Comments on: CoreAVC 1.9.0 for Linux (howto for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10)

By: acmelab68

acmelab68 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:46:26 +0000

Hi
Uninstall:
dpkg -r mplayer aptitude reinstall mplayer
This should do the trick, but common place for problems is step 7 and the codecs.conf file. It must be available for the user who’s running mplayer too.
And it’s of course for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex and not Jaunty Jackalope or something.

I’m sorry,
Regards
Andreas

By: muggi

muggi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:27:06 +0000

hi, somehow i ended up with a mplayer not able to play mkv files.
Now i having problem finding out how to install “default” mplayer, seems like im getting the new compiled mplayer and libs and codecs all the time.

anyone know how to “reverse” the guide or just to get hold of an mplayer that will play x264 .mkv files without the coreavc ?

By: Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:16:59 +0000

Ok. thx for your help

By: acmelab68

acmelab68 — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:32:03 +0000

@Edgar
I’m sure there’s a way to make it work with Jaunty also, but don’t count on me.

Don’t you have the possibility to buy and insert an Nvidia 8400GT for 30 bucks, and run VDPAU on it. Every motherboard with an 8200 gfx adapter is capable to handle that also.
It’s bye far more the smarter way nowadays. I’ve been using CoreAVC the time, where no hardware acceleration for Linux where available. A recent Nvidia driver does a real superb job, regarding 1080p playback. My CPU utilization is usually less than 3%.

By: Edgar

Edgar — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:26:32 +0000

I’m sorry forget to mention that I am in jaunty jackalope I have installed the package and still giving me the same error. Any ideas?

By: acmelab68

acmelab68 — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:35:03 +0000

@Edgar could you perform in a command line: dpkg -l | grep libarts and apt-cache search libarts Or are you trying to install a package built for Intrepid Ibex on a different distro? It won't work e.g. on Jaunty Jackalope, because these packages don't exist there. (PS: speculation: if you on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), could you try to install mplayerthumbs)

By: Edgar

Edgar — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:56:21 +0000

I try to install them, but the packages do not exist

By: acmelab68

acmelab68 — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:13:37 +0000

@Edgar
Is libartsc0 or libarts1c2a installed?
Could you try to install it, if it is missing,
(apt-get install …) and report back again?

Thanks

By: Edgar

Edgar — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:29:41 +0000

@Pluntzkt same problem here in 32bit version

libartsc.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

By: acmelab68

acmelab68 — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:44:03 +0000

It could be a wrong mplayer is called.
Please try to start it full qualified. E.g. like this:

/usr/local/bin/mplayer bla…