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

[Mario Marietto]

root at openindiana:~# pkg install audio/faad2
No updates necessary for this image.

I'm not able to play the video well with vlc. Can someone explain how to
install smplayer ? (better if mplayer + frontend) Maybe I am more lucky
with it.

Il giorno ven 22 ott 2021 alle ore 22:29 Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss
<openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> ha scritto:

> 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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-- 
Mario.