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Title: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Seiya on June 04, 2007, 09:13:10 PM
so..
i would like mplayer 68k even if mplayer author doesn't want to release it
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: VooDoo on June 04, 2007, 09:15:34 PM
same here...will be good for user who using Amithlon or WinUAE...very good player!!!
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: terminator4 on June 04, 2007, 10:06:13 PM
no one is holding a gun to you head - go ahead and port it. :-D
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: AmiKit on June 04, 2007, 10:16:09 PM
I am afraid it would be usable on Amithlon only :-(
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: SamuraiCrow on June 04, 2007, 10:22:01 PM
If it only will work on Amithlon, then you'd better make it x86 native and forget about 68k.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: klesterjr on June 05, 2007, 12:52:34 AM
@Seiya
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i would like mplayer 68k


So would I.  :-(
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: 0amigan0 on June 05, 2007, 12:29:55 PM
On 68k amiga, you can use FFMPEG prog to convert all those videos to, e.g.  mpeg1.
You can then view mpeg1 on amiga with Frogger.

Get LATEST ffmpeg here:

http://amiga.sourceforge.net

Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Oli_hd on June 05, 2007, 12:46:48 PM
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On 68k amiga, you can use FFMPEG prog to convert all those videos to, e.g. mpeg1.

Hmm if FFMPEG is as good as it sounds in the docs then its one of the best programs out.
Gotta try it tonight.
(Looks like it even does conversions to mjpeg, great for making wii movies on the miggy, yay)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: AmigaMance on June 05, 2007, 01:14:40 PM
FFMPEG is not as good as it sounds...
 The Amiga port supports only the AVI format and that is partially. Not all codecs are supported. That means that WMV, FLV, QT, etc to MPG is not possible.
 Mencoder (part of MPlayer project) supports many video formats, it's more powerful and i think it's more fast too.

 I'm not interested for a port of MPlayer because i've seen that it's too slow for a PPC equiped classic Amiga, but i'm definitely interested about a WarpOS port of Mencoder.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Seiya on June 05, 2007, 01:59:24 PM
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AmiKit wrote:
I am afraid it would be usable on Amithlon only :-(


 on AmiKit too ;-)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Seiya on June 05, 2007, 02:03:07 PM
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Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: 0amigan0 on June 05, 2007, 02:33:31 PM
@AmigaMance:

Not true!
I converted a Flash Video to MPG with LATEST (which is NOT on aminet)  ffmpeg for 68k amiga.
As far as speed is concerned, yes, it requires a fast cpu, but on emulation thats not a problem.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: MrZammler on June 05, 2007, 03:19:39 PM
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AmiKit wrote:
I am afraid it would be usable on Amithlon only :-(


Why? Mplayer is not just divx/xvid. Maybe it'll be ok to play small mpeg files...
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Kronos on June 05, 2007, 03:25:50 PM
I want a dozen bikini-girls with machine-guns ....


Oh wait don't want to look to greedy ..... scrap the guns  :crazy:
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Fab12 on June 05, 2007, 03:35:53 PM
If a 68k port is so badly wanted, why doesn't someone just try to compile it from morphos sources? There aren't many changes needed (mostly hooks and createnewproc calls). The most boring part would probably dealing with old 68k libnix that may lack a few functions (or not!).
 
About a warpos port, it would definitely be a bit more work (more than just a recompilation, that is).
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: itix on June 05, 2007, 04:27:50 PM
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I am afraid it would be usable on Amithlon only


WinUAE?
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: klesterjr on June 05, 2007, 06:51:38 PM
@Fab12
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If a 68k port is so badly wanted, why doesn't someone just try to compile it from morphos sources?


I've used the MOS version and it works VERY VERY well -- however, I doubt it's a simple job to port to 68k.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Piru on June 05, 2007, 06:55:08 PM
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I doubt it's a simple job to port to 68k.

It's trivial (take gcc and working development setup, libnix + required libs. Take morphos source, adjust the hooks, remove the morphos specific bits from the couple of function calls). Simple m68k build should be no problem. No-one just want to take the job, apparently.

Anyhow, this has been discussed before (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21221), too ;-)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: AmigaMance on June 05, 2007, 07:20:17 PM
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@AmigaMance:

Not true!
I converted a Flash Video to MPG with LATEST (which is NOT on aminet) ffmpeg for 68k amiga.
As far as speed is concerned, yes, it requires a fast cpu, but on emulation thats not a problem.

 You are right, it does convert flv videos. I meant to say swf not flv.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: klesterjr on June 05, 2007, 07:23:33 PM
@Piru

Thanks for the insight (and the link) -- don't suppose that this is something YOU could tackle?  ;-)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Piru on June 05, 2007, 07:32:59 PM
Um, no thanks ;-)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: klesterjr on June 05, 2007, 07:35:01 PM
@Piru

Heh, heh :-D
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Iggy_Drougge on June 05, 2007, 07:36:47 PM
I don't see the point. There are already players for those formats which are playable on 68k Amigas.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Piru on June 05, 2007, 07:38:15 PM
@Iggy_Drougge

The point is Amithlon and WinUAE (though with windows, why not use WMP, VLC or whatever...)
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: AmigaMance on June 06, 2007, 01:36:02 PM
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Iggy_Drougge wrote:
I don't see the point. There are already players for those formats which are playable on 68k Amigas.

 Well, that's fantastic! Point us to some movie players that can handle formats like WMV3 and FLV...
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: klesterjr on June 06, 2007, 01:50:00 PM
@Iggy_Drougge
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I don't see the point. There are already players for those formats which are playable on 68k Amigas.


On MOS, I had IBrowse configured to use MPlayer to play YouTube videos, WMVs, etc. -- there is NOTHING currently available for 68k Amiga that can do that.

I know that MPlayer doesn't play the absolute latest versions of WMV files, etc. but I never personally came across any videos that it wouldn't play -- so in 'real world' use it worked great for me.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: pVC on June 06, 2007, 02:38:31 PM
YouTube videos are so crappy quality, that they might even play on 060? If there would be that player.
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: K0rky on June 06, 2007, 04:07:22 PM
Why use Frogger to view mpeg 1 files when it is slow, try Riva it is really fast.


K0rky
Title: Re: Poll: we want mplayer on 68k Amigas
Post by: Seiya on June 06, 2007, 09:22:08 PM
Riva can plays Divx/Xvid?
 :roll: