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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I listened to .rm and .mp3 at www.wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml.  They also
> > have ogg (pls and m3u) and AAC+ (pls and m3u).  And I listened
> > successfully to a link ending in .asx that looks like it connected to
> > another link starting in mms and ending in .wma.  I have lynx set up to
> > 'view' .asx files but not .wma files.  The .asx link appears to steer
> > mplayer/lynx to the .wma, which it does play.  Is this built into Mplayer?
>
> Yes. But m3u files need the -playlist option. Perhaps m3u files have
> a slightly different formatting.

> > Can I simply untar -zxvf my lynx package at sdf, make the changes, and
> > repackage it without makepkg, and have it keep the /install/doinstall.sh?
>
> Yes. makepkg puts some kind of header into the tar file, (linuxpackages
> won't accept the file unless the header is there) but using tar instead
> won't affect the installation or use on Slackware or BL.

I already did this manually (added ogg to lynx.cfg) and remade the package 
and reuploaded it.  Next time I will know better.

> > Where do I get codecs for MPEG-4 formats aac and aac+ (aacPlus v1 and v2),
> > which are touted as the latest and greatest and are used by Apple iTunes?
>
> Isn't it built in?

It did not play.
Can you play an aac+ file with mplayer, online?

> $ ./mplayer -ac help | grep AAC
> faad        faad      working   FAAD AAC (MPEG2/MPEG4 Audio) decoder  
> [libfaad2]
>
> > KZSU has mp3 and rm files that play, but if I choose Windows Media link
> > kzsu-live.stanford.edu/audio/kzsu-1.asx gets me to another page with the
> > URL below, starting in mms but this time ending not in .wma but .asx.
> > It does not attempt to play this file.  What is mms?  Is it MPEG-4? I
> > found something about PSS/MMS Audio Codec and extended AMR-WB.
> >
> > lynx.cfg
> > SUFFIX:asx:video/x-ms-asx
> > VIEWER:video/x-ms-asx:mplayer -playlist %2
> > I even added:
> > VIEWER:audio/x-ms-asx
>
> > How do I fix lynx.cfg to play this directly from the original link?
>
> Good question. Somehow, lynx is getting confused by the asx
> file and is trying to display it instead of playing it. Is there Javascript
> code or odd HTML at this website? lynx might have trouble if it
> is not just a link to the file.

I did not notice any javascript.  Do you want to check out this site?

> > Do I need a Windows codec from among the ones Steven
> > listed to handle asx -> mms:   asx ?
>
> No, asx is built-in to mplayer and so is mms.
>
> > > 5) Several people on the list eventually requested racook
> > > and other codec support, so I added that to 4).
> >
> > Did you actually include racook or do I still need the /codecs directory
> > with codecs in it for rp9?
>
> I did not include racook.
>
> > > 6) This one has not been built, so I cannot comment.
> > > Expected features: working subtitles support, svgalib and
> > > other output, perhaps a dynamic glibc version for BL2?
> >
> > Subtitles seem to work as well in mplayer3 as on a DVD player.  I can't
> > choose the language with either of them and no remote control  (But I can
> > access more than the first track with Mplayer, FF various amounts, etc.)
> > Would the dynamic version be a lot smaller than this static one?

> Experiments that I have done so far indicate that it would not be. The
> minimal so far (after strip and gzip) was 2.2M, which is only about .5
> smaller than the existing mplayer. But uncompressed, it would save
> 2-4MB so I will try to provide a dynamic binary.
>
> > Will you include any more of the common codecs?
>
> racook? I might not be allowed to under U.S. law. But I doubt
> anyone on this list would sue me.
>
> > How do I use vidix?
>
> mplayer -vo xvidix
>
> It works on Xvesa, contrary to earlier reports.
>
> David