For decent mkv and h264 playback you really do need mplayer pre8. Earlier version support it but well it sucks, namely becuase most of the h264 encodes are poorly done right now. The pre8 has a more forgiven decoder I think so it works better.
Evan On 7/20/06, alberto hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2006/7/20, nikosapi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just started using freevo tonight on an xbox (xebian) and I happened to > > notice that H264 video will not play, it's just a black screen. I hear the > > audio but no video. Is this fixable with a codec or is it a software bug? > > I believe I'm using xine to play the videos as that was the default for > the > > xebian installation... > > > > Hi. > > I use mplayer to play videos. Freevo can play anything that mplayer can, > because freevo is just a front-end. And yes, mplayer can play h264. So > install h264 and recompile mplayer. I'm not sure, but perhaps mplayer-pre8 > has already h264 support. > > Alberto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
