How to watch fansubs with your mac.

[Skyjersey]

Another unofficial builds available here

The latest SVN release dated Nov. 29 is a universal binary of Mplayer OSX RC2, I tested it and it works.

[Ryoujin]

There was a new update to VLC yesterday (or today?), the version now is 0.8.6d, I wonder if there's any cool improvement.

A couple of weeks ago I posted in their forums about subtitles, one of the people working on VLC said that they were working on that (not sure if it was A.S.S. or SRT or however you write it), so VLC would handle it better, but I read the changes and nothing is mentioned there.

[Epyon9283]

Originally Posted by Ryoujin

There was a new update to VLC yesterday (or today?), the version now is 0.8.6d, I wonder if there's any cool improvement.

A couple of weeks ago I posted in their forums about subtitles, one of the people working on VLC said that they were working on that (not sure if it was A.S.S. or SRT or however you write it), so VLC would handle it better, but I read the changes and nothing is mentioned there.

Just tried it. Crashed on me and it still sucks at subtitles.

[Ryoujin]

I just watched a couple of episodes of series I'm on and they looked normally. Not much, because they were AVI's and I don't really have issues with those on VLC, I'll try some MKV later...

Didn't experience any crash, tho. If you are having crashes probably try repairing permissions, clearing the cache or zapping the pram. Can't guarantee that any of those would work for you but that's what I usually do when I have problems and at the end it works.

[Epyon9283]

It crashed on exit which previous versions of VLC did quite frequently for me. Different machines and different OS versions too.

[taelrak]

VLC always crashes when you exit a playing movie without stopping/pausing it for some reason. It's still only good for the occasional avi files i still watch now and then.

[Ryoujin]

Originally Posted by Epyon9283

It crashed on exit which previous versions of VLC did quite frequently for me. Different machines and different OS versions too.

Originally Posted by taelrak

VLC always crashes when you exit a playing movie without stopping/pausing it for some reason. It's still only good for the occasional avi files i still watch now and then.

I've never had such issues with VLC. Might probably help if you copy the error that shows up in the console and report it in VLC so they can see it and probably fix it?

[Epyon9283]

Originally Posted by Ryoujin

I've never had such issues with VLC. Might probably help if you copy the error that shows up in the console and report it in VLC so they can see it and probably fix it?

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=29592
They already know about it. The one developer in the thread said they were able to reproduce it last December. I'm not too confident that its going to get fixed...

[Pacoup]

Hey,

I installed Andyar's latest build and tried to play a couple of MKVs anime with the following parameters:
-sid 0 -ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig -ac mad
(given by Ledgem)

In both Tiger and Leopard it doesn't work.
The subs are correct but unfortunatly there is no sound.

Does anyone know the problem?

[TheFluff]

Try without -ac mad (it's only for stuff with mp3 audio, and not all MKV's have that).

[Louieman]

Ok, I managed to completely screw up MplayerX on my Mac. I used it often for playing .mkv soft subs files but noticed it has trouble displaying simultaneous speech from more than one person, where it will just quickly cycle through many lines in a short amount of time.

I thought following the instructions on the first page would fix this problem so I decided to give it a shot. First off, I deleted everything Mplayer related, and then everything supposedly "X11" related (It just seemed like fonts and stuff which I was deleting, there was no distinctive "X11" program or anything). I tried downloading the "X11" program and the X11 '06 update on the first page but on installation is said I already had it. Finally, I tried downloading "Andiyar and Nonezumi's" version of Mplayer to start off with, but now, for every single type of file (.avi / .mkv etc) the Mplayer crashes and has a playback error. I've tried the official build of Mplayer, and repeatedly downloading the Mplayers to no avail.

I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer their assistance.

~ Thanks in Advance.

[Mr VacBob]

-afm libmad (or -afm ffmpeg) works much better than -ac mad since it won't break everything else.
And mp3lib has been fixed for like a year now...

[Nonezumi]

Originally Posted by Louieman

Ok, I managed to completely screw up MplayerX on my Mac. I used it often for playing .mkv soft subs files but noticed it has trouble displaying simultaneous speech from more than one person, where it will just quickly cycle through many lines in a short amount of time.

