Am 21.09.2011 07:19, schrieb Stroller: > > On 21 September 2011, at 02:37, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/21/2011 12:07 AM, Stroller wrote: >>> >>> On 20 September 2011, at 16:11, James wrote: >>>> ... >>>> I have not kept up with the mplayer developments. >>>> >>>> Now I see: media-video/mplayer2 >>>> and media-video/mplayer >>>> Available versions: 1.0_rc4_p20101114 >>>> >>>> >>>> Any quick education on mplayer 2 would be appreciated. >>> >>> I believe this would be better described as Uoti Urpala's mplayer. >>> >>> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2010-May/064672.html >>> >>> The misunderstanding seems largely that to me - a misunderstanding between >>> the Uoti and the other mplayer devs - rather than any kind of deliberate >>> aggravation. I suspect that Uoti's version may well actually be better, but >>> it's not "official" mplayer. >> >> It's official mplayer2 ;-) > > > I know you're trying to be funny, but this statement risks confusing people. > > The mplayer2.org webpage says it's a fork, Uoti posts on the mplayer2 mailing > lists. I'm pretty sure it's got nothing to do with mplayer.hu, the "official > mplayer" (your use of "2" noted). > > This blog post suggests it may be worthwhile: > http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2011/03/mplayer2-experimental-package.html > > - .mkv ordered chapters [1] > - ffmpeg multithreading support > - improved frame-dropping (??) > > The mplayer2 site also says improved support for nVidia VDPAU. > > Stroller. > >
Another advantage: It abolished the horrible internationalization mechanism of mplayer1 and uses gettext now. This means I can finally post English output on mailing lists and bug trackers by executing it like 'LC_ALL=C mplayer2 foo' instead of recompiling it. It also doesn't restart playback when switching between fullscreen and window mode. One disadvantage: I often watch videos I'm recording from dvb-t. With mplayer1 I could seek behind the official end of the file (when I record 1 hour in advance, watch 15 minutes, I could seek to 1:15:00). With mplayer2, it only seeks to the official end, so if I want to seek to 1:15:00, I have to restart mplayer2. Overall, I'm quiet satisfied with mplayer2 and use it exclusively for playback. I still keep mplayer1 because mplayer2 does not provide mencoder. Regards, Florian Philipp
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