On 26/09/10 07:36, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 26/09/10 05:39, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >>> Why don't you just use mplayer? Something like >>> >>> mplayer -vf scale=64:48 -ontop yourvideostream >>> >>> or similar. >> Neither mplayer or totem will display the mjpeg video stream? It >> was suggested that a codec could be obtained from >> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/. I found an rpm >> there, installed it but to no avail. >> >> I probably should investigate mplayer further ... > Post exactly the command line with which you invoked mplayer, and the > output messages it generated, there is usually a lot of good info what > went wrong. Both VLC and mplayer use ffmpeg (while Totem uses > gstreamer instead), so codecs should not be a problem if VLC plays > properly. My guess is that mplayer just needs to be invoked properly, > GUIs usually suck at translating to correct cli options... > > And my advice is to forget Totem. VLC and mplayer are more than > enough, along with Xine. Totem is there only because it isn't patent > encumbered. > > :-) > Marko Ok, I found an error in the command I typed, mjpg typed mjpeg! [bobg@box9 ~]$ mplayer http://192.168.1.51/mjpg/video.mjpg -user admin -passwd 1234 Mplayer thrashed around for a while, I assume doing its password verification routine. Once it settled and brought up the image it was ok although the command window produces a continuous stream as below: Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% Cache not filling! Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% I will experiment with it further. Thanks. Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
