On 15 Aug 2007 20:37:08 GMT, (DoN.
Nichols) wrote:

According to Leon Fisk :

[ ... ]

Hi Don,

Take a look at this google search:

http://www.google.com/search?num=25&...ay&btnG=Search

FFplay can display flv files okay and FFmpeg can convert
them to almost anything else. They are command line
programs. If you can figure out how to make it work on your
Solaris you should be all set (at least I think that is what
you are running...).

Interesting, here is the title from the first hit from that
search:


================================================== ====================
[FFmpeg-devel] Build failed on Solaris 10
================================================== ====================

And -- Solaris 10 is just what I am using. Well ... I'll check the link
and see what compiler he was using. I've got the choice between gcc
(several versions) and the cc in the "Studio 12" suite from Sun.

It looks as though I already have them in my OpenBSD systems, so
I may not have to compile them at all. :-)

Hmm ... I got the file from below and transferred it to an
OpenBSD system, and tried it with the following results:

================================================== ====================
Popocat:csu 16:32:37 # ffplay video.ffv
[flv @ 0x448b0170]skipping flv packet: type 18, size 306, flags 0
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
================================================== ====================

along with perhaps thirty seconds of a window with a solid black
background showing before the dump.

And I can only find a CVS repository of the sources, not a
single downloadable tarfile.

It ain't worth the trouble.

Thanks,
DoN.

Well it was worth a try Don. I'm in way over my head trying
to help anyone with Solaris, Linux, BSD... I can figure out
ways to keep running my old NT4 stuff though

The FFmpeg libraries are in a constant state of flux so
maybe it will go someday.

If I were you I would keep plugging away at it when I got
the urge/chance. The programs are a little quirky on
Windows, but for the most part they work. They are really
being developed for the Unix flavored systems and the
Windows ports are just an offshoot the best I can tell.

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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