[xine-user] Re: Non-standard MJPEG files crash XINE ???

[James S. <jst...@us...>]

Hi,

Would it be possible to make this file available to download somewhere?
Alternatively if it is reasonably small (less than 2Mb) you can email it to
me and I'll see if I can see what the problem is.

James.

Sébastien PETIT <pet...@fr...> wrote:
> Hello there, I don't know whether this is a xine or an FFMPEG problem
> but there you go...
>
> My CANON Powershot G3 camera can record .avi files but the format is a
> non-standard MJPEG format (15 frames / sec)...that's what lavplay tells
> me. So i use a command line such as lavplay +p -a0 test.avi to see my
> videos - i found this hint here :
>
http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/pipermail/transcode-users/2003-J
anuary/006262.html
> The video plays without sound but it plays...and I think that ffmpeg is
> not the problem since this guy apparently managed to play the video
> using an application called mplayer with an ffmpeg plugin (that's what i
> understood from his mail, i'm not too comfortable with technical details
> :p)
>
> Now when i try to open the file using xine, the application crashes,
> unfortunately it does not generate any report when i use the command
>
>  xine /tmp/test.avi 2>&1 |tee /tmp/xine.log
>
> (the file is genereated but empty and i have to use Xkill to terminate
> xine)
>
> xine version used : 0.9.20
>
> Details :
> Mandrake 9 with 2.4.21 kernel
> Version de la bibliothèque de xine trouvée : 1.0.0 (1-beta10).
> Vendeur du serveur X: Mandrake Linux (XFree86 4.3, patch level 5mdk).
> Version: 40300000,
>         Version du Protocole: 11, Revision: 0,
>         Ecran(s) Disponible(s): 1, utilise 0
>         Profondeur: 24.
> main : détection du plugin de sortie vidéo <xv>
> main : détection du plugin de sortie audio <alsa>
>
> Hardware config :
>
> Dell inspiron 8200
> P4 1.7ghz
> Gf4GO 32MO
> AC97 sound
> 512 RAM
>
> Hope this helps...i'm going to contact that other powershot user to see
> if he knows about xine...
>
> Good luck on your great project (don't worry, using those mjpegs with
> windows XP was already a pain in the ass :p)
>
> Sébastien PETIT
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