HFS+ compression options (WAS: VLC cannot play MKV files?)

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Clemens Lang wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 03:00:52PM +0100, Rainer Müller wrote: >> > I think the system bsdtar doesn't support this on all OS X versions >> > that do support hfs compression. >> >> Right, on my OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite it does

Re: HFS+ compression options (WAS: VLC cannot play MKV files?)

On Friday January 29 2016 09:23:15 Eric A. Borisch wrote: >Perhaps an opportunistic execution of afsctool on just-extracted (not >yet moved into place) files in portimage.tcl (similar to the >opportunistic use of lbzip2 or pbzip2 during extraction) could be >done? Sure, that's a possibility.

Re: HFS+ compression options (WAS: VLC cannot play MKV files?)

On Friday January 29 2016 09:23:15 Eric A. Borisch wrote: >Perhaps an opportunistic execution of afsctool on just-extracted (not >yet moved into place) files in portimage.tcl (similar to the >opportunistic use of lbzip2 or pbzip2 during extraction) could be >done? Sure, that's a possibility.

Re: HFS+ compression options (WAS: VLC cannot play MKV files?)

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:45 AM, René J.V. wrote: > On Friday January 29 2016 09:23:15 Eric A. Borisch wrote: > >>Perhaps an opportunistic execution of afsctool on just-extracted (not >>yet moved into place) files in portimage.tcl (similar to the >>opportunistic use of lbzip2

Re: HFS+ compression options (WAS: VLC cannot play MKV files?)

On Friday January 29 2016 11:14:23 Eric A. Borisch wrote: >> I'm not sure why you'd want that? Even the "stock" afsctool can take a >> directory. > >Haven't played with it; that's even easier. Does it parallelize, too? Not the stock version, but the version I've continued developing does. About

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 03:00:52PM +0100, Rainer Müller wrote: > > I think the system bsdtar doesn't support this on all OS X versions > > that do support hfs compression. > > Right, on my OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite it does not seem to be supported. In > the ticket you said it was not supported on OS

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Wednesday January 27 2016 15:00:52 Rainer Müller wrote: > Yes, it is a test, but I would not call that simple. Also, we would only > need to test this once and it could even be done during configure. Configure when MacPorts itself is being built? > afsctool is GPL-3 software, so we should

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On 2016-01-26 18:31, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Tuesday January 26 2016 08:55:20 Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36560 > On 2016-01-26 18:12, Joshua Root wrote: >> Not really thrilled by the inline hex file and shelling out to run >> a > > Isn't that simply a test to

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

>> I was under the impression that Apple already compressed the files and >> programs installed with the operating system, using HFS compression, ever >> since taking up less disk space was listed as a feature of Snow Leopard. > Yeah, I thought so too, but I also have the impression that may not

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

Hi, On 26/01/16 09:47, Vincent Habchi wrote: I was under the impression that Apple already compressed the files and programs installed with the operating system, using HFS compression, ever since taking up less disk space was listed as a feature of Snow Leopard. Yeah, I thought so too, but

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 26, 2016, at 1:47 AM, Vincent Habchi wrote: > >>> I was under the impression that Apple already compressed the files and >>> programs installed with the operating system, using HFS compression, ever >>> since taking up less disk space was listed as a feature of

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 26, 2016, at 2:26 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > > Given the disk savings it can give I really don't understand why the patch > that adds HFS compression to port activation was never accepted. For reference, that was this ticket:

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Jan 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > There were performance concerns earlier in the discussion but I'm not sure if > the latest version of the patch attached there resolves them. the latest comment that mentions it says it's a 2x slowdown (better than the

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On 2016-1-27 04:04 , Daniel J. Luke wrote: > On Jan 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> There were performance concerns earlier in the discussion but I'm not sure >> if the latest version of the patch attached there resolves them. > > the latest comment that

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Jan 26, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Joshua Root wrote: > Not really thrilled by the inline hex file and shelling out to run a > command pipeline before every extract either. Seems like this could be a > configure check for the system bsdtar supporting the feature instead. +1 I

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Tuesday January 26 2016 08:55:20 Ryan Schmidt wrote: >https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36560 Yeah, that was the one. >There were performance concerns earlier in the discussion but I'm not sure if >the latest version of the patch attached there resolves them. Activating hfsCompression is

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Tuesday January 26 2016 10:47:10 Vincent Habchi wrote: >I’ve applied René method, disabling SIP while compressing /Applications. It >gave me some significant savings, thus I surmise all the applications are not >compressed. Xcode is, though, but things like iWorks (Pages, etc.) are not.

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 24, 2016, at 1:42 AM, Vincent Habchi wrote: > >> Sure. And it is probably also very easy to introduce regressions that way if >> the #ifdefs aren't already in place. > > Yeah, that’s right. Every cloud has its silver lining. Or the contrary for > that matter. >

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Monday January 25 2016 19:39:26 Ryan Schmidt wrote: >I was under the impression that Apple already compressed the files and >programs installed with the operating system, using HFS compression, ever >since taking up less disk space was listed as a feature of Snow Leopard. Yeah, I thought so

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> This typically doesn't take a lot of space, and no compiler option will > remove the unused code in software that was meant to support different CPUs > at runtime… Except that you can use configure to detect what model of processor you’re running on, and then with a -D flag eliminate all the

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> Sure. And it is probably also very easy to introduce regressions that way if > the #ifdefs aren't already in place. Yeah, that’s right. Every cloud has its silver lining. Or the contrary for that matter. > It'll do the same with your /Applications directory or the entire /opt/local > tree.

