to CoreVideo (BETA) doesn't seem to do a damn thing!

* With thr's Intel Build I used, adding '-correct-pts' to your additional parameters causes a crash for some reason, so don't use it, and use 'z' and 'x' on the keyboard to delay your subtitles.

* Forcing subtitles to be displayed on launch for some reason prevents you from being able to turn them off, so I did not configure this either!

And finally, one question...

If there are no fonts embedded (common with subtitles ripped from DVDs, etc), is there any way of changing the default font used? The one chosen is absolutely huge!

kaibetamoto · 2007-04-06, 16:00

Will simply installing Divx work for playback on a mac?

2007-03-12, 05:28	Link #161
Yuzuyu yuzuyu is cute ^-^ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Netherlands	I think i just give up. I'm not in the mood to try to get it work for many times again. thanx for your help anyway andiyar EDIT: I found the opt map. it was unvisible all the time it seemed.. I made it visible in my root but now it's still not working Last edited by Yuzuyu; 2007-03-12 at 06:07.

2007-03-13, 05:13	Link #163
TheFluff Excessively jovial fellow Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ISDB-T Age: 37	Install X11, see the first post in this thread. __________________ \| ffmpegsource 17:43:13 <~deculture> Also, TheFluff, you are so fucking slowpoke.jpg that people think we dropped the DVD's. 17:43:16 <~deculture> nice job, fag! 01:04:41 < Plorkyeran> it was annoying to typeset so it should be annoying to read

2007-03-13, 06:08	Link #164
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	@ virtualnao Did you try installing X11 yet? -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-03-17, 22:05	Link #168
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	@ Super Ska Master What kind of Mac are you running? What version of OSX? What version of VLC/MPlayer? Tried Perian with Quicktime? At a guess, I'm guessing it's a h.264 .mp4 file. What does Quicktime do when you open the file - you said it just plays audio. Does it display any video at all? When you say VLC doesn't work, does it give you an error? Or does it just not do anything? A bit more info required -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-03-17, 22:11	Link #169
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	@ virtualnao In the finder, type "command-shift-g". In the resulting box, type "/usr/X11R6/lib/". Ensure that the folder is actually there, then check that you have the requisite library. If you don't, put your Tiger disk in the drive and reinstall X11 (did you do this to start with, or did you install it from Apple's web site?), as I believe the one on their website is Panther only (and not Intel compatible). Otherwise... grab the official mplayer build (mplayerhq.hu) and see if that works for you. Sticking point is the SSA support isn't there... unless you want to compile it for yourself -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-03-13, 09:20	Link #165
virtualnao i draw stuff Join Date: Mar 2007	I already have X11 installed for other applications.

2007-03-17, 21:51	Link #167
Super Ska Master Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006	What am I supposed to use to play .mp4s? I tried using MPlayer with X11, Quicktime Pro and VLC and they all don't work. Quicktime just plays the audio, VLC just doesn't play, and MPlayer says "Abnormal Playback termination."

2007-03-18, 23:51	Link #171
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	@ Super Ska Master Okay. I'm guessing it's a h.264 file from that. Open the file in VLC, as it starts to play get info (command-i) on the file. Now, there should be three tabs across the top (working with VLC 0.8.6 here, might be slightly different for you) - these tabs are General, Advanced Info and Stats. Click on the Advanced Information tab, you should be presented with a list of streams. Expand Stream 0 (generally) - this should be the video stream, if not, check the others. It should have a list of things, including Codec, Language, Type, Res & FPS. What's the Codec listed as? Oh, and incidentally, what's the resolution? If, as I'm guesing, it's a h.264 file, it should be listed as AVC. This is where we hit the fun part, namely that your machine is bottom-level in terms of processor speed for playing back AVC files. Try upgrading VLC to a newer version - their X.264 support has improved a fair bit recently - and perhaps try the custom build of MPlayer posted in this thread (assuming you're using the official rc1 build). If they just don't cut it, I'm afraid it's almost certainly due to your computer Though with that much RAM, it shouldn't be too much of an issue... unless you're trying to play back a 1024x576 h.264 file, or something equally large. Keep an eye on Activity Monitor to see your processor usage when playing the file - if it's at 100%, it's sadly not looking hopeful. -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-03-19, 05:47	Link #172
Super Ska Master Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006	The Codec is AVC. When I tried getting the new VLC, when I opened the file, it just quits automatically after i open it. Also, I was working with the custom MPlayer and it didn't work. This is episode 7 of Katekyo Hitman Reborn by the way.

