Mplayer help

pfunck123 · 04-23-2003, 01:24 PM

I did search on this website if anyone had an similar experience. I installed mplayer and followed the instructions thats onhttp://members.rogers.com/ctmlinux/guide3.html#mplayer . How can run the mplayer in gui, I right clicked the movie, chose open with but don't see mplayer in it. I am a newbie to linux so not really sure on what extension to associate the mplayer file with.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Pete

acid_kewpie · 04-23-2003, 01:26 PM

well you'd associate it with avi's, but use gmplayer, not mplayer. gmplayer is the gui version

pfunck123 · 04-23-2003, 01:33 PM

Sorry to sound retarded but whats the location to gmplayer and how do I point togmplayer, and what file extension. I am just trying to break old windows habits, so what is the extension for gmplayer file and location.

Thanks In Advance
Pete

sandy · 04-23-2003, 01:43 PM

If you have installed mplayer from the rpm then gmplayer can be found in the directory /usr/bin . if you have compiled from the source, it will be in the directory /usr/local/mplayer/bin.

acid_kewpie · 04-23-2003, 02:04 PM

[/quote]if you have compiled from the source, it will be in the directory /usr/local/mplayer/bin.[/quote] since when???? no chance. which ever way you do install it it will be on your path, so you don't need to know where it actually is anyway, jsut associate *.avi wiith gmplayer, nothign more or less...