2008-08-13, 09:54 | Link #1 |
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MPlayer OSX Extended
The posts are a bit unorganized and conflict with their threads' actual topic so I'll start a fresh one here.
Development on the MPlayer OSX frontend hasn't been very active and after putting my nose int the source I just couldn't resist doing something about it. Currently, the added features are most notably:
The current version is revision 6 and you can find it on the homepage: http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/ Comments, feature requests and but requests are welcome here, or per email.
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2008-08-13, 09:55 | Link #2 |
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I just released revision 5. Here's quick rundown on the changes:
New Features:
The current revision is available here: http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/
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2008-08-16, 01:41 | Link #3 |
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I love you.
Hm... weird behaviour. When I shift focus to or from the MPlayer window, the screen flashes black for a split moment. Same if I invert the colours (Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+8) while the player is the active window. If I do either of these things while the video is paused, it stays black (or white inverted :P) until I unpause. UPDATE: This is only if MPlayer OSX is the video out being used. I suppose it probably has to do with whatever is being done to make the window not resize down to controller size after a "restart" caused by changing preferences. Also, this probably isn't a priority (since who would really do this? :P), but if I change video out modes in the middle of playing a file in MPlayer OSX mode (CoreVideo in this case), it works, but the old playback windows stays the same size it was before instead of shrinking down to a controller. Last edited by Discerptor; 2008-08-19 at 23:12. |
2008-08-18, 17:48 | Link #4 |
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Wow, finally, after all this time, subtitles work in MPlayer! ^^
But... Uh... I seem to be having problems. You see, the video is not in sync with the audio - It seems to be going at a lower frame rate than it's supposed to. If anyone can tell me how to fix this, I'd be forever grateful. No really, seriously. |
2008-08-18, 18:30 | Link #6 | |
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2008-08-19, 01:18 | Link #7 |
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Awesome work with this release - now I can play external subtitles with ease (for some reason, the auto-detection doesn't work for me in the normal MPlayer build)! A quick question, however: is it possible to change the color of the external subs? It comes out as yellow, but I've really gotten too used to white subtitles that the yellow ones have become sort of an eyesore. I've looked through the original MPlayer documentation without much success.
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2008-08-19, 08:55 | Link #8 | |
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show the subtitles and I have no clue how to make it work. I heard there's a way via the command line, but I have no clue how to make That work. ^_^" It only really works in this version. And it's definately not my computer! I gots a PPC G4, y'know! >:O Running Tiger, and the file's an mkv. Well, it's pretty much the Same with all mkv's. Also, I can play it in normal MPlayer perfectly, just no subs; that's why I'm sure it's not my computer. And the audio plays perfectly, too. And, about mkv's, rarely do they work normal with VLC, and if they do, I'm fine with that, but most mkv's are heavily choppy, laggy, or even just not working. Yeah, I know, mkv's only a container, but I don't care about all that. It works or it doesn't work. That's why I need MPlayer That basically sums up my problems. I'm seeing that most newer anime are all turning mkv, so... PLEAAASE HELP MEEEEEEEE!!! *cry* |
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2008-08-19, 09:28 | Link #9 |
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@Discerptor
There's also the problem that the video halts whenever you press a button or open a menu. If the video output is set to a separate window, then that window runs with the mplayer process separate from the GUI. Otherwise the GUI gets the video through shared memory and does everything in one single thread which I guess causes these problems. @SPC1st Try adding this to the command line options in the advanced preferences tab: Code:
-ass-color ffffff00 @GreenyOSX The GUI puts an additional strain on the CPU. With integrated video the GUI uses about 5% and without about 2% CPU on my machine. Subtitle rendering also uses a bit of CPU power. So it could be that the video barley plays in the command-line mplayer and doesn't play anymore with the added strain of the gui and subtitles. Open the activity monitor and check if you CPU is maxed out.
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2008-08-20, 02:13 | Link #11 |
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I'm kinda having the same problem as GreenyOSX.
