mplayer working -- gmplayer not working.

kinji5 · 05-21-2005, 10:46 PM

Ok folks, I am back for more help.

Running sarge 2.6.8, with gnome.
PIV 2.4GHz
512MB
ATI Radeon 7000/VE with dual VGA

I installed mplayer from http://people.debian.org/~mjr/mplayer.html
it is the most current version as well.

here is the /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

Code:

### mplayer DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT BEFORE IT.
#video output driver
vo=vesa:xvidix:radeon_vid.so
#device for dvd
dvd-device=/dev/cdrom
#truetype font
font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoBd.ttf

### END OF DEBCONF AREA.  PLACE YOUR EDITS BELOW; THEY WILL BE PRESERVED.

from command line i can type

Code:

mplayer /home/kinji/Desktop/xxx.avi

It works fine it will play but if i try the gmplayer gui it wont open the same xxx.avi file saying "Error opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device."

Any suggestions?

thanks

adz · 05-22-2005, 12:41 AM

You'll have to edit gmplayer's options from inside the GUI. In other words, run gmplayer, then (in the Blue skin) click the spanner icon (or right click on the controller or window and select "preferences"). Click on the "video" tab and change the settings appropriately.

kencaz · 05-22-2005, 01:53 AM

there is also a gui.conf file... you may want to check it and maybe change the -vo device to what mplayer is using. my gui.conf is here:
~/.mplayer/gui.conf

since your using the mplayer.conf file in /etc you may want to look for it there...

KC

kinji5 · 05-22-2005, 11:06 AM

Thanks for the reply guys,

I tried both,

In gmplayer, i went to preference, i clicked on "xvidix" but i can not click on "configure driver".

Then i tried editing "gui.conf" file

I found "gui.conf" located in

Code:

/home/"user_name"/.mplayer/

it shows the "vo_driver="xvidix"
I tried chaning it to match my "mplayer.conf" but when i tried playing a file it gave me the same error.

Code:

enable_audio_equ = "no"
vo_driver = "xvidix"
vo_panscan = "0.000000"
vo_doublebuffering = "yes"
vo_direct_render = "yes"
v_framedrop = "0"
v_flip = "-1"
v_ni = "no"
v_idx = "-1"
vf_pp = "no"
vf_autoq = "0"
vf_lavc = "no"
ao_driver = "mpegpes"
ao_volnorm = "no"
softvol = "no"
ao_surround = "no"
ao_extra_stereo = "no"
ao_extra_stereo_coefficient = "1.000000"
dvd_device = "/dev/cdrom"
cdrom_device = "/dev/cdrom"
osd_level = "1"
sub_auto_load = "yes"
sub_unicode = "no"
sub_pos = "100"
sub_overlap = "no"
font_factor = "0.750000"
font_name = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoBd.ttf"
font_text_scale = "5.000000"
font_osd_scale = "6.000000"
font_blur = "2.000000"
font_outline = "2.000000"
font_autoscale = "3"
cache = "no"
cache_size = "2048"
playbar = "no"
load_fullscreen = "no"
show_videowin = "yes"
stopxscreensaver = "no"
autosync = "no"
autosync_size = "0"
gui_skin = "default"
gui_save_pos = "yes"
gui_main_pos_x = "445"
gui_main_pos_y = "669"
gui_video_out_pos_x = "345"
gui_video_out_pos_y = "351"
equ_band_00 = "0.000000"
equ_band_01 = "0.000000"
equ_band_02 = "0.000000"

Thanks for everyones help.

m_yates · 05-23-2005, 06:25 AM

Try setting gmplayer to use the xv driver. Open mplayer, right click on window, select preferences and change the video driver to xv. It generally works for me.

adz · 05-23-2005, 08:15 AM

Can you post the actual error? Also, post the (textual) output of mplayer.

ethics · 06-04-2005, 06:41 PM

Just had the same problem after a fresh install (FC3)... i went into preferences and changed to the X11 drivers, works fine now (the Opengl ones were like running in slo mo for me)

kinji5 · 06-06-2005, 08:04 AM

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for the post, I didnt get a chance to play with the linux box for a while.. been too busy. I am goign to wait for Debian Sarge main release before i reinstall everything and try to configure it..

I tried goign into preferences and change drivers, but i dont know if it actually applied. When i click onthe driver it seems to default back to the original, which is X11.. i believe. Again once, i am back on the box i will post the errors.

I found out there was another problem wiht my bux, i don't think it is related because i can play vide using command line..

but my Ati Radeon 7000/ve doest seem to run EnemyTerritory. I tried following instructions on how to install firegl drivers, but that didnt seem to work. Also I dont know why i need to install Firegl.. because it is Radeon chipset... but I found an article on-line saying to use them...

anyone know ?

thanks

roland_mai · 06-26-2005, 09:33 AM

i had the same trouble with ubuntu. however, i fixed the problem as follows.

to make mplayer work:
vi ~/.mplayer/config

and enter (other stuff might give you problems)

vo = vx

to make gmplayer work:
vi ~/.mplayer/gui.conf

change vo_driver to:

vo_driver = "xv"

If you still have problems. Go to: System->Preferences->Multimedia System Selector
and change Output to X11/XShm/Xv. Make sure to test it. If it doesn't work, try any of the others with xv in the string.

hope this works..

kinji5 · 06-26-2005, 08:28 PM

Thanks I will give it try and post the results.