* IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]> [2015-04-20 05:07]: > On 2015-04-19 22:08, Peter P. wrote: > > * IOhannes zmölnig <[email protected]> [2015-04-19 02:52]: > >> Am 18. April 2015 21:30:20 MESZ, schrieb "Peter P." > >> <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> mpeg3video_seek: frame accurate seeking without a table of contents > >>> is no longer supported. Use mpeg3toc <mpeg file> <table of contents> > >>> to generate a table of contents and load the table of contents instead. > >>> > >>> what to do? > >> > >> How about "Use mpeg3toc <mpeg file> <table of contents>" ? > > Yes, of course everyone could do that. But why is Gem no longer able to > > play alea.mpg by default, > > because Gem does not do a low-level decoding of the mpg files. instead > it delegates the job to one of multiple backends. > > now Gem has two backends that are specialised on decoding mpeg files > (the other backends are more generic regarding formats): > - libMPEG: this is *very* old and afaik not available in any current > distribution; so of very limited use. > - libMPEG3: this is what you are trying to use. libMPEG3 used to be > directly support flame accurate seeking (which is what Gem uses), but no > longer does so. instead you are now asked to pregenerate a TOC-file. Thank you for this wonderful and very helpful explanation! > btw, there is no "default" backend: Gem uses what is available. > in practice i would recommend the GMERLIN-backend. I did switch as well, and that playes the alea.mpg file well without problems.
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