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[moreje]

Hi,
I just installed KarmicKoala... and can't have PMS working...
mencoder sends a return error of 1 and in the debug log file I can see:

[Thread-66] DEBUG 19:37:54.566 Asked stream chunk [0-0] timeseek: 0.0 of 2006.1080p.DTS.x264-CtrlHD.mkv and player MEncoder
[Thread-66] DEBUG 19:37:54.567 External inputstream instance is null... sounds not good, waiting 500ms


and then .. Data is corrupted

[petesimon]

mencoder sends a return error of 1 and in the debug log file I can see: ... and then .. Data is corrupted

what svn build or version of mencoder do you have? i added the ~rvm repository and dl'ed the latest 29643 available today.

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MEncoder SVN-r29643-Ubuntu-RVM (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team

[Doomstalk]

Hi,
I just installed KarmicKoala... and can't have PMS working...
mencoder sends a return error of 1 and in the debug log file I can see:

[Thread-66] DEBUG 19:37:54.566 Asked stream chunk [0-0] timeseek: 0.0 of 2006.1080p.DTS.x264-CtrlHD.mkv and player MEncoder
[Thread-66] DEBUG 19:37:54.567 External inputstream instance is null... sounds not good, waiting 500ms


and then .. Data is corrupted

Try copying the command PMS uses to launch mencoder from the log and see what errors you're getting. Also: does your video have embedded ASS subtitles with built-in fonts? They'll cause the standard mencoder builds to segfault. If that's your problem, check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=231

[BalleClorin]

the linux distribution has the major downside of not including the ffmpeg, mplayer and mencoder binaries... that's why half of the time, errors are due to old versions your system is using...
ps3mediaserver needs builds from minimum mid-2008 to work correctly !
if you are using Ubuntu based distribution, you can get mplayer/mencoder binaries from there: https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/ppa

PS: If anyone is skilled enough to make packaging of ps3mediaserver for any distributions out there (good luck), well I'll be happy to help :p

It's not quite according to debian policies, but a working ubuntu/debian package is available on my blog here: http://www.noteng.no/geekblog/?p=347
It places all files in /opt/pms and adds this initscipt to /etc/init.d

Your release is missing some basic copyright information I need to provide with the package. For now I just wrote © Shagr4th 2009, and Shagr4th as author (should be in form of: «full name email@example.com»

Is there a way to make pms look for the configfiles in another location, like /etc/pms?
Ideally configs should be in /etc, shellscript and tsmuxer in /usr/bin, jar files in /var/lib/pms and docs (README and FAQ) in /usr/share/doc or something like that...

also, I saw a bunch of licenses inside the jar, are all those used? and witch license for what?

[chocolateboy]

Is there a way to make pms look for the configfiles in another location, like /etc/pms?
Ideally configs should be in /etc, shellscript and tsmuxer in /usr/bin, jar files in /var/lib/pms and docs (README and FAQ) in /usr/share/doc or something like that...

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5142#p23051

[Umbra]

Well for those telling about PPAś and links on blogs or sites to working deb/ubuntu pkgś you dont need any of that..

Just
sudp apt-get install mplayer
sudo apt-get install mencoder
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

and so on and you will get the stuff that works with PMS. Why make it harder than it have to be
I only use apt-get and PMS works without problems...

[BalleClorin]

The whole point of the package is to install PMS with apt-get (or similar). I totaly agree with you, but whenever I come across a great app that hasn't been packaged yet, I usually package it. I don't like the idea of having apps installed that apt know nothing about.
My package will copy the pms-linux files to /opt/pms, ad a slightly modified version of PMS.sh as /usr/bin/pms and add a initscript for those who need to start at boot.

[lordemsworth]

Umbra,

Can you do me a favour and list your sources?

Amir

[lordemsworth]

Umbra,

You were right. During my last set of builds, I was preparing with Medibuntu and PPAs.
I reinstalled Karmic tonight and everything is working with build 383 from SVN using stock ffmpeg, mplayer, mencoder.
There are things about SUSE I prefer, but am glad I tried it this way.

Amir

[Umbra]

Umbra,

Can you do me a favour and list your sources?

Amir

Obs.. This list dont contain medibuntu..
If you need ffmpeg with -nonfree flags let me know dont know if we can post those files here...

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# deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.3)]/ karmic main multiverse restricted universe
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse

deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ethercrow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ethercrow/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main