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

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Phil Requirements wrote:
> On 2010-12-24 10:23:18 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Celejar wrote:
> > > Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > > > Celejar wrote:
> > > > > Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Celejar wrote:
> > > > > > > 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?
> > > > > > http://debian-multimedia.org/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/package/mplayer-nogui.php
> > > > > I'm using mplayer from dmo, and it works fine with all YouTube videos
> > > > > (although I don't use the nogui version).
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you give 'apt-cache policy mplayer'?
> > > > hugo@Debian:/$ apt-cache policy mplayer-nogui
> > > > mplayer-nogui:
> > > >   Installed: 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1
> > > >   Candidate: 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1
> > > >   Version table:
> > > >  *** 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1 0
> > > >         500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sid/main i386 Packages
> > > >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > > Okay, I seem to have the same version installed.  I'm pretty much out
> > > of idea, except for the one raised by Phil above, about libavformat /
> > > libavcodec.  Do you have those packages installed (libavformat52,
> > > libavcodec52)?
> > hugo@Debian:/sda7/hda10/Hugo's avi's$ apt-cache policy libavformat52
> >
> > libavformat52:
> >   Installed: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
> >   Candidate: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
> >   Version table:
> >  *** 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1 0
> >         500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sid/main i386 Packages
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >      4:0.5.2-6 0
> >         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
> >
> > hugo@Debian:/sda7/hda10/Hugo's avi's$ apt-cache policy libavcodec52
> >
> > libavcodec52:
> >   Installed: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
> >   Candidate: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
> >   Version table:
> >  *** 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1 0
> >         500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sid/main i386 Packages
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >      4:0.5.2-6 0
> >         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
>
> All of the packages you have look similar (in version numbers)
> to the ones I have. Mine came from squeeze, not sid, and I don't
> know if that makes a difference.
>
> Try this to see what demuxers are avaialable for your mplayer:
>
>     mplayer -demuxer help
>
> Check the output to see if "lavf" or "lavfpref" is available.
>
> Using the -demuxer option, you can force a certain demuxer to be used.
> Try one of these:
>
>     mplayer -demuxer +lavfpref youtube_9sJUDx7iEJw.flv
>     mplayer -demuxer +lavf youtube_9sJUDx7iEJw.flv

Yes, that works! Thanks!

Hugo