[gentoo-user] MTS player

[gentoo-user] MTS player

[James]

Hello,

My new Sony camcorder produces MTS and CPI video output files.

So far I have found that Dragon Player works OK replaying the files.
I just notices that there is mplayer and mplayer2; not sure
what the differences are between the two.

mplayer2 failed to compile; so now it's off to debug that failure,
as I'm assuming that mplayer2 is better than mplayer ????

What I do is copy the files from the embedded flash memory
onto my gentoo drives and them play them natively and  store
video for the long term.

What gentoo software do other folks use to replay and organize
your HD video files?

Any discussion or recommendations  is welcome.

James

Re: [gentoo-user] MTS player

[Michael Mol]

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:09 PM, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My new Sony camcorder produces MTS and CPI video output files.
>
> So far I have found that Dragon Player works OK replaying the files.
> I just notices that there is mplayer and mplayer2; not sure
> what the differences are between the two.
>
> mplayer2 failed to compile; so now it's off to debug that failure,
> as I'm assuming that mplayer2 is better than mplayer ????

mplayer2 is a fork of mplayer. I use mplayer2 (instead of mplayer)
because it has better stream seeking behavior for my use cases. I
don't remember what all the differences are, though.

Both are actively-maintained projects.
-- 
:wq

[gentoo-user] Re: MTS player

[James]

Michael Mol <mikemol <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > My new Sony camcorder produces MTS and CPI video output files.

> mplayer2 is a fork of mplayer. I use mplayer2 (instead of mplayer)
> because it has better stream seeking behavior for my use cases. I
> don't remember what all the differences are, though.

OK I'll check out mplayer2.

On another note, I have always transferred files form the sony
camcorders to my linux systems, via cp or scp, without issues.

Now, the new sony (HDR-PJ760V) is giving me troubles.

I plugged the usb on the sony camcorder into my gentoo system.
The usb was auto discovered. I am able to use Dragon player
to watch the individual files, such as 00001.MTS via Dragon
player and the camcorder being mounted (96 G of flash).

Ok so I was then initially able to use cp to copy the files
off onto the gentoo hard drive. After I did a few this way, 
the mount point now drops almost immediately. I can re-discover
the sony camcorder and automount via the file-manager. I can see
the files and play them one at a time via Dragon Player. But, when
I go to copy them with:

cp *.MTS /usr/local/video/jeff/basketball/TR
or
cp 00000.MTS /usr/local/video/jeff/basketball/TR

I get Erno 5 as the mount is lost evey time now.

The mount drops. I never had this problem before, but it
is a different camera. What really has me stumped is it
worked for a while for a few files, now it drops the mount
every time.

I even power cycled the camcorder, to no avail.

Any ideas?

Sony evil?

ideas?

James

[gentoo-user] Re: MTS player

[James]

James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes:


> > > My new Sony camcorder produces MTS and CPI video output files.

> I get Erno 5 as the mount is lost evey time now.

> The mount drops. 

Update: ok this camcorder uses exFAT file system. Could that
be the problem?

Workaround for copying the files off of the camcorder flash
onto my Gentoo harddrive (reiserfs currently)?



James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MTS player

[Joost Roeleveld]

On Tuesday, April 03, 2012 06:38:29 PM James wrote:
> Michael Mol <mikemol <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > > My new Sony camcorder produces MTS and CPI video output files.
> > 
> > mplayer2 is a fork of mplayer. I use mplayer2 (instead of mplayer)
> > because it has better stream seeking behavior for my use cases. I
> > don't remember what all the differences are, though.
> 
> OK I'll check out mplayer2.
> 
> On another note, I have always transferred files form the sony
> camcorders to my linux systems, via cp or scp, without issues.
> 
> Now, the new sony (HDR-PJ760V) is giving me troubles.
> 
> I plugged the usb on the sony camcorder into my gentoo system.
> The usb was auto discovered. I am able to use Dragon player
> to watch the individual files, such as 00001.MTS via Dragon
> player and the camcorder being mounted (96 G of flash).
> 
> Ok so I was then initially able to use cp to copy the files
> off onto the gentoo hard drive. After I did a few this way,
> the mount point now drops almost immediately. I can re-discover
> the sony camcorder and automount via the file-manager. I can see
> the files and play them one at a time via Dragon Player. But, when
> I go to copy them with:
> 
> cp *.MTS /usr/local/video/jeff/basketball/TR
> or
> cp 00000.MTS /usr/local/video/jeff/basketball/TR
> 
> I get Erno 5 as the mount is lost evey time now.
> 
> The mount drops. I never had this problem before, but it
> is a different camera. What really has me stumped is it
> worked for a while for a few files, now it drops the mount
> every time.
> 
> I even power cycled the camcorder, to no avail.
> 
> Any ideas?

This sounds like a problem I had with a USB harddrive.
Cause: Bad connection in USB-port (dust?)
Solution: Use vacuumcleaner to clear USB-port ;)

HTH,

Joost

[gentoo-user] Re: MTS player

[James]

Joost Roeleveld <joost <at> antarean.org> writes:


> This sounds like a problem I had with a USB harddrive.
> Cause: Bad connection in USB-port (dust?)
> Solution: Use vacuumcleaner to clear USB-port ;)

I've tried several ports, the same cable works fine with 
several other different usb devices, so it's most likely
related to 

exFAT.......

Any other ideas?
anyone?


James