I thought following the instructions on the first page would fix this problem so I decided to give it a shot. First off, I deleted everything Mplayer related, and then everything supposedly "X11" related (It just seemed like fonts and stuff which I was deleting, there was no distinctive "X11" program or anything). I tried downloading the "X11" program and the X11 '06 update on the first page but on installation is said I already had it. Finally, I tried downloading "Andiyar and Nonezumi's" version of Mplayer to start off with, but now, for every single type of file (.avi / .mkv etc) the Mplayer crashes and has a playback error. I've tried the official build of Mplayer, and repeatedly downloading the Mplayers to no avail.

I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer their assistance.

~ Thanks in Advance.

Crap... It's not a very good idea to delete things off manually - even without X11 installed there are still components of X11 on OS X by default! I'm hoping you haven't taken more than you needed to away...

What error are you having on the system? Best to copy the last few lines of the error file and post it here.

(Oh, and in case anyonereads down from the post above, "-ac mad," has been depriciated in the Andiyar/Nonezumi build - it's not required any more. Specifying it in the additional parameters will just lead to mplayer NOT playing any audio - the first post on this page should always have the correct instructions in it!)

[Louieman]

^ On the MPlayerX log I get this

2007-12-07 09:57:51.656 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] ===================== MPlayer OSX Started =====================
2007-12-07 09:57:52.203 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Path to MPlayer: /Applications/MPlayer OSX PPC.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_ppc.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: /Users/louie/Shared/Genshiken 2 - 09.avi
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -font
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: /Users/louie/Library/Fonts/Gulim.ttf
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -monitoraspect
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: 1.2500
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -vo
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: macosx:shared_buffer
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -subcp
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: ISO-8859-1
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -subfont-text-scale
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: 3
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -ass
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -embeddedfonts
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -fontconfig
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -slave
2007-12-07 09:57:52.204 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -identify
2007-12-07 09:57:52.314 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Abnormal playback error. mplayer returned error code: 1
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Path to MPlayer: /Applications/MPlayer OSX PPC.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_ppc.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: /Users/louie/Shared/Minami-ke - 08.avi
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -font
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: /Users/louie/Library/Fonts/Gulim.ttf
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -monitoraspect
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: 1.2500
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -vo
2007-12-07 09:58:41.382 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: macosx:shared_buffer
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -subcp
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: ISO-8859-1
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -subfont-text-scale
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: 3
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -ass
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -embeddedfonts
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -fontconfig
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -slave
2007-12-07 09:58:41.383 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Arg: -identify
2007-12-07 09:58:41.471 MPlayer OSX PPC[836] Abnormal playback error. mplayer returned error code: 1


EDIT

Got X11 reinstalled with the disc, plus the update.
Got Mplayer again, but is now giving me error code 5, instead of 1.

EDIT 2
Ok, after a lot of tweaking around, I managed to get the official build working again. I think I'm gonna leave it how it is.

[Nonezumi]

Originally Posted by Louieman

^ On the MPlayerX log I get this

EDIT

Got X11 reinstalled with the disc, plus the update.
Got Mplayer again, but is now giving me error code 5, instead of 1.

EDIT 2
Ok, after a lot of tweaking around, I managed to get the official build working again. I think I'm gonna leave it how it is.

I think it's probably for the best at this point! I think you have removed parts of OS X you shouldn't have, and there is a good chance you _may_ find other applications which may not work as they should. Just a heads-up!

[Ledgem]

I know this thread has largely been dealing with mPlayer, but I have an issue related to Quicktime and Perian. I'm trying to watch Ghost Hound, but Quicktime pops up a "you need more components" message before playing the video - but no audio. I tested and found that it does this with other files that are .mkv (and use AAC audio - don't have any MP3 audio ones to test with). This is Quicktime 7.3.0 on OSX 10.5.1, Perian 1.0. I believe mPlayer will work fine for now, but I was hoping for Quicktime...

Also, I did try changing the audio output settings in Perian's control panel, and it didn't have an effect.

[sk3]

Originally Posted by Ledgem

I know this thread has largely been dealing with mPlayer, but I have an issue related to Quicktime and Perian. I'm trying to watch Ghost Hound, but Quicktime pops up a "you need more components" message before playing the video - but no audio. I tested and found that it does this with other files that are .mkv (and use AAC audio - don't have any MP3 audio ones to test with). This is Quicktime 7.3.0 on OSX 10.5.1, Perian 1.0. I believe mPlayer will work fine for now, but I was hoping for Quicktime...

