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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Extension requests => Topic started by: thane on November 17, 2013, 02:24:09 PM

Title: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: thane on November 17, 2013, 02:24:09 PM
It would be nice to have at a minimum Mplayer-nodeps in TC 5.x, and ideally Mplayer-gtk2 and SMPlayer. Thanks to the TC developers for the good work on TC 5.x so far!

Thane
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: feddozz on March 28, 2014, 05:12:28 AM
Hi all
tinycore rocks as ever! I am very fond of it.
It would be even greater if we could get mplayer on the version 5.x.
Are there any plans for this to happen.
Thanks to all the developers. Keep it up!!
Ciao
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: theYinYeti on April 02, 2014, 01:23:39 AM
+1
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: wysiwyg on July 17, 2014, 12:45:20 PM
+1 on mplayer also!
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Zendrael on July 21, 2014, 05:44:00 AM
Hi!

Anyone tested if the version of mplayer-nodeps from 4.x is working in the 5.x?

If it does, you just need to to ask in the proper thread to add it to the 5.x repo.

 :D
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: theYinYeti on July 21, 2014, 05:49:38 AM
Last I tried, it did not.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Zendrael on July 21, 2014, 10:36:01 AM
It droped some error?
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: gerald_clark on July 21, 2014, 11:19:58 AM
It needs libpng12 which is not supported in C5.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Misalf on July 21, 2014, 06:24:46 PM
Why not but any demand? VLC is working greeat.
What about the  next gen mplayer instead.. vmp (or so?) mpv instead.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: pq5190362 on October 24, 2015, 03:39:46 PM
Why not but any demand? VLC is working greeat.

VLC has crappy hardware acceleration, see:

Quote from: https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_VAAPI
[...] VLC, in its modular approach and its transcoding/streaming capabilities, does decoding in GPU at the decoding stage only and then gets the data back to go to the other stages (streaming, filtering or plug any video output after that).

What that means is that, compared to some other implementation, GPU decoding in VLC can be slower because it needs to get the data back from the GPU. [...]

 ;)

What about the  next gen mplayer instead.. vmp (or so?) mpv instead.

mpv (http://mpv.io/) has much better hardware acceleration (when the "hwdec" and "vo" options (http://mpv.io/manual/stable/) are set up properly).

It would be really nice if mpv would be added to the Tiny Core Linux repository.

Any chance someone could do that?

Regards
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Juanito on October 24, 2015, 11:18:11 PM
mpv extension built for tc-6.x x86_64

I'll post it when the repo comes up again.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Misalf on October 24, 2015, 11:19:52 PM
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Why not but any demand?
Ha!  no idea what I said there...

VLC is a beast indeed. Currently MPlayer is what became my favorite. I have rebuilt MPlayer for myself with some added features as the version in the repo is kind of too limited for me. I should probably rebuild it against the recently updated deps and submit an extension (I was hesitating because reliable video playback is kind of crucial to me). SMplayer is also, while not perfext, a nice frontend for MPlayer (I'd submit that too). Haven't been able to get MPV working the last time I tried though. I'm not saying I take the the offer but I might give it another shot when I have time. Also SMPlayer supports it.

A reliable media player could be an important aspect for a Linux "distro" ("What can I do with Core?") .
No problem for me, obviously, but I know how it feels when something is "missing".

Tomorrow I'm going to help a friend to rescue some data from a boot-broken drive (windows). Using TinyCore via USB drive. I'm confident that it will be easy for me to also install TinyCore alongside the new Windows installation, without complains by the owner of the PC. After witnessing the power and possibilities of free software booting off of a USB stick, which can be used for a lot of everyday-tasks (video, audio, web, (+ more advanced stuff)), who can resist(?).

Without having much knowledge about media players, I will look into it. May take no time, or a lot. (;

One thing I want to ask, would Bluray support in MPlayer be desirable?
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: coreplayer2 on October 24, 2015, 11:46:30 PM
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One thing I want to ask, would Bluray support in MPlayer be desirable?
Yes plz,  well at least m2ts
:p

the real problem is the audio.. :(
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: pq5190362 on October 24, 2015, 11:59:16 PM
mpv extension built for tc-6.x x86_64

I'll post it when the repo comes up again.

Thanks a lot  :).

But may I ask why the 32-bit repo is being left out once again?
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Juanito on October 25, 2015, 12:11:54 AM
..because I mainly use corepure64.

Once mpv is posted you can use the build instructions to compile a 32-bit version.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: curaga on October 25, 2015, 02:07:11 AM
One thing I want to ask, would Bluray support in MPlayer be desirable?

Last I checked, the encryption made most Blu-rays unplayable without using closed-source software in addition. If this is still the case, it may not be of much use.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: nitram on October 25, 2015, 02:36:51 AM
Presumably we are now talking media players for TC6 :)

Currently MPlayer is what became my favorite. I have rebuilt MPlayer for myself with some added features as the version in the repo is kind of too limited for me. I should probably rebuild it against the recently updated deps and submit an extension (I was hesitating because reliable video playback is kind of crucial to me). SMplayer is also, while not perfext, a nice frontend for MPlayer (I'd submit that too).
I've been privileged to use your MPlayer/SMPlayer build for some time in TC6 x86. Trying to save you work, query no rebuild required. It runs well with TC6's dependencies, exception requiring the old TC5 libcdio. Juanito recently built libcdio paranoia i believe, not expert enough to determine whether this might replace the old libcdio. I can test once the new extension is posted, not yet in the repository. If so, you would not likely need to rebuild, unless you wanted to of course.

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A reliable media player could be an important aspect for a Linux "distro" ("What can I do with Core?")
...After witnessing the power and possibilities of free software booting off of a USB stick, which can be used for a lot of everyday-tasks (video, audio, web, (+ more advanced stuff)), who can resist(?).
Blown away when first started using Misalf's SMPlayer on an 800MHz P4. Despite limited hardware, amazing video playback and sound. Does not compare to any other media player ever used and certainly helps extend the life of old hardware. Gordon64's version of VLC is pretty good, but don't think he's around any longer to maintain it. Thanks for offering your expertise Misalf!
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Juanito on October 25, 2015, 03:53:52 AM
recently built libcdio paranoia i believe, not expert enough to determine whether this might replace the old libcdio.

libcdio-paranoia was posted, but I guess it didn't make it to the mirrors before the server failed again.

libcdio-paranoia does not replace libcdio, but it has libcdio as a dep. I also modified libcdio -> libcdio-paranoia in the mpd-minimal dep file.
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: pq5190362 on October 27, 2015, 01:02:16 AM
mpv extension built for tc-6.x x86_64

I'll post it when the repo comes up again.

Repo is up again. (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,19021.msg116993.html#msg116993)
Title: Re: Mplayer(s) in 5.x
Post by: Juanito on October 27, 2015, 10:23:20 PM
re-posted