2007-07-02, 11:49 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that codecs and muxs share a significant amount of DNA with supermarket trolleys - you know the way that trolleys seem to want to do their own thing...
I had everything working fine, then all of a sudden when playing a .mpg video on a machine set up as a GBPVR client:
With a screwdriver and a hammer of the right size I could fix a trolley, but I don't have a clue where to hit a codec.
I know what a codec does and I have some nice tools like GSpot to find out how a file is constructed, but I don't know yet how to figure out what codecs any of my players are using for the same file, or how to control what codecs they are using. I know that there are various config options but they generally rely on the user already knowing which option to chose and so provide little guidance as to the effect of changes (thats why I normally go with the defaults).
Anyway the question is: does anyone know of threads or articles or books through which mastery of the codec could be achieved?
The sorts of thing I want to learn about are:
Installation: what makes a codec available to the OS
Discovery: how do players know which codecs are available
Playback: how do players match a file to codec(s)
Control: how do you change things for the better?
I had everything working fine, then all of a sudden when playing a .mpg video on a machine set up as a GBPVR client:
- GBPVR plays video with no audio
- WinAmp plays audio with no video
- VideoLan plays both
With a screwdriver and a hammer of the right size I could fix a trolley, but I don't have a clue where to hit a codec.
I know what a codec does and I have some nice tools like GSpot to find out how a file is constructed, but I don't know yet how to figure out what codecs any of my players are using for the same file, or how to control what codecs they are using. I know that there are various config options but they generally rely on the user already knowing which option to chose and so provide little guidance as to the effect of changes (thats why I normally go with the defaults).
Anyway the question is: does anyone know of threads or articles or books through which mastery of the codec could be achieved?
The sorts of thing I want to learn about are:
Installation: what makes a codec available to the OS
Discovery: how do players know which codecs are available
Playback: how do players match a file to codec(s)
Control: how do you change things for the better?