XMMS/MPlayer and KPacman

[tawalker]

The consensus here seems to be that a combination of XMMS and MPlayer is the best solution for video playback on OZ 3.3.5.

I\'ve Googled for a HOWTO for installing and configuring these two apps for best performance, but haven\'t come up with anything that specific. Could anyone please tell me which packages I need to install (esp. which versions are currently most stable), and in what order?

Also, when I try installing and running KPacman, it tells me that \"no themes are installed\", and bombs out with a SIGSEGV error (is that a segfault?). Again, ISTR there is a fix for this, but the only one I\'ve found (on this page) doesn\'t work - I think it was intended for the Sharp ROM, not OZ. Does anyone know the OZ fix?

Many thanks,
Tim

[lardman]

No idea about pacman, that is a segfault though. You could try strace and/or gdb to get some idea, but often it doesn\'t help much anyway. It might be worth looking at what it\'s linked against (ldd binary_name_here), I don\'t know whether something like SDL might cause this (and there are lots of versions floating about). On the other hand, perhaps getting to the bottom of the no themes thing might help you (strace will tell you what it\'s trying to open irrc).

I don\'t know where the latest feed is, but it might be here: http://xmms-embedded.sourceforge.net/feed/oz32/ (as there\'s nothing on the OZ web site in the 3.3.5 feed, but check the 3.2 feed to see whether there\'s a later version there). Install mplayer, xmms (it will need some/all of the extra codec ipks, but certainly libmad), xmms-mplayerplugin, xmms-mac-skin. Don\'t bother with the sound modules (for one thing they\'re for the wrong kernel).


Si

[tobias]

Also, when I try installing and running KPacman, it tells me that \"no themes are installed\", and bombs out with a SIGSEGV error (is that a segfault?).

Yes, it is. I foun a fix for it http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/zaurusstuff.htm
You just have to download the kpacman.con to /root/Settings/

[tawalker]

I just tried this, and KPacman works - many thanks!

Tim