OK, I tried to install it and got conflicts and needed
libdivxdecore.so.0
libdivxencore.so.0
libtheora.so.0
libxvidcore.so.4

I DL'd the RPM packages through http://packman.links2linux.org/ but still have an issue when I try to install libtheora.so.0 but it says I need libogg. So I tried to install the libogg and it says I have program conflicts......

Is there anyway I can get this new mplayer update and be able to install libtheora? So, I tried to DL libogg AND libogg-devel and both gave me the same conflicts. Should I delete the conflicts? Here they are:

kdebase3-devel
kdesdk3-devel
libogg-devel
kdenetwork3-devel
kconfigure
kdemultimedia3-devel
kdelibs3-devel
kdegraphics3-devel
kdevelop3
libvorbis-devel

Now, if I already have libogg-devel....why won't it let me DL libtheora? Or should I just ignore this whole Mplayer1.0pre3 and wait for the stable 1.0?

In a root terminal do "ldconfig" and try it again. That updates your libraries.

by terminal do you mean shell where I type SU then my password? I did that and it doesn't work. pardon my newbie-ness, LOL.

You have to run ldconfig as root. If you get fed up with RPMs, try using the source http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...a/mplayer.html

Hi All

Sorry to jump in on this thread but I have to start somewhere.

I have dwnloaded and installed the following rpms

mplayer-common-1.0pre3-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-gui-1.0pre3-1.i386.rpm
mencoder-1.0pre3-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-skin-default-1.0-2.noarch.rpm
mplayer-codecs-extralite-1.0-1.i386.rpm
lame-3.93.1-fr2.i386.rpm

mplayer starts OK but whenever I play a dvd I am told the following :

error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device

at the console I see

Playing /mnt/cdrom/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB.
Cache fill: 4.37% (366592 bytes) MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 kbyte/s)
It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#xv!
See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11

xvinfo tells me

X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

I am new to dvd and multimedia on linux and have no real idea what is going wrong any clues would be greatly appreciated

Check your ./mplayer directory in your /home and see if the config file has an entry "vo_driver=X11". If it doesn't put it in and if it's something else change it.

Thanks for the reply

I am still seeing the same error although at the shell used to start gmplayer I am now seeing the following

Playing dvd://1.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 54 titles on this DVD.
There are 15 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
Cache fill: 4.35% (364544 bytes) LMLM4 Stream Format not found
MPEG-PS file format detected.
MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 kbyte/s)
No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for details)!
vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

I just went back and reread your OP,oicdn, and it struck me that you may be in "RPM HELL". It's the very thing that made all the time learning Slack well worth it. Did you try to bail out with "rpm -Uvh --nodeps *.rpm" It's like a big hammer,it'll make it or break it.

Hi

I installed the rpms using rpm -Uvh (definitely did not use the --nodeps) and it all seemed to install OK.

Ooops Have you an Nvidia graphics card?

didn't try that...LOL like I said, I'm learning the code thing as time goes, but I don't install through code, etc. I use teh GUI and read the text commands etc it gives to get an understanding, so I "customize" through script.....

So, just using reasoning here, LOL, using that rpm -uvh --nodeps installs it without installing dependancies? Or am I COMPLETLY wrong here, LOL.

you're right about --nodeps.. so it's not somethign to use lightly. you should just need to set a suitable video output, as in your output above it's trying to use vidix, which is not what you want, try xv, and if that doesn't work, x11.

just try it from a console:

mplayer dvd://1 -vo xv