On 2025-02-21, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:36:47PM -0000 schrieb Grant Edwards: >>> On 2025-02-20, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Use flags for ffmpeg would give us a better idea. But I would guess >>>>> they're either AV1 or H.265 encoded. >>>> I'm getting some help off list from another Michael. O_O He suggested >>>> several USE flag changes. Some I never heard of. >>> >>> Ask ffmpeg what's in the file. Then you'll _know_ what encoder(s) >>> were used and what USE flags you need. > >> The command to just get file information is ffprobe. Its output is >> very dense. I recommend mediainfo for a more human-friendly >> output. It also comes with an optional GUI. > > The other Michael asked for ffprobe info, off list.
He's right, that's what you need to do (or something equivalent) so that you know what codec you're missing. > I enabled some USE flags and tried to recompile with those. It > failed on some, again. I'm giving it another go now. So are you trying to figure out why you can't play those .mkv files, or just trying to get mplayer to build? I'll once again point out that mplayer seems to by dying (hasn't had a new version released in 3 years). Most users seem to have moved to mpv. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MPlayer: Note MPlayer is not very actively maintained anymore, but still alive. However, its fork MPV is active and it comes with some extra features too. -- Grant
