[MPlayer-users] ac3 problems?

[Joris]

I'm not sure this is a cry for help or a real bugreport...
I just can't get AC3 (software decoding from a divx file) to work.
I fetched the mplayer cvs 20020506, copied ffmpeg's cvs libavcodec into it,
then configured and built mplayer.



While playing:

[snip]
Detected audio codec: [ac3] drv:3 (AC3)
Initializing audio codec...
Requested audio codec family [ac3] (vfm=3) not available (enable it at
compile time!)
Couldn't initialize audio codec! -> nosound
[snip]

However, when I do mplayer -ac help:
[snip]
ac3         3  working   AC3  [libac3]
[snip]
This is odd...


This is the end of my configure:
  Enabled optional drivers:
    Input: network tv dvdcss mpdvdkit vcd 
    Codecs: libavcodec directshow win32 
    Audio output: oss sdl
    Video output: xvidix sdl vesa mpegpes(file) fbdev dga xv x11


This is the first megabyte from the file I tried to play:
http://et.yi.org/head.avi (please don't all jump on it, my upload is only
128kbit).
The 5mb version is in the incoming directory on the ftp server.




I found help on irc, (openprojects) "StuckMojo" tried to guide me trough a
couple of things, however...
When he tried to play the file, he got:
<StuckMojo> Detected audio codec: [a52] drv:14 (AC3-liba52)
<StuckMojo> Selecting Audio Decoder: [liba52] AC3-liba52

Perhaps this is due the fact he has ->
<StuckMojo> here's the end of my ./configure
<StuckMojo>   Enabled optional drivers:
<StuckMojo>     Input: network tv dvdread vcd
<StuckMojo>     Codecs: divx5linux libavcodec directshow win32
<StuckMojo>     Audio output: oss 
<StuckMojo>     Video output: xvidix vesa jpeg png mpegpes(file) fbdev dga
xv x11 
-> "divx5linux"?
He has sound output...





System Information
==================
Debian SID Gnu/Linux
Linux 2.4.18
libc-2.2.5  
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System, (protocol Version 11, revision 0,
vendor release 6510)
gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
GNU ld version 2.12.90.0.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux
GNU assembler 2.12.90.0.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux 

PIII mobile 1000mhz
S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/MX-MV
ES1988 Allegro-1, oss drivers: maestro3 and ac97_codec



If this is due malconfig rather than bugs, please point me in the right
direction before trowing me into the flames...

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  Joris
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