Mplayer on RC4

I have been using the following command file to play video including
*.VOB files since eCS 1.2R up to and including RC2:  "
e:
cd \video\mplayer
SET SDL_USE_TIMECRITICAL_AUDIO=1
e:\video\mplayer\mplayer.exe -idle -x 1024 -y 768 %1
"
It fails on RC4.  Conducting some experiments, I found that using the
following test line, (all one one line)
"
e:\video\mplayer\mplayer.exe -idle -x 1024 -y 768 S:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob

"
executed on the command line from anywhere on my system I tried worked
fine /except/ from e:\video\mplayer.  When executed from there it failed
with the message "Unable to open SDDHELP$ helper device driver!". 
Note 
it will work even from e:\video.  I have searched my entire system for a 
file called SDD*.*.  I found two but neither had name SDDHELP$ .

Any ideas?  Is this a bug?

System is a T-Pad T60 using the kernel recommended by the installer.

Ted

do you use Panorama VESA driver?

then you need special build of SDL ready for Panorama VESA

SDL ready for Panorama VESA (multi-platform graphics library)
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl/sdl-1.2.10-bin-20070618.zip

other versions: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl

Eugene Gorbunoff wrote:
> do you use Panorama VESA driver?
Yes.  Also used the alternate kernel as recommended by the installer.

> then you need special build of SDL ready for Panorama VESA
OK.  Downloaded.  I'll read instructions for installation.

What does SDL stand for?

> SDL ready for Panorama VESA (multi-platform graphics library)
> ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl/sdl-1.2.10-bin-20070618.zip

> other versions: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl

I only see one CPU usage indicator although duo is turned on in BIOS.

Thanks.

Hi Ted

Ted Edwards wrote:
> I have been using the following command file to play video including
> *.VOB files since eCS 1.2R up to and including RC2:  "
> e:
> cd \video\mplayer
> SET SDL_USE_TIMECRITICAL_AUDIO=1
> e:\video\mplayer\mplayer.exe -idle -x 1024 -y 768 %1
> "
> It fails on RC4.  Conducting some experiments, I found that using the
> following test line, (all one one line)
> "
> e:\video\mplayer\mplayer.exe -idle -x 1024 -y 768 S:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
> 
> "
> executed on the command line from anywhere on my system I tried worked
> fine /except/ from e:\video\mplayer.  When executed from there it failed
> with the message "Unable to open SDDHELP$ helper device driver!".
 Note 
> it will work even from e:\video.  I have searched my entire system for a 
> file called SDD*.*.  I found two but neither had name SDDHELP$ .
> 
> Any ideas?  Is this a bug?
> 
> System is a T-Pad T60 using the kernel recommended by the installer.
> 
> Ted
> 



No idea on the mplayer problem but SDDHELP$ probably exists in the \DEV 
directory - which you may also not be aware of.

Files with the $ suffix are created at boot I think - along with the 
\DEV directory.

OEMHLP$ is created/loaded by the os2ldr at boot and is related to 
hardware data. I do not know what SDDHELP$ is; something to do with 
video card data at a guess.

Maybe someone else can supply more detail about these files...


[H:\]dir SDDHELP$

The volume label in drive H is ecs1.2r.
The Volume Serial Number is 3C0E:D5BF.

Directory of \DEV

  1-01-80 12:00a             0      0 ----  SDDHELP$.
         1 file(s)           0 bytes used

[H:\]DIR OEMHLP$

The volume label in drive H is ecs1.2r.
The Volume Serial Number is 3C0E:D5BF.

Directory of \DEV

  1-01-80 12:00a             0      0 ----  OEMHLP$
         1 file(s)           0 bytes used

[H:\]


Regards

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:54 UTC, Ted Edwards <Ted_Espamless@telus.net>
wrote: 

>with the message "Unable to open SDDHELP$ helper device driver!".


> Eugene Gorbunoff wrote:
> > do you use Panorama VESA driver?
> Yes.  Also used the alternate kernel as recommended by the installer.

Add the following line to your startup script for Mplayer:
SET SDL_DISABLE_FSLIB=1
 
> > then you need special build of SDL ready for Panorama VESA
> OK.  Downloaded.  I'll read instructions for installation.

A newer version, which is faster for Panorama is here:
ftp://www.ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/sdl-1.2.10-bin-20080121.zip

You onlu need the SDL12.DLL in the package.


-- 
  Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,