[Openquicktime-users] movie playback issues in xine / mplayer with some codec

[Philippe A. <z7...@ho...>]

Hi list,

I've been using openquicktime on linux x86 and I've encountered problems 
when playing movies with xine and mplayer. Below are the combinations I have 
found to be working correctly. Other codecs didn't work. I don't recall the 
result with 'unsupported' video codecs. I know the result with 'unsupported' 
audio codec is an awful audio playback.

mplayer:
Sound: "A-Law 2:1"
Video: "motion jpeg", or "photo jpeg"

xine:
Sound: "IMA 4:1", or "Twos Complement - big endian"
Video: "motion jpeg", or "photo jpeg"

Here are other notes I gathered. I've found the following problems when 
playing oqt encoded movies in  Apple QT 6.5.1 (Windows XP):

Sound
ima4: No sound playing at all. Other audio codecs are fine.

Video:
TIFF: Doesn't work.
TIFF pb : doesn't work.

And finally, a 16:9 movie does not appear with an appropriate ratio in 
mplayer.

I understand this may be a problem with the players I used and not the 
openquicktime plugin. I didn't know where to throw the ball first so I 
played it heads or tail. Any guidance will be much appreciated.

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