[OpenIndiana-discuss] a MP4 media player which works on openindiana ?

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a MP4 media player which works on...:

> root at openindiana:~# pkg install library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/bad
> root at openindiana:~# pkg install library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/ugly
> root at openindiana:~# pkg install library/audio/gstreamer1/plugin/libav

Those three are plugins for the Gstreamer 1.x interface

> root at openindiana:~# pkg install library/audio/gstreamer/plugin/ffmpeg

I think that one is still for the original Gstreamer 0.10.x interface.

OI has both, so unfortunately right now you need to know which of them
the media application (rhythmbox, totem, etc.) is linked against.

totem appears to be linked against the older gstreamer 0.10.x interface:

$ ldd /usr/bin/totem | egrep -i gstreamer
         libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 => /usr/lib/64/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0

rhythmbox is linked against gstreamer 1.x:

$ ldd /usr/bin/rhythmbox | egrep -i gstreamer
         libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 =>         /usr/lib/64/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0

vlc doesn't use gstreamer at all:

$ ldd /usr/bin/vlc | egrep -i gstreamer


Since vlc isn't linked against gstreamer, the gstreamer plugins you
installed won't help vlc play additional formats.

The plugins you installed *might* help Rhythmbox, though, so I would
give that another try to see if it can play it now.

If you want to try get it working with vlc, then based on the VLC wiki
article on AAC:

 	https://wiki.videolan.org/Advanced+Audio+Coding

It says:

 	VLC supports AAC and HE-AAC through the libraries libfaad and
 	libavcodec.

Knowing that vlc wants libfaad, and then browsing the packages in
hipster-encumbered via

 	http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-encumbered/en/catalog.shtml

I think your best option is to try installing

 	audio/faad2

Tim
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