papaschtroumpf Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 I was goingto watch the iPhne video on Apple's web site to see what the fuss was all about. I can watch the video by clicking on the link, but it has no sound At first I thought maybe it was an issue with the MPlayer plugin, but I also downloaded the file and it also plays wtih no sound in KMPlayer Some other video file (in DivX format) plays properly with audio in KMPlayer I'm not sure where to even start to troubleshoot this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I think you need an audio codec. Faad IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaschtroumpf Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I think you need an audio codec. Faad IIRC. Seems like a logical explanation. Any way to tell for sure what codec is being used? looks like there is a package called faad2, is that it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 You can (usually) figure out what doesnt work by starting mplayer from in a terminal (use the browser to download the trailer; right-click save as once the taoiler has been downloaded and played for at least the first second or so). Then start mplayer with cpmmand 'mplayer trailer.mov' (or whatever it is called). This will spit out loads of messages, including what audio format is missing. For quicktime trailers from Apple, this is indeed faad2. There is a package but that didnt work for me, probably because mplayer needs to have been compiled with libfaad support (which by default it is not). The mplayer from the PLF-source had this enabled. Note that its version is sometimes out of sync with mandriva's updates (at the moment for instance), so do not automatically update mplayer if rmpdrake says so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 looks like there is a package called faad2, is that it? You should install: faad2 libfaad2 libquicktime-faad openquicktime and the rest of the libquicktime plugins in the repos (PLF repos). I will also note here, that you 'should' use the mplayer from the PLF repos for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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