playing mpegs

Got really frustrated trying to decode a midi file (honest its not as easy as you think!) so did this instead...

BlitzMax wrapper of a mpeg decoding lib

*** NB you must demultiplex the video from the audio! ***

TMPGEnc will do this for you, the easiest option is to use the demux tool in the tools menu you will end up with a file with the same compression and dimensions

Example shows an mpeg rotating and zooming


get it from....

That's cool, does it work only on windows?

in *theory* if you can get the mpeg2 lib to compile on mac it should work okay...... but that might be stretching the word theory to its limits!

Sounds great, but it doesn't work for me -- I get an error, "Build Error: failed to compile D:/mikmodmax/mpeg/frame_wrap.cpp"

Does it require MinGW to be installed or something?

Anyway, that "mikmakmod" module player you have is very nice as well. Coincidentally, the mikmak.dll can be reduced to less half of its original size using UPX with a --force flag

It's suggested to install MinGW and configure it properly to run these codes, however my "Build Modules" button is still inactive.

But the Ctrl+D key works for me.

OK, installed MinGW, and works like a charm now. Very impressive!

coo a non dead horse type thing - or do I speak too soon!

any mac owners out there fancy taking a bash at getting the meg2 library working?

It doesn't appear the permissions were saved when archiving.I did the following on a 10.4.5 Mac Os X box:

./configure
-bash: ./configure: Permission denied

Therefore did a

chmod oug+x configure

Then a configure

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
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checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.5.0
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.5.0
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
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checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin8.5.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
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configure: creating libtool
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config.status: creating libmpeg2/convert/libmpeg2convert.pc
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands

Then an error on the make

Making all in autotools
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in include
make  all-am
Making all in libmpeg2
Making all in convert
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in libvo
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out.o `test -f 'video_out.c' || echo './'`video_out.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out.Tpo" ".deps/video_out.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out_x11.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out_x11.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out_x11.o `test -f 'video_out_x11.c' || echo './'`video_out_x11.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out_x11.Tpo" ".deps/video_out_x11.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out_x11.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out_dx.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out_dx.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out_dx.o `test -f 'video_out_dx.c' || echo './'`video_out_dx.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out_dx.Tpo" ".deps/video_out_dx.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out_dx.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out_sdl.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out_sdl.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out_sdl.o `test -f 'video_out_sdl.c' || echo './'`video_out_sdl.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out_sdl.Tpo" ".deps/video_out_sdl.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out_sdl.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out_null.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out_null.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out_null.o `test -f 'video_out_null.c' || echo './'`video_out_null.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out_null.Tpo" ".deps/video_out_null.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out_null.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common   -MT video_out_pgm.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/video_out_pgm.Tpo" \
  -c -o video_out_pgm.o `test -f 'video_out_pgm.c' || echo './'`video_out_pgm.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/video_out_pgm.Tpo" ".deps/video_out_pgm.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/video_out_pgm.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
rm -f libvo.a
ar cru libvo.a video_out.o video_out_x11.o video_out_dx.o video_out_sdl.o video_out_null.o video_out_pgm.o 
ranlib libvo.a
Making all in doc
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../include   -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common  -MT sample1.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/sample1.Tpo" \
  -c -o sample1.o `test -f 'sample1.c' || echo './'`sample1.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/sample1.Tpo" ".deps/sample1.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/sample1.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -Wall -g  -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common    -o sample1  sample1.o ../libmpeg2/libmpeg2.la 
gcc -Wall -g -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-common -o sample1 sample1.o  ../libmpeg2/.libs/libmpeg2.a
/usr/bin/ld: archive: ../libmpeg2/.libs/libmpeg2.a has no table of contents, add one with ranlib(1) (can't load from it)
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [sample1] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Fink doesn't know what MiniGW is so I'll have to google that

fink install minigw
Information about 1747 packages read in 5 seconds.
Failed: no package found for specification 'minigw'!

Googled MiniGW but it appears to be Windows based " collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows specific header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that allow one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs."

Perhaps there exists a port of mpeg2dec-0.4.0 for Macos, I'll google...

Ok got an unstable version of mpeg2dec for Fink, I hope this will dop
mpeg2dec
MPEG-2 video stream decoder
Installed: None
Unstable: 0.4.0b-3
Stable: None
Binary: None
mpeg2dec decodes mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 video streams and also includes a demultiplexer for mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 program streams.
Web site: http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net
Maintainer: None <fink-devel@...;

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:

(1)	 xfree86: Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X
(2)	 xorg: Free X11 implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X

Pick one: [1] 
The following package will be installed or updated:
 mpeg2dec
The following 5 additional packages will be installed:
 mpeg2dec-shlibs sdl sdl-shlibs xfree

so are you saying you got it to work?

if not, you need to get the C examples working first, once you have varified they are working I might be able to help, but bare in mind I dont have a mac...

/usr/bin/ld: archive: ../libmpeg2/.libs/libmpeg2.a has no table of contents, add one with ranlib(1) (can't load from it)

look like you might allready be close!

see if libmpeg2.a exists, is there a ranlib tool on mac? you might need to alter the makefile to reflect a different command name or usage???

you might be able to do it manually

Is this possible to decode "theora" or "xvid" encoded files to the frame?

I'm noob to this, however I thinks someone is powerful to do this, even willing to pay if possible.

It'll be a great thing with a stand alone movie format for BlitzMax......

from http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
[qoute]libmpeg2 - a free MPEG-2 video stream decoder[/quote]

you can always convert your media...

-rw-r--r--    1 danny  danny  436960 Mar  2 10:13 libmpeg2.a

iBook:~/Desktop/test/mpeg/mpeg2dec-0.4.0/libmpeg2/.libs danny$ ranlib -V
Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-590.18

Libmpeg2.a exists, ranlib also.I'm not sure what to do here.

should be just

ranlib libmpeg2.a

then.....

but I have no idea whats stopping make ...

Thanks for the help Chris. I'm going to give up for the moment.
It appears that Ranlib is stopping make. I get the same error message when I run ranlib libmpeg2.a as when I run make. libmpeg2.a appears to be precompiled on some other platform other than MacOs X.

iBook:~/Desktop/test/mpeg/mpeg2dec-0.4.0/libmpeg2/.libs danny$ ranlib libmpeg2.a
ranlib: warning for library: libmpeg2.a the table of contents is empty (no object file members in the library define global symbols)

yeah like windows....

you did do make clean before attempting to compile on mac didnt you...

if that doesnt help delete libmpeg2.a and try make again

is there anyone else who *actually* has a mac who can help?

I was wondering if anyone had got this working on MacOS and if any Mac user would be interested in helping me make a cross platform module

I'm also interested in automatically demux-ing the audio, but I'm not too sure if that would cause licence problems