On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Liam O'Toole
<liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
I have been using debian-multimedia with Debian stable for years without
any problems. It is a vauluable and reliable service, and is provided by
a well-known Debian developer.
To the OP: do you have an example of a file that (the debian-multimedia
version of) mplayer refuses to play?
I also have been using debian-multimedia for LAME mp3 and am very thankful for its existence. The file was a quicktime .mov file they made with their own camera and is on their machine so unfortunately I cannot get a snippet of it.
FWIW, I did 2 fresh Lenny installs on my friend's machine, the first one with debian-multimedia which resulted in the .mov file not playing back in mplayer, and a subsequent second Lenny install, identical to the first except without the debian-multimedia, in which the .mov file played great in mplayer. I don't know if it's a bug or not, but has anyone else had this specific problem (with .mov files in mplayer)? If so I will gladly file the bug report. I've read about several different bugs with mplayer on various forums but have not seen this one specifically.
Thank you,
Mark