2007-03-19, 15:26	Link #174
TheFluff Excessively jovial fellow Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ISDB-T Age: 37	It makes MPlayer use an alternative method for calculating timestamps, and therefore fixes an issue with -ass subtitles being one frame early/late. __________________ \| ffmpegsource 17:43:13 <~deculture> Also, TheFluff, you are so fucking slowpoke.jpg that people think we dropped the DVD's. 17:43:16 <~deculture> nice job, fag! 01:04:41 < Plorkyeran> it was annoying to typeset so it should be annoying to read

2007-03-22, 05:07	Link #175
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	@ Super Ska Master. I'd say it's just your computer then, my friend. Give the official MPlayer build a twirl if you like (mplayerhq.hu), although to be frank there isn't too much difference between it and my build - I built with a newer version of freetype, mostly. It is possible, however, that my build is Tiger only - I really couldn't say, as I don't have a copy of 10.3 around to test it on, nor do I know of anyone specifically using 10.3 to use it. :/ Quicktime not playing it isn't really an odd thing - it doesn't support a lot of the h.264 (AVC) spec. VLC... again, perhaps the new VLC requires Tiger, though I'd have thought it'd support 10.3.9. You definitely grabbed the Universal version, yes? -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-03-22, 18:46	Link #176
Super Ska Master Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006	Well, whenever I tried the new VLC, it automatically quits. Maybe I didn't have the universal version. Link? And MPlayer is crap. It just flat out doesn't work.

2007-03-24, 06:15	Link #177
andiyar wingéd prettygirl Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Age: 40	The newest universal of VLC is available on the Videolan site - http://www.videolan.org/ As to MPlayer, honestly, I've never, ever had an issue with it - and neither have the majority of people in this thread, it appears. I am seriously wondering if it's a Panther issue. You did try the official build as well? -Andiyar __________________ "Any good that I may do here, let me do now, for I may not pass this way again"

2007-04-06, 13:33	Link #179
Nonezumi Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Woo! Thank you all for relieving me of my VLC/MKV Subtitling woes! Just a few notes and summary of previous posts here in case anyone else has the same issues I did; I'm on a 15" Macbook Pro, OS X Tiger, and use the DVI out to send VGA to my Flatscreen TV. 1) The Intel Build found at the front of this thread is a must. It's currently at http://www.sendspace.com/file/l9b0gl. You may need to get Stuffit Installed to expand the file you download. Copy that expanded Application into your Applications Folder. 2) Even if it appears that you have files in /usr/X11R6/lib, the chances are you still don't have the Apple X11 software installed. I had only about 20 or so files, and therefore didn't have the Dynlibs which Mplayer requires for the custom build installed. Either download that from the Apple Website, or do what I did and just install X11 from the Optional Installs Package found on your OS X Tiger install DVDs/CDs. 3) When you run MPlayer for the first time, go to the MPlayer OSX menu and select preferences. 4) In the General Tab, make sure that Font is set to "None" under the Subtitle Settings Section 5) In the Miscellaneous Tab, tick the box under Advanced Settings to allow additonal parameters, and then paste '-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig' into the box under that (wihtout the quote marks around it of course) 6) Click OK, and then try running an MKV file with subtitles and all should be good! If you haven't performed stage 2, then you will get a crash as soon as you try and load the movie. Go and make sure you've done that step! Additional things I've found; * In the Video & Audio section of preferences, if you are intending on using videos through your external Monitor or Television (as I do), then the Default Video Out Module (MPlayer OSX) doesn't display at all; you'll just get a fullscreen OS X Window with no contents. Change it to CoreVideo (BETA) and Fullscreen will work correctly * Forcing MPlayer to output to your 2nd Monitor without changing to CoreVideo (BETA) doesn't seem to do a damn thing! * With thr's Intel Build I used, adding '-correct-pts' to your additional parameters causes a crash for some reason, so don't use it, and use 'z' and 'x' on the keyboard to delay your subtitles. * Forcing subtitles to be displayed on launch for some reason prevents you from being able to turn them off, so I did not configure this either! And finally, one question... If there are no fonts embedded (common with subtitles ripped from DVDs, etc), is there any way of changing the default font used? The one chosen is absolutely huge!

2007-04-06, 16:00	Link #180
kaibetamoto Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Will simply installing Divx work for playback on a mac?