Working video player?

Stevonio · 12-11-2004, 12:44 PM

When i open some mpgs my friend sent me, they are blocky and have green blocks with the ones slackware comes with. Realplayer says it cant open mpg. Whats a good video player for linux?

trickykid · 12-11-2004, 12:47 PM

mplayer

And if your getting bad green blocks, could just be bad/crappy formatted videos from your friend..

Stevonio · 12-11-2004, 01:07 PM

I got mplayer working..and seems to be good. When im playing a video, how do i

1.) navigate farther into it (so dont have to watch all)
2.)change the video ratio

Valhalla · 12-11-2004, 01:37 PM

you can just type mplayer in your shell and it will give you the key bindings for navigating around. I think right arrow is fast forward and up arrow is next on playlist. Unfortunately, I have no clue about hte video ratio, if you find out, I'de love 2 know.

anoopp · 12-11-2004, 01:40 PM

mplayer is the best movie player for linux
download it from
www.mplayerhq.hu

SlackerLX · 12-11-2004, 01:48 PM

I rather disagree. MPlayer probably works differently on different systems.
on me for instance it has problem playing lists. Jumping windows between clips.
Totem however with all the extentions is a piece of art

Stevonio · 12-11-2004, 11:59 PM

My sound dosent work unless in "alsamixer" their not all at 81. Every time i reboot into linux i have to reset them all again. How can i make the settings stick?

bareego · 12-12-2004, 12:29 AM

I never had playlists working correctly with gmplayer.

I've tried several frontends, and settled for kplayer.
Playlists work fine and it also has no troulbes with alsa. Also some nice controls instead of just clicky menus.

Cheers
Bareego

Stevonio · 12-12-2004, 01:10 PM

Bump, any1 know how to get alsamixer settings to stick ?

SlackerLX · 12-12-2004, 01:40 PM

Before going to X you are still rooted, right?
At this point type:
#alsamixer

configure settings at your pleasure and then:

#alsactl store