[PD] [GEM] pix_film mjpeg crash

[atuc]

hallo,

i had a similar problem with mjepeg movies on ubuntu maverick,

1. test if you can play files: lqtplay mjpeg.mov

in my case it crashed,

2. my fix:
i recompiled libquicktime
http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/

best,
alex
>
> hi,
>
> been reading some previous discussions, and it seems like the best
> codec for pix_film is mjpeg, as in not-cpu-expensive. if i encode my
> movies with ffmpeg with parameters
>
> -an -vcodec mjpeg -sameq 
>
> pd crashes when trying to open that avi in pix_film.
>
> pix_film reports on creation:
>
> pix_film:: quicktime support
> pix_film:: libmpeg3 support
> pix_film:: libaviplay support
>
> there is no error on stderr apart from 
>
> [pix_film]: opening video-mjpeg.avi with format 1908 
> [pix_film]:  ... 
> [pix_film]:  ... 
> [pix_film]:  ... 
> socket receive error: Connection reset by peer (104)
> Segmentation fault
>
>
>
> if anyone would have an idea how can i make Gem work with mjpeg videos
> it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> l