Smpeg 0.4.4 no longer works with SDL

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Hi all
Since upgrading to SDL 1.2.7 under Windows, smpeg no longer works
properly with it. When Mpeg movies are played with SDL 1.2.7, the audio
is fine, but the associated video is not shown. If I drop a SDL.dll from
version 1.2.4, playing the same mpeg file, both audio and video are then
fine.

So is this a problem wih SDL, smpeg or both?

Thanks,

Dominique
http://www.DelphiGamer.com := go on, write a game instead;

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I’ll try installing the source RPM from loki and take
a peek at it, but considering the first 3 download
links I tried didn’t work, I’m not impressed… I’m
guessing smpeg is probably at fault here.

— Dominique Louis
wrote:> Hi all

Since upgrading to SDL 1.2.7 under Windows, smpeg
no longer works
properly with it. When Mpeg movies are played with
SDL 1.2.7, the audio
is fine, but the associated video is not shown. If I
drop a SDL.dll from
version 1.2.4, playing the same mpeg file, both
audio and video are then
fine.

So is this a problem wih SDL, smpeg or both?

Thanks,

Dominique
http://www.DelphiGamer.com := go on, write a game
instead;

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Have you tried recompiling smeg after you installed SDL 1.2.7?

JPOn Tuesday 30 March 2004 01:29 pm, Dominique Louis wrote:

Since upgrading to SDL 1.2.7 under Windows, smpeg no longer works
properly with it. When Mpeg movies are played with SDL 1.2.7, the audio
is fine, but the associated video is not shown. If I drop a SDL.dll from
version 1.2.4, playing the same mpeg file, both audio and video are then
fine.

So is this a problem wih SDL, smpeg or both?

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Harsh.On Tuesday 30 March 2004 19:26, j_post wrote:

Have you tried recompiling smeg after you installed SDL 1.2.7?

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Terse, yes. Harsh? I don’t think so, and I certainly didn’t intend it to be.

Fact is, after installing SDL 1.2.7 I found lots of stuff was broken. After
much trial and tribulation, I found that recompiling SDL applications and
libraries, in the correct order, solved all the problems I had. I merely
suggested to the poster that he try recompiling on the chance that that might
be the solution to his problem.

JeffOn Tuesday 30 March 2004 05:42 pm, Tyler Montbriand wrote:

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 19:26, j_post wrote:

Have you tried recompiling smeg after you installed SDL 1.2.7?

Harsh.

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Terse, yes. Harsh? I don’t think so, and I certainly didn’t intend it to
be.
Bah, don’t take me so seriously. It was a joke on the smeg/smpeg typo. :stuck_out_tongue: A
rather unflattering thing to call any library. I guess that’s enough
off-topic spam on this list from me. Sorry. >.>

Fact is, after installing SDL 1.2.7 I found lots of stuff was broken.
After much trial and tribulation, I found that recompiling SDL applications
and libraries, in the correct order, solved all the problems I had.
Odd. What difficulties did you have, specifically?On Tuesday 30 March 2004 21:51, j_post wrote:

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Bah, don’t take me so seriously. It was a joke on the smeg/smpeg typo. :stuck_out_tongue:

Oops. I didn’t notice the typo :slight_smile: (Smeg isn’t in my dictionary, but a
related word is, so I see why you used the word ‘harsh’. Sheepish grin)

Fact is, after installing SDL 1.2.7 I found lots of stuff was broken.
After much trial and tribulation, I found that recompiling SDL
applications and libraries, in the correct order, solved all the problems
I had.

Odd. What difficulties did you have, specifically?

Segfaults with just about every application. gdb gave non-sensical
information about the cause of the segfaults. prboom and gtv are just a
couple of the applications that I recall. The problems were solved only after
looking at which libraries/apps depended upon what other libraries and
recompiling the dependencies first. Unfortunately I didn’t keep copious notes
on the dependencies, so I can’t give a list of the specific order in which
they must be recompiled, but it does make a difference. If you do it in the
wrong order, you won’t get compile errors, but stuff that previously worked
will segfault.

BTW, Sam was a great help in resolving some of the problems. Thanks, Sam!

JeffOn Tuesday 30 March 2004 09:50 pm, Tyler Montbriand wrote:

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Dominique

I have had the same trouble except that it seems to work with SDL 1.2.6.
I asked on the SDL mailing list but no one has responded. I have the
same trouble with trying to use the OpenGL version of smpeg so I believe
it may be a smpeg problem but haven’t had the time to track it down any
further.

Wayne Wilson

Dominique Louis wrote:> Hi all

Since upgrading to SDL 1.2.7 under Windows, smpeg no longer works
properly with it. When Mpeg movies are played with SDL 1.2.7, the
audio is fine, but the associated video is not shown. If I drop a
SDL.dll from version 1.2.4, playing the same mpeg file, both audio and
video are then fine.

So is this a problem wih SDL, smpeg or both?

Thanks,

Dominique
http://www.DelphiGamer.com := go on, write a game instead;