MPlayer + DVD = Borked Sound [SOLVED]

MagusWizardo · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 49

Ok, this only happens on one particular DVD - XMen2, while Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets works perfectly. XMen happens to also work on my Windows box, using some version of Windows Media Player. But on this machine, that DVD causes MPlayer to give this error:

arghnoname · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:26 am Post subject:

I just got this problem as well. I don't know if it is localized to only some dvd's or not. I recently updated mplayer.

I do think you might have missed something in your error message, as mine matches yours, but if I go up far enough I get...

MagusWizardo · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 49

Ok, when I scroll up I do indeed get those extra errors. I get the same using aoss mplayer ... , but yes - it works with ogle. Except that, as you say, it plays it at hyperspeed...

arghnoname · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

I think I figured it out (at least on my system.) It's a use flag (isn't it always). If you emerge -av mplayer, you'll probably see "-dts" in there.

Try either this:

MagusWizardo · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 49

That works perfectly. Thanks

hesel · n00b Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Denmark

Yes it works perfectly.

What does this 'dts' flag mean, btw? It isn't described in /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc

arghnoname · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject:

dts compiles support for, I think, digital theater sound. In any case, apparently it is an audio codec that some dvd's need to play properly, especially in 5.1 format.