I want to install Mplayer in Red Hat 9, but i dont understand enough about linux to install it, and i dont understand enough to use the tutorials on how to do it. Help please!!!

Just install the RPMs. You can get them at mplayers site. You don't have to install from source if you don't want to.

Do you have a specific question?

After i install the rpms what do i do?

erm.. run it..... type mplayer in a console....

When i try installing the RPM's for version .90-1 of mplayer , it comes up with an error that says
The Following package could not be found on your system.
installation cannot continue until it is installed.
mplayer = 0.90 mplayer-common


What should i do, thats the package I'm trying to install isnt it?

no, mplayer isn't mplayer-common - they have different names. only ever install rpms from the mplayerhq.hu homepage.

We don't know, we can't see your system If it's asking for it though, most likely that is not the same package. There are several that are needed (or requested) to be installed, you can install all of them at the same time to satisfy the dependancies of each other (looping dependancies).

Cool

ok, i got the rpms sucessfully installed, but it says my video card doesnt support xvideo, is there a way that i can get my video card to emulate xvideo/

What is the full error message, post it up in it's entirety please.

Cool

Check out apt4rpm and Red Carpet.

# Guides to software and installation
LNAG - How do I install a program I downloaded from the Internet?
Rute Guide's software explanation

# Redhat links
RedHat Linux Manuals
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
RedHat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Redhat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Redhat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network

heres the message i get when i type " mplayer hl2.mpg"


MPlayer 0.90-RPM-3.1 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon TB Thunderbird (Family: 6, Stepping: 4)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/killswitch/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/killswitch/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/killswitch/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/killswitch/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup
scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/killswitch/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 52 binds

Playing hl2.mpg
Cache fill: 8.01% (671834 bytes) MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 320x240 (aspect 12) 29.97 fps 300.0 kbps (37.5 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 24000->176400 (192.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support, and read Xv section of DOCS/video.html !
See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

please help.

You could try different vo options:
mplayer -vo help
Should show you:
x11
So try:
mplayer -vo x11 /path/to/movie.avi

Also, there are threads on enabling xv, do a search around a bit acid_kewpie is the expert on that.

Cool

it worked, thanks guys...
is there a way to run the gui version?

Yes there is, but you usually need to compile from source to do that (run a search on this site for gmplayer there are loads of threads for ya).

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