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Play MPEG Movies Under LinuxPPC
Jason Haas writes: "We now have instructions for playing MPEG movies under LinuxPPC, and
they're posted on our Web site on this page. Sam Lantinga of Loki Software wrote a number of the utilities we use (thanks!), along with one by Jan Hubicka. Happily, they're all in RPM format, which shouldn't be a problem for anyone to handle. We also have instructions for editing Netscape's setup to automagically play MPEGs when they're downloaded. It is most cool to see and hear your LinuxPPC box playing a movie." Maybe I can find a nice cheap green iMac to try this on.
Glad to see Jason is back on his feet. :) After the status updates on his progress stopped, I started wondering what was happening. Welcome back, Jason! :)
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Why couldn't they use xanim? I realize some of the proprietary codecs only come in binary form but my understanding was that MPEG was unencumbered...
hmm thought I went to slashdot.org not freshmeat.net...
its kinda funny how stories like this get posted, but useful ones get dropped..
way to go Tim.
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Two answers to your delema:
#1: If you mean "Why would you run Linux instead of MacOS?" Well, a myriad of reasons actually. MacOS is rather nice in many respects, but programing on it ain't the best experience in the world. (Yes, I've done it.) Also, it plays very well with MacOS (as in can be put on any partition regardless of position and won't (read: won't unless you screw it up) ruin your HFS/HFS+ partitions, so there's no need to ditch MacOS.
#2: If you mean "Why would you run Linux on PPC instead of Linux on Intel?" Well, besides the hardware being more expencive... Linux on PPC is the easiest install/maintain that *I've* ever done. I was shocked at how much of a pain in the arse it was to install on an x86 compared to the absolute breese on PPC. Some of this is starting to go away though, ie LILO cylender restriction gone by-by, so this might not be the case in another year or so. But anyway, that's a good reason.
Yummy, pancakes.
Not really a new solution...
But anyway, I've found mtv to be a very good player. Install mtv and it comes with another program called mtvp that doesn't have the timeout (or the gui) of mtv.
Full screen mode is very good and all of that.
~Chris
Happily, they're all in RPM format
.tar.gz source code.
I for one, can't understand this favoring of a distro's packetmanager instead of just plain old
Even if it needs to be a binary package, then USE THE STANDARD TOOLS(tar + gzip) so people that don't want to infest their system have a chance.
-H
...try Tripping the Rift. It's MPEG format.
(Warning: it's for mature audiences, analogous to an R-rated movie. And it's five minutes long. You may break out in uncontrollable laughter.)
-- Sunlighter
Sunlit World Scheme. Weird and different.
One of the libraries listed there is aalib - isn't that the one that renders stuff in ASCII Art? Can you actually render an MPEG movie in ASCII Art in real time?
Linux, always on the cutting edge of technology, is now supporting a movie a new format called "MPEG". This latest advance, promises Linux advocates will continue to widen the gap between other competing operating systems, which have a far smaller portion of the OS market.
"With this new addition to LinuxPPC, I expect Apple to abandon any further development on any OSes they may be researching. Clearly, the ability to play MPEG movies is something else nobody can boast." said Sam Lantinga, who wrote some utilities used for this technological leap. "Luckily for our competitiors, nobody is using such new technology... it should be ages before anyone can harness this new power," Lantinga contiuned.
In the Intel market, Linux also continues to dominate, due to its ease of installation, consistent interface and clear documentation.
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Why is this "news" for slashdot? I have had this setup on my Linux box (PMac) for months now since there was a decent port of AA.
Is Slashdot now going to start posting every Linux newbie-config page that gets submitted? Of course not. This is News for Nerds! Timothy should re-check his audience.
MPEGs...how 1995!
For a more broadly useful video format, Apple will have to port QuickTime to Linux. For a company that used to officially support MkLinux, you'd think they'd get off of their collective ass and at least release binaries. Hell, you can even stream Quicktime from Linux, but you can't watch it.
There used to be, as of a few months ago, a petition up at neutron.resnet.gatech.edu/qt-petit ion.html, but that appears to have gone away. (As has the server.) Maybe the guy graduated and took his server with him.
I'm told that xanim plays Quicktime, but I've never tried it. Still, I'd like to have a plug-in, and something that supports that full functionality of Quicktime. I wish Apple would do something about it.
-Waldo
no, loki wrote it and it's open source (BSD or BSD-like license I think)? I think there is a page on the sdl somewhere at http://www.lokigames.com/development
no exact url handy, but smpeg is deginitely open, hopefully you can find it. It works nicely (WAY better than xanim). If you want a nice frontend, I have a debian package called gtv-smpeg that uses it and wraps a small, but nice, gtk interface around it.
The Matrix is going down for reboot now! Stopping reality: OK. The system is halted.
xanim can already play quicktime's file and stream format, and most of the codecs through cinepak. Unfortunately, almost all quicktime content on the net now uses the sorenson codec, which is patent-encumbered and so can't legally be implemented.
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...they're often better as places to nab software from when you already know what you're looking for... /. [1]
For me at least, I like to hit freshmeat everyday, and see what apps are being started, or being worked on...a lot of times I'll run into things I wasn't looking for, but would be really useful.
besides, if a LinuxPPC user wants to play an MPEG file, they will most likely hit freshmeat, not
which useful ones are you thinking about?
OK, that was a guess on my part...but the thing is that we don't get to see what stories you drop. It would be really nice if there was a "back page" on slashdot..where we could see the stories you drop...not all of them, just the ones that you thought about for second before killing it. We don't have to be able to comment on the stories, just have a link to them. Maybe you guys could create a subset of moderators that would be able to moderate the backpage...and if a story gets moderated up to like 10 or something (a high number) then it gets resubmitted for your approval to get put on the front page.
You guys would still totally control what goes on the front page...and the backpage, but we get to see more of what other slashdotters are interested in. There isn't much room for abuse, since you guys still get to say what goes up on the pages. (loads of people will now complain about why StoryX got onto the backpage, and not the front page, but people will always complain)
Just an idea.
[1] Granted, alot of current users may have already decided that they cannot play MPEG files, and are not looking...
The basic sleazeware produced in a drunken fury by a bunch of UCBerkeley grad students was still the core of BIND. --PV
You get Windows Media Player 6.3b for PowerPC right here!
Granted, it only runs under MacOS, and even then in typical MicroShaft fashion, only plays streaming media. ie If you want to play an MS-encoded AVI that you downloaded elsewhere, it won't work.
Pope
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It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Off Microsoft.com probably
Let me tell you, it is much better being back at home than at the hospital. :) Having a beautiful wife helps, too. (Add her super-literacy and other undiscussable things, and.. yeah!)
;)
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I can now use a computer for at least two hours, and that's only with one good eye! Who knows what I'll be up to when they give me a new lens for my left eye.
BTW, FYI, there are progress updates on the www.linuxppc.com web page.
Take care,
-- haaz.