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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:36:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
To:        Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG, Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: viewing .AVI files?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990412083605.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990412120924.A15464@internal>

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On 12-Apr-99 Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> On Mon, 12-Apr-1999 at 11:01:16 +0200, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
>> On Mon, 12-Apr-1999 at 09:55:55 +0200, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
>> > On Sat, 10-Apr-1999 at 11:40:21 +0100, Jonathan Belson wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > On 10-Apr-99 David Kelly wrote:
>> > > >> > 
>> > > >> > This found too many things, incorrectly:
>> > > >> > % make search key=avi
>> > > >> > 
>> > > >> > Any way to view such a file on FreeBSD?
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> You might try Xanim.  /usr/ports/graphics/xanim.
>> > > > 
>> > > > Well, it was worth a try:
>> > > > 
>> > > > nospam: {1139} xanim *.avi &
>> > > > [4] 72396
>> > > > nospam: {1140} XAnim Rev 2.80.0 by Mark Podlipec Copyright (C)
>> > > > 1991-1999. All
>> > > > Rights Reserved
>> > > > AVI Video Codec: Intel Indeo R3.2 is unsupported by this
>> > > > executable.(E18)
>> > > >       Please see the file "indeo.readme".
>> > > >   AVI Notice: No supported Video frames - treating as audio
>> > > >   only file
>> > > 
>> > > Intel are very possessive  when it comes to their AVI codecs. 
>> > > AIUI
>> > > they let Mark have the necessary files under NDA, but he can
>> > > only
>> > > release the decoder in object format.  This is explained in the
>> > > documentation.  
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Interesting. The older version does it:
>> > 
>> > andre@bali:~>xanim  +Aev90 +Sr +Wp +Zper +v video.avi  
>> > XAnim Rev 2.70.7.0 by Mark Podlipec (c) 1991-1998
>> > Reading RIFF AVI File video.avi
>> >   Video Codec: Intel Indeo R3.2 depth=24
>> >   Audio Codec: MS ADPCM Rate=11025 Chans=1 bps=4
>> >   Frame Stats: Size=240x180  Frames=228  fps=12.0
>> > 
>> > 
>> > The AVI File runs great. Including audio...
>> > 
>> > Either the port or xanim 2.8 is broken...
>> 
>> Have to quote myself:
>> 
>> The port is broken. The following patch to the port Makefile
>> fixes it:
>> 
>> --- Makefile.ORI     Mon Apr 12 10:57:50 1999
>> +++ Makefile Mon Apr 12 10:53:29 1999
>> @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
>>  EXTRACT_ONLY=   ${DISTNAME}.tar.gz
>>  USE_IMAKE=  yes
>>  MAN1=               xanim.1
>> -MAKE_ENV=   XA_IV32_DEF=-DXA_INDEO \
>> -            XA_CVID_DEF=-DXA_CINEPAK \
>> +MAKE_ENV=   XA_IV32_DEF=-DXA_IV32 \
>> +            XA_CVID_DEF=-DXA_CVID \
>>              XA_CYUV_DEF=-DXA_CYUV
>>  
>>  .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
> 
> 
> One more followup: I even managed to use the external loadable
> modules
> from ftp://xanim.va.pubnix.com/modules :-) This is what I have done:
> 
> 1. mget *c5.tgz from ftp://xanim.va.pubnix.com/modules
> 2. gunzip and untar them all
> 3. mv vid*.xa to /some/dir
> 4. export XANIM_MOD_DIR=/some/dir
> 5. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/compat/linux/lib (linux emu must be
> installed of course).
> 6. run xanim 2.80.0 from the ports
> 
> Step 5 is only neccessary to satisfy the need for _IO_stderr_ needed
> by some
> of the vid*.xa files. This is a hack and there is surely a more
> elegant solution...
> 
> Now, I finally got indeo 4.1 and indeo 5.0 support!!! 

Just a note:  The download directory is dlls, instead of modules.  The
dlls are tiny (57K or so).  

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