[GEM-dev] [ pd-gem-Bugs-3517368 ] gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X

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Bugs item #3517368, was opened at 2012-04-12 19:30
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Category: Pixes (pix_ objects)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
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Submitted By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X

Initial Comment:
Pd-extended 0.43.1, 2012-04-02 32-bit on a MacBook Pro 3,1 running Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel.

opening Gem -> examples -> 04.pix -> 05.film, then loading alea.mpg, it tells me the video is "1 frames (320x240) at 1.000000 fps" and procedes to make a fractal-like animation.  Full Pd window log and screenshot attached

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2012-12-03 00:53

Message:
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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-09-23 11:00

Message:
Just built master and it still doesn't work, did it work for you?  But
things have changed: now it outputs -1 for the frame count for alea.mpg. 
Sending [auto 1( doesn't do anything at first, but after a couple seconds,
it plays a few frames, then stops again. 

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-09-23 10:12

Message:
I just tested this again to be sure:

- Pd-extended 0.42.5 i386 32-bit on Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel:  When I load
alea.mpg, it outputs 0 from the total frames outlet but sending [auto 1( it
plays fine.

- Pd-extended 0.43.1-20120419 i386 32-bit on Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel:  When I
load alea.mpg, it outputs 1 from the total frames outlet but sending [auto
1( does not play it.

Trying to build Gem from master now, I'll report back on that.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-05-02 06:33

Message:
Just did a little more testing.  alea.mpg and 64849285.mp4 both play fine
in Quicktime and in Pd-extended 0.42.5.  It is only Pd-extended 0.43.1 with
Gem 0.93 that has this issue

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-04-23 11:31

Message:
I just tested this using
Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120423-ubuntu-oneiric-i386.deb on Ubuntu Oneiric/i386
on my MacBook Pro 3,1 with a nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] . 
It seems to work fine with alea.mpg, /64849285.mp4, and others all work
fine.  Seems like its an OSX issue.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-04-22 06:34

Message:
yes, both play fine.  alea.mpg is the same old video that has been included
in Gem forever

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2012-04-22 02:46

Message:
can you play these movies with QuickTime?

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Comment By: jack  (jackovic)
Date: 2012-04-17 15:18

Message:
The video works fine on my config. Last Gem from git, Pd 0.43.2test1,
ubuntu 11.10. Here i get :
[pix_film]: loaded file: /home/jack/Vidéos/filmsPourTests/64849285.mp4
with 359 frames (640x480) at 30.000000 fps
So the problem seems to be related to MasOSX only.
++

Jack



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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2012-04-17 10:43

Message:
I am also seeing the same behavior using a mp4 from the internet:
[pix_film]: loaded file: /Users/hans/64849285.mp4 with 1 frames (640x480)
at 1.000000 fps

This is the video, you can download the .mp4 from the download section of
the page:
http://vimeo.com/28911883

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