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Sunday January 24 2016 09:46:03 Vincent Habchi wrote: >Except that you can use configure to detect what model of processor you’re >running on, and then with a -D flag eliminate all the code that is not >targeted for your CPU (via #ifdef/#ifndef). Sure. And it is probably also very easy to

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Sunday January 24 2016 10:42:56 Vincent Habchi wrote: > Except that it’s no longer possible to compress the build-in Applications > with OS X 10.11 since Apple introduced SIP > (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/09/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-the-ars-technica-review/8/#h1). > Even root cannot

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:20 AM, René J.V. wrote: > A trip to single-user mode or into recovery mode to toggle an EFI setting, > right? csrutil {enable|disable} and reboot. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Saturday January 23 2016 14:19:26 Vincent Habchi wrote: > Latest one: > > port installed | grep VLC > VLC @2.1.5_7+mod+mpc+osd+qtkit+quartz (active) That's indeed that latest one provided through MacPorts, but not the latest VLC version. I've submitted a port for 2.2.1 on Trac months ago,

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

Hi René, > Any MKV file? What VLC version? Latest one: port installed | grep VLC VLC @2.1.5_7+mod+mpc+osd+qtkit+quartz (active) > What does the VLC log tell you (either in-app or by launching the app bundle > executable directly from a terminal, with the -vvv argument)? You will find the

VLC cannot play MKV files?

Hi there, I’ve a strange problem with VLC. Clicking on a MKV file will not crash the app, but it will go into a sort of infinite loop, as if it was not finding anything to play inside the file and kept on trying again. ffplay with the same file works fine, though, so this is not a library

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Vincent Habchi wrote: >> Might I suggest that you download the latest VLC player from videolan.org >> directly, and see if that one gives the same error? If it doesn't, you can >> then probably simply uninstall the one from MacPorts. > > Yep,

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Saturday January 23 2016 12:10:54 Vincent Habchi wrote: Hi, >I’ve a strange problem with VLC. Clicking on a MKV file will not crash the >app, but it will go into a sort of infinite loop, as if it was not finding >anything to play inside the file and kept on trying again. > >ffplay with the

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> > That's indeed that latest one provided through MacPorts, but not the latest > VLC version. I've submitted a port for 2.2.1 on Trac months ago, but it has > never been committed. There’s a “beta” 2.2.2-20150427_3 available on MacPorts, I’ll try it and let you know. > Might I suggest that

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Vincent Habchi wrote: > I compiled VLC 2.2.1 using Macports and still have the same error :( > Seems something is wrong in the MacPorts librairies, but where? ... > > VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.1-21-g2502874) > … >

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Vincent Habchi wrote: > >> … If you only installed those libraries for VLC then you shouldn't lose >> much. You would however have more definite proof whether your issue is due >> to something with the MacPorts build or in VLC itself. If the

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Saturday January 23 2016 14:48:56 Vincent Habchi wrote: >There’s a “beta” 2.2.2-20150427_3 available on MacPorts, I’ll try it and let >you know. Ah, not mine AFAIK. The portfile I submitted on Trac *probably* contains a VLC-devel port for 3.0.0-150503-g7385062d (my local copy does), but I

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> Ah, not mine AFAIK. The portfile I submitted on Trac *probably* contains a > VLC-devel port for 3.0.0-150503-g7385062d (my local copy does), but I don't > think I tried building or using that one since May last year (1505). I could have a stab at compiling it, if you want. > If you only

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Saturday January 23 2016 18:33:07 Vincent Habchi wrote: >> Ah, not mine AFAIK. The portfile I submitted on Trac *probably* contains a >> VLC-devel port for 3.0.0-150503-g7385062d (my local copy does), but I don't >> think I tried building or using that one since May last year (1505). > >I

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

René, I compiled VLC 2.2.1 using Macports and still have the same error :( Seems something is wrong in the MacPorts librairies, but where? Cheers! — VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.1-21-g2502874) [7f9f92f00378] core libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.2.2 Weatherwax

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

> You might want to look at the following to clean up those libraries: > > $ port info port_cutleaves […] Thanks Craig! ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

Craig: > Do other mkv files play OK? I haven’t many MKV files, all from the same source, and none plays correctly on VLC. FFPLAY has no difficulty reading them. Strange. Output of mediainfo: > mediainfo /Volumes/Archives/Vidéos/Series/MLP\ FIM\ S4/YP-7Z-04x02.mkv General Unique ID

Re: VLC cannot play MKV files?

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, Vincent Habchi wrote: > I’ve a fairly new Mac (three-year old or so), so performance is no concern > during normal operation; however, watching a flick or a show while compiling > Qt5 can sometimes be jerky. Besides, more CPU efficiency also means less > battery drain.