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Hi.
I installed MPlayer using Synaptic..everything came out smoothly...my only (and big!) problem is that whenever I try to play a movie file I get this :
"FATAL ERROR"
"Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device."
I'm running Fedora 3....and I have installed the Divx codecs
Can I get a non rocket science solution to this problem?
Preferably a non CLI one ...I'm totally newbie.
The default video out setting changed in the latest mplayer build in the repositories, and the new setting seems to be incompatible with many video cards. To work around the issue on the command line, use:
mplayer -vo xv some.avi
For the GUI version (gmplayer):
- Start gmplayer from the menu Applications->Sound and Video
- right-click on the player and select Preferences from the pop-up menu
- Click on the video tab at the top
- Click on the "xv X11/Xv" entry in the drivers list
- Click on OK
- Quit and restart gmplayer
Hi...
Did what you said....Xv doesn't work at all
gl works but in a shaky slow motion....could be anything including the video quality of the file..(It's a movie downloaded via torrent/azureus.)
I'm going to try a DVD or another file to see what happens.
Any other sugestion will be accepted..
step1: "mplayer -vo help"
there will list available video output drivers for you.
step2: "vi ~/.mplayer/config"
add a line
"vo=XXX"
the XXX is one of the driver from the list above.
step3: Start the mplayer-gui from panel "application->Sound&video->Mplayer"
then right click it, "Preferences->Video", high-light the driver you choose in step2, and then "OK".
restart the mplayer-gui.
There will no Problem now!
Last edited by trumanshow; 07-22-2006 at 01:16 PM.
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