[Swfdec] flv support?

Ravi Karmarkar karmarkar.ravi at gmail.com
Wed May 27 03:07:14 PDT 2009


OK I had not set the GST_PLUGINS_PATH. After setting this, the warning
related to resampling element is gone. The other warnings still remain.

I would like to know how to find out the type of decoder swfdec is
requesting for? so that I can install the appropriate gstreammer plugin.


Ravi

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Ravi Karmarkar <karmarkar.ravi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I converted an flv file to swf and now I'm trying to play it back...however
> I'm getting the following errors:
>
> SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_audio_decoder_gst.c(109):
> swfdec_audio_decoder_get_resampler: no resampling element found. Check that
> GStreamer's base plugins are installed.
> SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_audio_decoder.c(232): swfdec_audio_decoder_errorv:
> error decoding audio: no suitable decoder for audio codec 2
> SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_codec_gst.c(222): swfdec_gst_decoder_init: failed to
> create decoder
> SWFDEC: ERROR: swfdec_video_decoder.c(407): swfdec_video_decoder_errorv:
> error decoding video: no suitable decoder for video codec 2
>
> I have *gstreamer-0.10.22* and *gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.22* installed.
> Taking the above errors one by one, first I want to know why swfdec is
> complaining about base plugins when they are installed?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Ravi Karmarkar
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Benjamin Otte <otte at gnome.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Ravi Karmarkar
>> <karmarkar.ravi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > My requirement is to be able to play downloaded YouTube videos(in flv
>> > format) in the GTK based swfdec player.
>> >
>> This is not possible. Swfdec can only load SWF files.
>>
>> > How does 0.8.4 version achieve youtube playback when it can't load FLV
>> files
>> > directly?
>> >
>> Swfdec implements the NetStream and Video elements of SWF files, which
>> allow FLV playback inside an SWF file.
>>
>> > My understanding is that swfdec parses the flv file and uses GStreamer
>> to
>> > decode the audio/video but how to make the standalone swfdec player
>> decode
>> > the flv file in the first place?
>> >
>> You can simply create an SWF file (or use an existing one like
>> Flowplayer) that loads the FLV file you want to play back.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Benjamin
>>
>
>
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