MPUI codec problems [solved]
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:50 am
SOLVED
The latest version of MPlayer for Windows packed with MPUI (which can be found here: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?p ... ts#mplayer) comes with pthreadGC2.dll which solved the codecs problem described below. It wasn't packed with the previous version of MPlayer and MPUI and Andrew Lee also doesn't list it (see post below). All in all I think I was in between versions or something... Anyway everything is working as it's supposed to.
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A little update to the message above. I've just discovered that this is NOT the official release of MPUI. I read through most part of the forum and this post adressed my problem.
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Hi all,
Maybe somebody can help me out with this.
I'm having a little problem with MPUI. I needed a player that could play .ram RealPlayer files since VLC couldn't. So I got MPUI, it had the best reviews here AND it is a lot smaller than some of the other front-ends.
So I've dloaded MPUI and then got the latest version of mplayer (1.1.10) at the official website. Then I also dloaded their binary codecs.
Replaced the mplayer.exe with the latest version and put all the codecs in the codecs-subdirectory, the default location to put them. Then I opened a .ram file with MPUI which played fine but without sound. Also starting mplayer from the commandline results in no sound. When I put the codecs in the same dir as MPUI.exe and mplayer.exe, I do have sound, but a messy-looking MPUI root-dir... The original mplayer that came with MPUI (version 0.9) also doesn't play the sound. Seems that mplayer can't find the default codec-dir for some reason.
I've looked for a solution, but after a hour or so of reading the man_page and online DOCS my brain is starting to spin... soooo many options...
Did anybody experience the same problem as I have? I really like MPUI and I can make it work with sound, but the MPUI-dir looks messy which I hate. So it's cosmetic in a way, but still, it's also odd behaviour.
Anyway, if somebody knows a solution, it would be much appreciated! In the meantime I'm gonna stick with my messy MPUI-dir.
The latest version of MPlayer for Windows packed with MPUI (which can be found here: http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?p ... ts#mplayer) comes with pthreadGC2.dll which solved the codecs problem described below. It wasn't packed with the previous version of MPlayer and MPUI and Andrew Lee also doesn't list it (see post below). All in all I think I was in between versions or something... Anyway everything is working as it's supposed to.
----------
A little update to the message above. I've just discovered that this is NOT the official release of MPUI. I read through most part of the forum and this post adressed my problem.
----------
Hi all,
Maybe somebody can help me out with this.
I'm having a little problem with MPUI. I needed a player that could play .ram RealPlayer files since VLC couldn't. So I got MPUI, it had the best reviews here AND it is a lot smaller than some of the other front-ends.
So I've dloaded MPUI and then got the latest version of mplayer (1.1.10) at the official website. Then I also dloaded their binary codecs.
Replaced the mplayer.exe with the latest version and put all the codecs in the codecs-subdirectory, the default location to put them. Then I opened a .ram file with MPUI which played fine but without sound. Also starting mplayer from the commandline results in no sound. When I put the codecs in the same dir as MPUI.exe and mplayer.exe, I do have sound, but a messy-looking MPUI root-dir... The original mplayer that came with MPUI (version 0.9) also doesn't play the sound. Seems that mplayer can't find the default codec-dir for some reason.
I've looked for a solution, but after a hour or so of reading the man_page and online DOCS my brain is starting to spin... soooo many options...
Did anybody experience the same problem as I have? I really like MPUI and I can make it work with sound, but the MPUI-dir looks messy which I hate. So it's cosmetic in a way, but still, it's also odd behaviour.
Anyway, if somebody knows a solution, it would be much appreciated! In the meantime I'm gonna stick with my messy MPUI-dir.