The video is lagging to the audio. I'm on a MacBook Pro -2.33 Ghz Core 2 Duo -2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 -Radeonx1600 256 MB VRAM -OSX 10.5.4 The video I'm trying to play is a 1280x720 h264 This only happens when I play it on MPlayer and the resolution is that or higher (I guess HD releases). When I play this format on Quicktime w/ Perian it works somewhat fine, there is a slight audio/video pauses. When I checked the activity monitor when its playing on MPlayer, its hitting about 90-94% on process and 40-60 MB on the memory usage. Last edited by Hellion314; 2008-08-21 at 23:59. |
2008-08-21, 12:11 | Link #12 |
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Greeny: Get a new computer or get used to watching the non-HD releases. I had a G4 PowerBook, and it couldn't play any 720p (1280x720 resolution) h264 files without lagging. I suppose you could try what I'm about to mention to Hellion if you want to try one last thing though.
Hellion: You could get a non-expiring infraction for mentioning that file on AnimeSuki forums since that animé is licensed in the U.S. You should edit your post to only mention the resolution and encoding. To play 720p and higher quality h264 files in general, I think your computer has more than enough CPU power for it, so you must be running lots of stuff in the background. Don't do that. If you need more speed still, under the "Video" tab in the preferences, in the "Decoding and Filters" section, make sure the box for Fast libavcodec decoding is checked. |
2008-08-21, 13:53 | Link #13 |
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I guess you're right. The ones that don't work do seem awfully big screened.
Or 'HD' as you put it. But, how can I find these 'non-HD' releases you speak of? I just download the anime I can find - which is hard for me as is because my twisted and evil ISP puts a cap on p2p traffic; so torrents are out of the question. But, seeing as this forum is awfully strict, you're probably not allowed to say anyways. Thanks for taking the time to help me with my problem though. |
2008-08-21, 23:36 | Link #14 |
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Greeny, many fansub groups use IRC channels, which allow you to download files in a non-P2P manner using xdcc. For Mac OS X, I recommend Colloquy (just make sure in the "Interface" tab of the preferences to check the box that says "Show Notices as Private Chat," or the way Growl makes them disappear will annoy you to no end). Usually it's best to find out what groups are subbing the anime you want to watch and go to their website to see what they're releasing - almost every single fansub group I know of releases both a "low quality" and "high quality" version because of the CPU requirements of high-resolution H264 decoding. You can usually find the name/location of their IRC channel in there somewhere too.
Also, on the subject of torrents - with a proper torrent program, you can limit your upload speed to be as low as you need for your ISP to be okay with the outgoing traffic. On Mac OS X, I recommend Transmission above all others. It's lightweight, open source and has an incredibly good GUI. |
2008-08-22, 00:07 | Link #15 |
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First I'd like to thank you for the heads up and I apologize about the post.
I tried playing those type of files with only Mplayer running. I also checked that option and tried playing those type of files again and the problem is still the same. |
2008-08-22, 15:52 | Link #16 |
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Only two more common things I can think of at the moment: check your Energy Saver Preferences (one of the system preference pane in Mac OS X) to make sure you're not on "Better Energy Savings" mode, and try playing with the different options for framedrop in your MPlayer OSX Extended preferences under the Video tab.
EDIT: Also make sure you're not running on zero free RAM (spotlight for "Activity Monitor") EDIT: Also try changing the Video Output in the "Display" tab of the MPlayer OSX Extended preferences to CoreVideo and see if that makes a difference. Last edited by Discerptor; 2008-08-22 at 18:38. |
2008-08-22, 17:09 | Link #17 |
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I just released revision 6:
@GreenyOSX You could also try following command line option. It'll probably degrade quality visibly, though: Code:
-lavdopts skiploopfilter=all @Discerptor Your two problems should be fixed now. ^^
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2008-08-23, 10:34 | Link #18 |
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Congratulations, anime_layer, I was reading random blogs around and noticed that one of them had a news regarding MPlayer Extended (r6), here's the link (in spanish, tho).
http://www.applesfera.com/2008/08/23...layer-para-mac More or less at the end they say that the player is very promising and that they hope it gets at the same pace as VLC as in stability and speed, but that it's very good and that it doesn't hurt having it installed in the computer. |
2008-08-27, 19:24 | Link #19 |
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Great mplayer but I have a minor problem with it. Whenever I open a video file with mplayer it'll open a new window on the first time but when I exit the window and try to open a new video file with mplayer only the audio plays but a new window does not show up. Anyway to fix this? I know on your site it says not to minimize window when changing videos, just wanted to know if there was a way to around this since i find myself often closing the window before opening up a new video file. Thanks!
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