Re: dumb question about gnash youtube-dl and watching youtube videos...

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:25:16 +0000
Phil Requirements <simultaneous@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 2010-12-23 09:09:56 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > 
> > /Thu Dec 23-09:05:15# mplayer E6ROSTqm2KQ.flv
> > (snip)
> > Playing E6ROSTqm2KQ.flv.
> > TiVo file format detected.
> > MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
> > MPEG: FATAL: EOF while searching for sequence header.
> > Video: Cannot read properties.
> 
> "TiVo file format detected" is what went wrong. It cannot read the
> properties of the video because it has wrongly detected the video.
> On my system, playing one of those flv files looks like this:
> 
>     mplayer youtube_9sJUDx7iEJw.flv
>     (snip)
>     Playing youtube_JMSepxmZQNg.flv.
>     libavformat file format detected.
>      
> Do you have libavcodec installed? On my system it is libavcodec52.

See:

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2006-March/058756.html

The problem does seem to be a missing libavformat.  Where'd you get
that mplayer build from?  Try a newer one, or build your own?

Celejar
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