ok, well like xvinfo says, you've not got XVideo extensions loaded. what about "-vo x11" that should always work.

mplayer -vo help gives the following...

does all this mean that I need to have a vidoe card on the system... actually I am able to watch movies on this system when I logon to my windows-2000

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/ashesh/.mplayer/config
Available video output drivers:
xmga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid)
mga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid)
tdfxfb 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5
xv X11/Xv
x11 X11 ( XImage/Shm )
dga DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
fbdev Fra

mplayer -vo x11 tom.avi helped me in playing the video finally...

but I don't understand any of this.... what does "-vo x11' mean???

I am able to play .mpg files too, thank u ones again...

one "new" doubt... how can I get full screen and gui buttons for playing/open/stop etc...

well of course you need a video card ...

like i said, try -vo x11, or -vo sdl

You have to have a video card in the system your playing the video on, I stream video's from my server all the time to my workstation where I have mplayer installed.

To be honest I've just finished up mplayer intstalls on both mine and my wife's linux boxes and I'd Highly that you do not use rpm's. Tarballs are far, far better and easier.

Using an rpm is like watching someone else drink a fine glass of wine instead of you drinking it yourself.

well..... I have been able to play using "-vo x11"

I have install the mplayer-gui and mplayer-skins,but still I am not getting the gui... what should be done to obtain the gui for the player?

you use the correct command... "gmplayer"

yes gmplayer works...
... one last doubt about gmplayer... how can I have a full screen... when I click the small rectangular box, it simply says

MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: key_events
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. For details, see DOCS/bugreports.html#crash.b.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your gcc
version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read DOCS/bugreports.html
and follow the instructions there. We can't and won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.


Does this information come up as there is no video card on my compu?

the video card is what your monitor is connected too. you can't have a monitor working if you don't have it connected to the pc, and it can't connect to the pc without a video card. i'm sorry i can't help u with ur problems, and i'm hoping by now u have fixed them, but if i where you, i would seriously consider removing mplayer, and reinstalling it from src. i always thought rpm are so much easier, but they're not.

what he isnt getting is that he is prolly using a built in video chip not a card but your calling it a card....+ he has no idea what he is doing at all and should have learned by installing something else first:\

i think the language barrier might also be a big problem too

Clueless? I think most of us have been there at one point or another.

My only advice: Learn to install from source. It will save you a lot of grief later on.

For something that's meant to simplify installation, RPMs tend to be overly complicated, and at times, more trouble than they're worth.

Well, that was long ago that I had posted for information on installing mplayer using rpms. But after that experience, I have been able to install mplayer for many of my frnds.. thanks to LQ!!!