[PD] advise on making mjpeg, pdp and libquicktime happy

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Try the included MJPEG movie and see if that works, it's in /usr/ 
local/lib/pd/doc/media/midr-mjpeg.mov.

IIRC, libquicktime doesn't like all kinds of MJPEG, only certain kinds.

.hc

On Oct 16, 2007, at 9:41 PM, danja vasiliev wrote:

> i compiled libquicktime myself just to make sure the issue is not  
> in the
> .deb version of it, however there was no change. now i'm back to
> everything from ubuntu repos but result is just the same...
> i was using
> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/Pd-0.40.3- 
> extended-20071016-ubuntu-feisty-i386.deb
>
> just reinstalled with
> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2007-10-16/Pd-0.39.3- 
> extended-ubuntu-feisty-i386.deb
>
> and get the same
> pdp_qt: WARNING: unsupported video codec
>
> three feisty boxes i have around having same symptoms. i will try  
> clean
> ubuntu install just to eliminate any other noise...
>
> thanks,
> danja
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> I am curious why you are compiling libquicktime yourself?  If you use
>> the .deb package, it should install everything you need, including
>> libquicktime:
>>
>> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2007-10-16/Pd-0.39.3- 
>> extended-ubuntu-feisty-i386.deb
>>
>>
>> Its working well for me on my Ubuntu Feisty box.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2007, at 9:06 PM, danja vasiliev wrote:
>>
>>> im running ubuntu feisty 7.04, libquicktime plugins are in standard
>>> location:
>>>
>>> danja at t43:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
>>> 4.0
>>>
>>> danja at t43:~$ ls /usr/local/lib/libquicktime/
>>> lqt_audiocodec.la  lqt_faac.la   lqt_ffmpeg.la  lqt_mjpeg.la
>>> lqt_png.la     lqt_videocodec.la
>>> lqt_audiocodec.so  lqt_faac.so   lqt_ffmpeg.so  lqt_mjpeg.so
>>> lqt_png.so     lqt_videocodec.so
>>> lqt_dv.la          lqt_faad2.la  lqt_lame.la    lqt_opendivx.la
>>> lqt_rtjpeg.la  lqt_vorbis.la
>>> lqt_dv.so          lqt_faad2.so  lqt_lame.so    lqt_opendivx.so
>>> lqt_rtjpeg.so  lqt_vorbis.so
>>>
>>> so i just did this and noting has changed...
>>>
>>> danja at t43:~$ export LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/local/lib/ 
>>> libquicktime
>>> danja at t43:~$ pd
>>> tk scaling is 1.22249724972
>>> quicktime_delete_vcodec_stub called
>>>
>>> the last line is what PD spits out when i try opening my mjpeg.
>>> mjpeg i make using MEncoder 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.1
>>> like this:
>>> for i in $( ls ); do mencoder mf://$i/*.jpg -mf fps=6 -o $i.avi -ovc
>>> lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg; done
>>>
>>> where else to look?
>>>
>>> danja
>>>
>>>
>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Which version of GNU/Linux are you running?  Your quicktime plugins
>>>> might be in a different place than Pd-extended expects.  You can  
>>>> set it
>>>> using the LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR env var, so something like:
>>>>
>>>> export LIBQUICKTIME_PLUGIN_DIR=/path/to/your/libquicktime/plugins
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:35 PM, danja vasiliev wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hello dear all,
>>>>> pardon me for cross posting this but the issue seems to be  
>>>>> somewhat
>>>>> awkward - for the last several days i was trying to get [pdp_qt]
>>>>> take my
>>>>> mjpeg video files but was miserably failing:
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> pdp_qt: video stream found (640x480 pixels, 6 fps, 897 frames,  
>>>>> MJPG
>>>>> codec)
>>>>> pdp_qt: WARNING: unsupported video codec
>>>>> pdp_qt: ERROR: no usable video stream found.
>>>>> ---
>
>
> -- 
>     _|_       danja vasiliev
>  ---(*)---    http://k0a1a.net/recent
>    " ' "      +31-64-2654486
> --





------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
----

'You people have such restrictive dress for women,’ she said,  
hobbling away in three inch heels and panty hose to finish out  
another pink-collar temp pool day.  - “Hijab Scene #2", by Mohja Kahf