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Hi,

are there any examples on how to play an MPEG video on SDL?

I once wrote an example on how to play an MJPEG (based on libmjpegutils).

What lib would i use best (video and sound) to just play an MPEG
on Linux?


Thanks for any hints,
Torsten.
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On 1/22/06, Torsten Mohr <tmohr at s.netic.de> wrote:

Try SMPEG:

http://www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3
http://icculus.org/smpeg/

Chris

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Hi Torsten -

Could I get a copy of that example you wrote on how to play an MJPEG movie?

I'd appreciate it.

-Andrew

Torsten Mohr wrote:

On 1/22/06, Andrew Lee <arl at corticsoft.com> wrote:

I write a little wrapper around SMPEG:

/******************************************************************************
*
* movie_demo.c
*
* Copyright (c) 2005 Chris Nystrom
*
* This program is public domain.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but without any warranty whatsoever.
*
* Contact Author at:
*
* Chris Nystrom
* 11013 Prairie Dove Circle
* Austin, Texas 78758
*
* E-Mail: cnystrom at gmail.com
* Blog: http://conversazione.blogspot.com
* AIM: nystromchris
*
* Soli Deo Gloria
*
*/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "SDL.h"
#include <smpeg/smpeg.h>
#include "sdl_lib.h"
#include "movie_lib.h"

static int done = 0;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
sdl_init();
sdl_setup_video(640, 480);

movie_load("1.mpg", TRUE);
movie_scale_XY(320, 240);
movie_set_display();
movie_play();

while (!done && (movie_playing())) {
SDL_Event event;
while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
switch (event.type) {
case SDL_KEYDOWN:
if (event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_ESCAPE)
done = 1;
break;
case SDL_QUIT:
done = 1;
break;
default:
break;
}
}

SDL_Delay(200);
}

movie_delete();

SDL_Quit();

return 0;
}

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If you want to check out my wrapper:

ftp://ftp.newio.org/pub/d0-libs/movie_lib.0.08_046D_102405.tar.gz

Chris

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Hi Chris,

great, thanks for that one. I've just downloaded your wrapper.


Best regards,
Torsten.