Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>>> There are containers and codecs. Most containers are supported,
>>> leaving the codecs.
>>>
>>> Can you post the output of 'mplayer -identify $filename' on that file?
>
>>
>> Point me toward a samples archive and I'll post a file.
>
> There may be no need. Not sure.
>
> http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/750
>
> That said, you might get in touch with mike (at) multimedia.cx, as
> he's had a long history of involvement. Offer the sample, mention it's
> a codec you need to view frequently. Perhaps ask who you might poke
> who'd have an interest in it. I'd probably include the above link.
>
>>
>> The file plays audio in mplayer. There is no video which is consistent
>> with what I see here. Granted, this is 64-bit and I don't have
>> win32codecs installed which is what plays it on the 32-bit VM.
>
> [snip]
>
> Yeah, it's MSS2. And it sounds like upstream is aware of it.
>
> --
> :wq
>

Indeed, I downloaded the wmv file attached to that report and it does
the same thing. Audio is fine, no video.

Cheers,
Mark

- Mark