Playing MPEG Video Files with MPlayer
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This section provides a tutorial on how to play a MPEG video file with MPlayer.
The next test is to use MPlayer to play a MPEG video file:
C:\temp>\local\mplayer\mplayer tracking.mpg MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font description, ignoring. Cannot load bitmap font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf Playing tracking.mpg. MPEG-ES file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG1 720x480 (aspect 1) 30.000 fps 1158.0 kbps ===================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-... Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ===================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720x480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.50:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [directx] 720x480 => 720x480 Planar YV12
MPlayer prints detailed information about the DAT file, and plays the content nicely.
Sections in This Chapter
Downloading and Installing MPlayer
Playing DVD VOB Files with MPlayer
Playing VCD DAT Files with MPlayer
Playing MP3 Music Files with MPlayer
Playing WAV Music Files with MPlayer
Playing WMA Music Files with MPlayer
