no helix dna client mac binary, right?

[Alcuin]

hi all,

came across my first .rmvb file and wanted to convert it with ffmpegX.
however, dragging & dropping the file onto the source area just yielded
in a "no video" and "no audio" message.

after checking the ffmpegX website I learned that I need this helix dna
client. however, there's no such "macos-gcc3-pb" entry in the table.
or am I blind?

so, I guess I have to download the source package and build a binary
myself to make ffmpegX work with .rmvb files?

thx & greetings,
Stefan.

[Case]

"If you have problems in getting [the Helix binary], [...] you may download instead a stable build of reallib from this link."

[Alcuin]

wow, Case, this was fast!

now we're getting closer!

okay, downloaded this zip file, uncompressed it, moved it into the right location and, yes, now ffmpegX detects the format correctly and gives me a video & audio information.

however, when converting it into an MPEG4 [.AVI] (mencoder), ffmpegX Progress finishes in no time but produces no output at all (and obviously didn't convert anything in one second).

Here's the output of ffmpegX Progress's Process Information:
---
Encoding started on Fri Nov 3 18:47:31 CET 2006
MEncoder dev-CVS-051126-18:35-3.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xadfed66
REAL file format detected.
---

I, too, noticed that when I press ffmpegX's Play button mplayer starts but crashes immediately after that.
Here's the crash log (excerpt):
---
Command: mplayer
Path: /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/mplayer
Parent: ffmpegX [2294]

Version: ??? (???)

PID: 2338
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000008

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 mplayer 0x00113db8 0x1000 + 1125816
1 mplayer 0x000c2af0 0x1000 + 793328
2 mplayer 0x0011c0c4 0x1000 + 1159364
3 mplayer 0x000c3814 0x1000 + 796692
4 mplayer 0x000c3ec4 0x1000 + 798404
5 mplayer 0x00004ea8 0x1000 + 16040
6 mplayer 0x0042a3ac 0x1000 + 4363180
7 com.apple.Foundation 0x9295cad8 _nsnote_callback + 180
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90804010 __CFXNotificationPost + 368
9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907fc0ec _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 684
10 com.apple.Foundation 0x92946ee0 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationNamebject:userInfo:] + 92
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x93708f98 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 112
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x93708e84 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 92
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x937089cc -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 264
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x93708574 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 92
15 com.apple.Foundation 0x9295dae4 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 380
16 com.apple.Foundation 0x9295d944 _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 92
17 com.apple.AE 0x914fa960 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 208
18 com.apple.AE 0x914fa7fc dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
19 com.apple.AE 0x914fa654 aeProcessAppleEvent + 284
20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93205eb0 AEProcessAppleEvent + 60
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x93706cbc _DPSNextEvent + 856
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x937067a8 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x93702cec -[NSApplication run] + 472
24 mplayer 0x0042a334 0x1000 + 4363060
25 mplayer 0x0042a5f8 0x1000 + 4363768
26 mplayer 0x000027a8 0x1000 + 6056
27 dyld 0x8fe01048 _dyld_start + 60
---

anyone any idea?

thanks a LOT!!!
Stefan.

[temosis]

I recommend to use mediacoder software

[Alcuin]

for Mac OS X ?

[major]

now we're getting closer!

Are you on Intel or PPC, also if you click PLAY does it play the RealVideo movie?

[Alcuin]

Hi major,

I'm mainly on my PowerMac (Dual G5 PPC 2.7 GHz) but I do have a MacBook Pro and an Intel MacMini, too. As I neither have a copy of Windows nor Parallels nor VirtualPC I'd *really* like to see things work under OS X... *sigh*

As I wrote above, when I press the Play button in ffmpegX mplayer launches but crashes immediately. Crash log is above (but I guess it doesn't really help, does it?)
So I can't actually see the .rmvb movie.

Is there any advise?

thanks so much!
Stefan.

[major]

Maybe send me a link to download the RM file? I could make a test with it.

[Alcuin]

hi major,

it's a 174 MB file. really?

cheers,
Stefan.

[Case]

You can host the file on YouSendIt.com or SendSpace.com, then send a pm (personal message on this board) or e-mail to major with the download URL. That way, you can work around the (size) limitations of many mail systems.