[mythtvnz] DTT testing - Wellington - MPLAYER SVN results...

[Michael Dilger]

Craig Whitmore wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 23:17 +1200, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 23:04 +1200, Douglas Pearless wrote:
>>     
>>>   I've taken the plunge and followed the directions on mythtv.org.nz
>>> and used SVN version of mplayer.
>>>
>>> I record 5 seconds of TV3 from Kaukau and use <ctrl-c> to stop it, I
>>> then play back and I get:
>>>
>>>       
>>> Starting playback...
>>> FAAD: error: Channel coupling not yet implemented, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Invalid number of channels, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Channel coupling not yet implemented, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Invalid number of channels, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Invalid number of channels, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Invalid number of channels, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Gain control not yet implemented, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Channel coupling not yet implemented, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Invalid number of channels, trying to resync!
>>> FAAD: error: Channel coupling not yet implemented, trying to resync!
>>>       
>
> edit libfaad/common.h
>
> uncomment
> #define USE_DOUBLE_PRECISION
> #define FIXED_POINT
> #define BIG_IQ_TABLE
> #define SSR_DEC
> #define LTP_DEC
> #define LD_DEC
> #define SCALABLE_DEC
> #define DRM
> #define DRM_PS
>
> and recompile mplayer..
>
> Now.. mplayer does not crash with the type of files you just made.. BUT
> seems SSR_DEC is broken so you will not get audio on those files.. but
> if the audio is supported it will play perfectly well.
>
> Thanks
> Craig
>   
That's brilliant!

With the intention of just fixing the one null pointer error, I've 
gotten myself all muddy with no results so far.  I just tried 
uncommenting these and BAM it works, but I have no idea why.   Oh well.

-Mike