maku8ex Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 MPUI cant play real media.... that's bad....it can play everything else though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 That's because MPlayer can't either. No one's written a(n open source) decoder for Real Media (or Quicktime, for that matter), so naturally, it's not included in MPlayer. Even though I don't play either media types, the extensibility is what draws me to MPC + DirectShow codecs/filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vike Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Ok, since everyone here loves µtorrent because of it's greatness (for lack of a better term), what are some other programs you use for doing different things?I'll gives some general catagories that most people use:Webbrowsing: Firefox (duh)Movie player: BS PlayerIM: Trillian (Xfire for gaming)IRC: HydraIRCvoip in general: mostly google talk, but ventrilo from time to timeMusic Player: quintessentialAudio Editing: AudacityUnzipping: WinRARPicture browsing: IrfanviewPicture editing: Photoshop (haven't got around to switching to gimp yet)CD burning: nero 7image mounting: Daemon toolsAntivirus: AVGFirewall: zonealarmsBandwidth Monitor: tautology bandwidth monitorTemp monitor: MBM 5And that's about all of course, I don't use them all at the same time Doesn't BS player have adware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnage Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 mplayer doesnt seem to play a file i have... it plays the sound but no video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 You probably need a codec for the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 No... MPlayer doesn't use codecs.@Pwnage: It's probably an unsupported video compression. Some people actually include Real video in their audio-video containers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 You mean it can't run files it dosn't support with it's own codecs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Yep, MPlayer is self-contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Hmm, i guess people might need a backup-player that can use codecs if they use mplayer as the default player.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 KoolPlaya with your favorite codec pack (CCCP, FFDshow, etc.). I keep them in the odd case that I need to play a weird format file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Toxic Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I'm using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. This thing is HUGE (over 100MB with everything installed), but it has EVERYTHING needed to decode or encode ANY file (including QuickTime and Real Codecs). I haven't found a single file I can't play over an year now.Of course if you don't need the encoding tools you can use K-Lite Standard or Basic. Those will still play practicaly everything and are several times smaller than the Mega. Basic actually can fit on a floppy, though it doesn't play everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Huge codec packs are prone to issues, due to conflicts (causing crashes or whatever), or incorrect settings (causing playback errors). More likely than not, you're not going to need all 7 bajillion codecs and filters included with the pack, so why bother installing them in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 But isn't there a big chance if you download a generic codec and then you suddenly need to download more specialised ones as time passes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Better downloading more along the way than dumping a massive amount on your computer.If you suddenly have a problem with your media, which one is easier to troubleshoot?1) Uninstalling 500 codecs and filters and attempting to figure out what might be causing the problem2) Uninstalling some codec you just installed recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Toxic Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 In general you're right, but I've never had any problems with this particular codec pack and I've been able to play some very badly corrupted videos that some friends of mine couldn't with their "normal" codecs.btw, if you think that K-Lite is too big, take a look at this. It's a 50MB installer!!! As I recall it could even check your box for viruses at installation... now if this is not overdone, I don't know what is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 50MB only? I can remember ACE Mega CoDecS Pack being bigger, like 70MB ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Alpha-Toxic, try CCCP codec pack =http://cccp-project.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 And the codec wars continue... Heh, just wait 'till Firon chimes in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Toxic Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Alpha-Toxic, try CCCP codec pack =http://cccp-project.net/Looks nice, "specifically built for playing anime" I'm not going to try it right now, though, cause I'll need to uninstall my current codecs first. Chances are after the un/re/installs sth will not work...btw, do you think the "CCCP" is intentionl? And all this red color at the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Yep, it is =PAnd um, the CCCP installer will try to remove traces of other codec packs before installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnage Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Whats intentional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 USSR == CCCPUSSR flag is red/yellow, much like how CCCP Project's website is. That's what Alpha-Toxic is referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 A question about mPlayer: Can it change the subtitles size/type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnage Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 mPlayer dosent show any video for me at any time, even when i play normal videos that play in wmp and other stuff fine? Whats wrong? Absolutley nothing ive tryed has worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Weird. MPlayer plays every file I've thrown at it so far perfectly... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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