[linux-dvb] Re: mpeg 4:2:2

[Wolfgang Thiel <w-thiel@gmx.net>]

On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 09:01:29PM +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Christian Schuld wrote:
> > 
> > does anybody known a solution to playback mpeg 4:2:2 (like the EBU Feeds on 
> > Eutelsat W3 @ 7.0E) with linux?
> > 
> > I have tried my full-featured av711x based rev 1.3 card => frozen picture, 
> > many arm-crashes after a few seconds.
> > 
> > Mplayer (todays cvs) refuses to display video with this error messages:
> > MPEG: bad sequence header extension
> > Video: Cannot read properties.
> > 
> > Xine (0.9.23) dies with a "bad extension" error message.
> > 
> > libmpeg2's mpeg2dec (0.4.0) on other hand is able to playback the demuxed 
> > video stream.
> > 
> > Any other suggestions?
> 
> mplayer supports many codecs, including libmpeg2.
> Try 'mplayer -vc help'.
>
No, that doesn't help: mplayer only accepts chrom_format = 1 (4:2:0)
in libmpdemux/mpeg_hdr.c: header_process_sequence_extension().
Well, at least the last version I looked at did that ...

Wolfgang


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