Thanks. Yes, glav works with -a 0. As far as /dev/dsp is concerned I may have to recompile kernel to include oss drivers. I'll keep on working the sound part, but for my most immediate editing tasks sound output is not that important.
Thanks again for all you support and also for Stephen's idea of ffmpeg method of simmply cutting out a section of the original (compressed) .avi file. Best to all, Janos PS - please add my other email address ja...@andraslinux.jgklinux.jankom.net to members of your mailing list. On Wed, 2022-10-19 at 19:33 +0200, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > Hallo, > > the workaround I did use was playing back the file without sound. So > a > command like that should work: glav -a 0 output.avi > If that works you can go. > > If the /dev/dsp does not exist try loading the kernel module snd-pcm- > oss > using a command like that: modprobe snd-pcm-oss > You should find than the /dev/dsp > You can give glav than another try like the way before, please also > add > -v 2 for a more verbose output: > glav -v 2 output.avi > > Janos G Komaromi wrote: > > Update: > > > > I've installed alsa-oss and now glav does not die. But it is still > > not > > working properly. Here is the command and terminal output: > > > > Quote: > > > > janos@andraslinux ~/tmp $ aoss glav output.avi > > ++: ++ WARN: [lavplay] Unable to set negative priority for audio > > thread. > > ++: ++ WARN: [lavplay] Pthread Real-time scheduling for audio > > thread > > could not be enabled. ++: lavtools version 2.2.1 > > ++: **ERROR: [lavplay] Error playing audio: Buffer overflow writing > > audio ++: > > > > Unquote > > > > The initial screen appears, and after about 4 second some noise > > comes > > out of the speakers, and soon after the whole thing dies. Same with > > lavplay. However, mplayer can play the almost 7 Gig output,avi > > correctly with sound. > > > > Is the file too big? Any other methods? > > > > Thanks for your attention, > > > > Janos > > > _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
