From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/gpac and media-video/mplayer fails to build.
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:06:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a95517b-0aed-f8c2-3c15-3fb4bfd61438@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK2H+ed8Co0zKhtFz6dPx6W7TS_274MBaEwOE0dvBJ5ePsZZuA@mail.gmail.com>
Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded some really new videos the other day, .mkv ones. Nothing I
>>>>> had would play them, mplayer or mpv based players.
>>>> Convert them using handbrake. Probably saves you a bunch of disk space also
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I thought about that. Thing is, if the people creating these videos is
>>> using this new method, I'll have to convert those newer ones in the
>>> future as well. At some point, I'll be having to convert a lot of them
>>> which is time consuming and somewhat annoying. I don't mind the file
>>> size to much, just want to be able to watch them, even newer ones.
>>>
>>> I might add, eventually I'll need to upgrade to these versions anyway.
>>> I could end up with the same problem if it is something I did wrong, bad
>>> USE flag or something. Best way, fix it so it works. Then maybe not
>>> have problems for a long while. :-D
>>>
>> I suppose, but 7GB files ripped from DVDs vs 400MB m4v for me
>> is a no brainer. Matroska is mostly to get multiple video, audio
>> and subtitle files into a single container. If you care about keeping
>> Serbian audio and Turkish subtitles, then by all means keep the
>> mkv and find a player that gives you all that control.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Mark
> ChatGPT tells me this, but I have medium confidence
>
> Are there any Linux media players that will play Matroska files?
>
> Yes, there are several Linux media players that can play Matroska
> (MKV) files! Here are a few popular options:
>
> VLC Media Player: VLC is a versatile and widely-used media player that
> supports a vast range of audio and video formats, including MKV. It's
> available for most Linux distributions and can be easily installed
> using package managers1.
>
> SMPlayer: Based on MPlayer, SMPlayer supports all major video formats,
> including MKV. It also offers features like YouTube video playback
> without ads and subtitle integration2.
>
> Haruna Video Player: This Qt-based video player supports MKV and
> offers features like YouTube-dl support, playback speed control, and
> hardware decoding.
>
> GNOME Videos (Totem): The default video player for GNOME desktop
> environments, Totem supports MKV and other major file formats.
>
> MPV: A lightweight and high-performance media player that supports MKV
> and many other formats. It's known for its simplicity and efficiency.
>
> Would you like more information on how to install any of these players?
>
>
Well, it plays some older .mkv files already. These are some type of
NEW .mkv files. I forgot to mention that point. I have a lot of other
videos that are .mkv and they play fine, have for ages. It's some new
thing that isn't playing anymore. When I click on one, it opens and
then closes. Sometimes it is just a quick flash. Even VLC won't play
these newer files. I'm not sure what changed with .mkv but it seems
something did. I figured a new codec or something. I dunno.
I enabled a lot of stuff for video file types ages ago. I get videos
from so many sources I never know what extension it is going to be. I
don't want to convert dozens, hundreds or even thousands of video files
so I just enable all the codecs I can so that I can play whatever format
they happen to be in. Then came this new thing. It threw a wrench in
the gearbox. ;-)
Dale
:-) :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-20 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-20 18:00 [gentoo-user] media-video/gpac and media-video/mplayer fails to build Dale
2025-02-20 18:14 ` Mark Knecht
2025-02-20 18:23 ` Dale
2025-02-20 18:35 ` Mark Knecht
2025-02-20 18:38 ` Mark Knecht
2025-02-20 19:06 ` Dale [this message]
2025-02-20 21:35 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-20 18:59 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-20 23:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-20 21:42 ` Michael Cook
2025-02-20 22:03 ` Dale
2025-02-20 23:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2025-02-21 0:05 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-21 8:06 ` Dale
2025-02-21 14:54 ` Grant Edwards
2025-02-21 15:38 ` Dale
2025-02-21 23:59 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-22 13:35 ` Dale
2025-02-22 22:42 ` Dale
2025-02-23 1:34 ` David M. Fellows
2025-02-23 7:53 ` Dale
2025-02-23 8:23 ` Michael
2025-02-23 10:21 ` Dale
2025-02-23 12:54 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2025-02-23 18:46 ` Michael
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