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[ken]

Did you try to play a movie using vlc on your 6000?  I didn't install the GUI, just the binary, and it'll play movies...but they're not viewable.  It looks as if it has been stretched vertically and replicated across the screen...with a lot of snow thrown in.  Is this the result of the binary having been compiled for the 5500 arm?  Or do I need a specific command line option? (I've tried a few, including the -V qte)

Yes, movies are viewable.   The problem you're having is probably due to the speed of the 5600.   It takes a lot of horsepower to run video.  The other issue may be compatibility.  The 5500 and the 6K are very close to each other.

Also, keep in mind that the bigger he makes vlc, the more issues are likely to crop up.  Too many things and it'll chew up all the available ram.  Better to keep vlc leaner rather than large and bloated.  I suspect he may end up making a few versions.

[undrwater]

Did you try to play a movie using vlc on your 6000?  I didn't install the GUI, just the binary, and it'll play movies...but they're not viewable.  It looks as if it has been stretched vertically and replicated across the screen...with a lot of snow thrown in.  Is this the result of the binary having been compiled for the 5500 arm?  Or do I need a specific command line option? (I've tried a few, including the -V qte)

Yes, movies are viewable.   The problem you're having is probably due to the speed of the 5600.   It takes a lot of horsepower to run video.  The other issue may be compatibility.  The 5500 and the 6K are very close to each other.

Also, keep in mind that the bigger he makes vlc, the more issues are likely to crop up.  Too many things and it'll chew up all the available ram.  Better to keep vlc leaner rather than large and bloated.  I suspect he may end up making a few versions.
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I'm using the 6k.  I also have a microdrive with a swap partition, so memory shouldn't be too much of an issue.

[ken]

I'm using the 6k.  I also have a microdrive with a swap partition, so memory shouldn't be too much of an issue.

I'm using the 6K with the sharp rom.  works here.  maybe it's the video encoding you used.

[chrget]

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Rather unlikely. My guess is that it might be indeed the QT/E video output module that's causing him problems. The frontend invokes VLC with the frame buffer as active video output, so there might be a difference there. Personally, I wouldn't be too surprised if it turns out to be just that.

So undrwater, as I mentioned earlier it might well be worth a try to use the -V fb option to activate frame buffer output (keep in mind that special privileges might be needed for that, see my earlier post).

On another note: is there indeed no 'close' icon visible in the file dialog of the frontend on the 6k?

Best regards,
Chris.

[undrwater]

Yes...the problem was the QTE module.  Using -V fb allowed the file to  play (i used sudo).

Does vlc have an option to rotate the movie...I couldn't find one.

I'll try using the gui...and let you know what I find.

[undrwater]

OK...with magnification turned off, when the program is first started, the screen is blank with a red "x" in the top right corner. No sign of file...however, media files are displayed on the screen (i'm guessing they're files searched for by the program).  Clicking the red "x" clears the screen, and "File" shows up.

[chrget]

Yes...the problem was the QTE module.  Using -V fb allowed the file to  play (i used sudo).

Ah, ok. That certainly narrows down the location of the bug. I'll have a look at VLC's QT/E video output module, maybe I can find the problem. Won't be a priority though, since I prefer frame buffer output -- it just seems quite a bit faster.

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You can use the transform filter to get VLC to do rotation: --filter transform --transform <angle> with <angle> being the angle of rotation in degrees.

OK...with magnification turned off, when the program is first started, the screen is blank with a red "x" in the top right corner. No sign of file...however, media files are displayed on the screen (i'm guessing they're files searched for by the program). Clicking the red "x" clears the screen, and "File" shows up.

Ah, ok. So with magnification turned off, it works just the way it's designed . Thanks for checking that for me, I was a bit weirded out by the idea that plain Qtopia would behave so different on a 6000.

Best regards,
Chris.

[ken]

Just tried zplayer (front end for mplayer, like kino2) and it may possibly work with vlc (haven't tried it).  There's a line where you specify where mplayer is, including the name of the program.

That might work as a front end for vlc.

EDIT: doesn't work for vlc (long shot of course)

[undrwater]

You can use the transform filter to get VLC to do rotation: --filter transform --transform <angle> with <angle> being the angle of rotation in degrees.

Thanks, that worked.  Maybe if you're in the mood some day, you might put an options section in the GUI that allows input of those kinds of command options.

Thanks for this, though!  It's always nice to have alternatives.

[chrget]

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Actually I was a bit in the mood today and fixed/extended config handling a bit. So the next version will at least make it possible to configure those things using an editor on the frontend's config file. And if I really get adventurous, I might even add a dialog for it

Best regards,
Chris.

[brashley46]

Just tried zplayer (front end for mplayer, like kino2) and it may possibly work with vlc (haven't tried it).  There's a line where you specify where mplayer is, including the name of the program.

That might work as a front end for vlc.
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I might be interested in this as a more-than-barebones frontend for vlc, but i don't read Nihongo ... does zplayer work on the 5500? I can't even tell that much from the zplayer website.

[E.J.]

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Actually I was a bit in the mood today and fixed/extended config handling a bit. So the next version will at least make it possible to configure those things using an editor on the frontend's config file. And if I really get adventurous, I might even add a dialog for it

Best regards,
Chris.
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 It works great!!, i was almost giving up when i found out about your version of VLC, great job man.

 If it weren't for the random messages about not having enough memory it would be a perfect experience, well, i guess i'll have to swap the actual rom with one that supports more than 32m of RAM.  

 PD: Is there a way to make the video skips a little shorter? (when pressing up or down), right now they are of about 1 minute, and when i want to watch a scene more than once it becomes a little frustrating

[ken]

since VLC media player has (finally!) reached version 0.8.2 yesterday, I decided to do a quick updated build of my static executable today and make it available here.

Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you were planning another binary release, as it's been a new year?

[chrget]

Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you were planning another binary release, as it's been a new year?
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I'm not really planning on it, since there's not much in the way of features/bugfixes I can see w/regard to the Zaurus, so the old version still does its job quite well.

Even though I'm somewhat short of time I did build a binary of 0.8.5 for comparison purposes, albeit without qt/e video output (i.e. framebuffer only, since that is the only thing I've been using anyway). But I wasn't intending to put it up for the aforementioned reasons.

Besides, the current user base is most likely around 2.473 and further dwindling  So unless someone does a really good job of convincing me it's worth putting in the extra effort, I doubt I'll do it.  

Best regards,
Chris.

[ken]

Besides, the current user base is most likely around 2.473 and further dwindling  So unless someone does a really good job of convincing me it's worth putting in the extra effort, I doubt I'll do it.

They want to play aac, mp4, rm files.