Also, I did try changing the audio output settings in Perian's control panel, and it didn't have an effect.

AFAIK Quicktime 7.3.x and greater on Tiger and Leopard has a bug with Perian and with AAC. I think it's also a known bug because i've seen many forums with the same problem.
We we'll need to wait for Perian 1.1 for fix that. Meanwhile, mplayer r0x

[Aero]

mplayer is a really good player Im currenty using the build posted on this forum. Its way better than vlc but my problem is after playing a lot of videos it tends to slow down. Lets say I played 20 videos, the 21 will either crash or takes like a minute to load. I opened my activity monitor and see that it is in red. Is there a way to reset or fix this? Turning the app off and on again does not fix it. It can only be fixed by rebooting the system. Is there a way to reset or fix this without rebooting mac os x?

Thanks

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by Aero

mplayer is a really good player Im currenty using the build posted on this forum. Its way better than vlc but my problem is after playing a lot of videos it tends to slow down. Lets say I played 20 videos, the 21 will either crash or takes like a minute to load. I opened my activity monitor and see that it is in red. Is there a way to reset or fix this? Turning the app off and on again does not fix it. It can only be fixed by rebooting the system. Is there a way to reset or fix this without rebooting mac os x?

Thanks

Are you loading the videos into your playlist, by any chance? This is just a guess, but maybe try clearing the playlist every now and then.

And about waiting on Perian 1.1...

[Aero]

Originally Posted by Ledgem

Are you loading the videos into your playlist, by any chance? This is just a guess, but maybe try clearing the playlist every now and then.

And about waiting on Perian 1.1...

Nope I dont use playlist so its always empty.

BTW here's the error log.

2007-12-14 21:59:36.574 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] ===================== MPlayer OSX Started =====================
2007-12-14 21:59:36.856 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Path to MPlayer: /Applications/MPlayer OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_intel.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer
2007-12-14 21:59:36.856 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: /Users/Aero/Downloads/video.avi
2007-12-14 21:59:36.857 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -monitoraspect
2007-12-14 21:59:36.857 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: 1.6000
2007-12-14 21:59:36.857 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -vo
2007-12-14 21:59:36.858 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: macosx:shared_buffer
2007-12-14 21:59:36.858 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -ass
2007-12-14 21:59:36.859 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -embeddedfonts
2007-12-14 21:59:36.859 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -fontconfig
2007-12-14 21:59:36.859 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -slave
2007-12-14 21:59:36.860 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Arg: -identify
2007-12-14 21:59:36.919 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] *** Assertion failure in -[NSTextFieldCell _objectValue:forString:errorDescription:], /SourceCache/AppKit/AppKit-949/AppKit.subproj/NSCell.m:1338
2007-12-14 21:59:36.920 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Exception raised during posting of notification.  Ignored.  exception: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil'  invoked observer method: '*** -[PlayerController statusUpdate:]'  observer: 0x1610c0  notification name: 'MIStateUpdatedNotification'
Fri Dec 14 21:59:37 ZERO MPlayer OSX[434] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (65488) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x1199
Fri Dec 14 21:59:37 ZERO MPlayer OSX[434] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (65488) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x129d
Fri Dec 14 21:59:37 ZERO MPlayer OSX[434] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (65488) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x1199
Fri Dec 14 21:59:37 ZERO MPlayer OSX[434] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (65296) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x129d
2007-12-14 21:59:37.304 mplayer[435:10b] An uncaught exception was raised
2007-12-14 21:59:37.305 mplayer[435:10b] [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
Error (1000) creating CGSWindow
2007-12-14 21:59:37.306 mplayer[435:10b] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '[NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
Error (1000) creating CGSWindow'
2007-12-14 21:59:37.306 mplayer[435:10b] Stack: (
    2499297899,
    2511069339,
    2499296657,
    2482579558,
    2482577417,
    2499320522,
    2499320626,
    232570
)
2007-12-14 21:59:39.572 MPlayer OSX[434:20b] Abnormal playback error. mplayer returned error code: 5