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mplayer package

incorrect aspect ratio for mp4 movie

Bug #103038 reported by Adriaan Peeters
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GStreamer
Invalid
Medium
gstreamer0.10 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
mplayer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
xine-lib (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mplayer

Mplayer (and other players) incorrectly display mp4 movies. The aspect ratio is wrong. By running mplayer with -aspect one can get it to display correctly.

Example mp4: http://download.streampower.be/vrt/psp/emma/emma_afl055.mp4

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/mplayer
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu do you use? Is that totem-gstreamer or totem-xine?

Changed in totem:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Darren Salt (dsalt) wrote :

This isn't a front-end bug. It looks like an upstream ffmpeg problem, and therefore it affects xine-lib due to its internal copy of ffmpeg. 1.1.4 is affected; I've not tested 1.1.2.

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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

totem-xine (2.16.2-0ubuntu3) on edgy

Adriaan Peeters (apeeters)
Changed in totem:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Sebastian Dröge (slomo) wrote :

I forwarded this bug to gstreamer upstream. Let's see what they can say about it, it mgiht be that the file is just broken though...
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431017

Changed in totem:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

Maybe interesting to note: these files are intended for the PSP. I have tried playing these on Windows Media Player and then they are displayed with the correct aspect ratio.

More files with the same issue: http://www.een.be/televisie1_master/programmas/e_emma_psp/index.shtml

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gstreamer:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Aspect ratio issues are (supposedly) fixed in mplayer 1.0~rc2 which has the new ffmpeg checkout. The other projects should likely have this fix trickle into them too.

Changed in mplayer:
assignee: nobody → superm1
status: New → In Progress
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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

mplayer (2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version.
    - Packaging (LP: #150925)
    - MP3 Distortion (LP: #85751)
    - Aspect ratio fixes (LP: #103038, #153543)
    - Samba support (LP: #85052)
  * Move 01_default_config.dpatch into bzr.
  * Drop dpatch from build-depends and debian/rules
  * Add liblzo2-dev, libdvdnav-dev, libopenal-dev,
    libjack-dev, libtwolame-dev, libsvga1-dev to build dependencies.
  * debian/rules:
    - Build with radio interface support
    - Build with OpenAL, Jack audio support. (LP: #122042)
    - Let Xvid support be autodetected for proper linking.
    - Let Faac support be autodetected for proper linking.
    - Let fontconfig support be autodetected for proper linking.
    - Let LIVE555 support be autodetected for proper linking.
    - Drop DOCS/zh from dh_installdocs
    - Build with dvdnav support.
    - Adjust changelog that gets installed.
  * Add polish translation for .desktop file (LP: #93382)
  * Adjust configure script to properly link dbus-glib and pulse audio.
  * Disable joystick by default (LP: #75925)
  * Adjust configure script to call dvdnav-config properly.

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:26:21 -0400

Changed in mplayer:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Mario Limonciello (superm1)
Changed in mplayer:
assignee: superm1 → nobody
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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

The example file still has the incorrect aspect ratio when played.

Changed in mplayer:
status: Fix Released → New
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

Changed in mplayer:
status: New → Incomplete
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gstreamer0.10:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gstreamer:
status: New → Invalid
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Robin Stocker (nibor) wrote :

This bug can be closed as invalid.

I played the video in QuickTime and it's displayed exactly the same as in Totem, MPlayer and VLC. It's actually the video which has the wrong values set (mp4dump shows the wrong display dimensions of 654x208).

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

closing the bug that's not one

Changed in gstreamer0.10:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Simon Morgan (sjmorgan) wrote :

Marking invalid as problem is with the file itself.

Changed in mplayer:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in xine-lib:
status: New → Invalid
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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

Then why does it display correctly on Windows Media Player?

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Robin Stocker (nibor) wrote :

Adriaan Peeters: Because it probably ignores the display dimensions specified in the file. It's really the file that is wrong, not the players.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gstreamer:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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