From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 23 15:22:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A2AB47E93 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 15:22:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f173.google.com (mail-io0-f173.google.com [209.85.223.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DDD61DF4 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 15:22:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f173.google.com with SMTP id t40so103346136ioi.0 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 08:22:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=PyHmiQZqDuzvmXU2PvF7GlPXotWGoIpxYjlrDBoQYB8=; b=Bt2S610WouL7jbpoNspqYamlpHgMzKfWV+dnoyVCAkPyWbuGjdweuTD9GTGfFjwv8X q1mdcXrIl61R76w9wzuBg+VIlmxdF+kUxUrRtaC4/LYGnR0TJQrp4XAGxeviyZAb4efB EFSkyPSBFdVrjeSA/8Eqk3LLELF4Qe4Irff8B6mAsyPbp0ZhQZ4S1ydx0ODWqG4Dmagz 2A/tQwIzDxEJB0Kc55gw/0Uroke63UZcqmAEU2oCbdeiryJCRB1UqE3cPkBLtXMlYCHT sr5VewqrNhWEcg7fLmCW6Or6X0yozRWrjaoOs2DZL79DrBNdW3d/DisubyZIxiklKIq1 ZDiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FXbWVcTAbxiOqAz1Sg0ZSL3QjC1MTu+ZF0Fo+beFTleB2NuhrP0habRUo0xDVOQOQ== X-Received: by 10.107.136.156 with SMTP id s28mr15475287ioi.0.1464016950666; Mon, 23 May 2016 08:22:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (97-116-7-211.mpls.qwest.net. [97.116.7.211]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a8sm568696igo.10.2016.05.23.08.22.29 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 23 May 2016 08:22:29 -0700 (PDT) References: <37fefe15-0f0c-31d0-8192-d49735f89b43@columbus.rr.com> <20160523134928.f51b0805.freebsd@edvax.de> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Polytropon Cc: Baho Utot , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matroska video format In-reply-to: <20160523134928.f51b0805.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:22:32 -0500 Message-ID: <86oa7wbxzb.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 15:22:37 -0000 Polytropon writes: > On Sun, 22 May 2016 20:42:41 -0400, Baho Utot wrote: >> I would like to play a Matroskavisoe using vlc, Is this possible? >> >> It starts to play but the picture goes in and out of grey > > What is "it"? Which player (standalone program or embedded in web > browser as a plugin) are you using? > > I've installed mplayer which plays video and audio in MKV format > just fine. Maybe you are missing a codec that is required (because > MKV basically is a containter format, like AVI, with video and > audio and maybe other data in a specific codec)... Baho, you say "*a* Matroska [video] using [VLC]." If you've only tried one Matroska video in one player, there's no way to know which is the source of the problem. Matroska is a truly free and open container format that's been around for over a decade now, and I've played *.MKV files in MPV, Parole (the Xfce media player), and Kodi/Plex Home Theater without having to take any extra steps. I haven't used VLC in a long time, but it's claim to fame is that it supports almost every format under the sun out of the box. So I would bet it's just a poorly encoded video, not a problem with VLC. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------