installed mplayer doesn't run
 

I have installed mplayer by giving this command
yum install mplayer
and it finishes installing but I can't see it under application\sounds and video
I have typed mplayer in terminal after just finishing the installation but it says


[rohan@localhost ~]$ mplayer
MPlayer 1.0pre8-rpm.livna.org-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.


Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv> select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
-ao <drv> select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
-ss <position> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound do not play sound
-fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
-framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
down or up seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgdown or pgup seek backward/forward 10 minutes
< or > step backward/forward in playlist
p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ESC stop playing and quit program
+ or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
* or / increase or decrease PCM volume
x or z adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand

* * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *

[rohan@localhost ~]$

plzz help

that's the correct output... mplayer is a console based media play, not a gui one... you need to read the instructions there and use it correctly.

how to enable the gui of mplayer
 

I have installed the mplayer but it doesnot have a gui now can anyone tell me how to enable it....
thnx in advance

long answer:
try...
short answer:
open a terminal and
Seriously, you should search before you ask elementary questions. Your earlier thread tells clearly to read the man page.

thnx for your reply first...
I have tried it and for god sake I dont understand what is in it for me to enable the gui. I am really sorry but I dont know how to tell you that I am not understanding anything...Ok help me to understand this... after writing the command here what it says
[code]SYNOPSIS
mplayer [options] [ file | URL | playlist | - ]
mplayer [global options] file1 [specific options] [file2] [specific
options]
mplayer [global options] {group of files and options} [group specific
options]
mplayer dvd://[title | [start_title]-end_title ] [options]
mplayer vcd://track[/device]
mplayer tv://[channel] [options]
mplayer dvb://[card_number@]channel [options]
mplayer mf://filemask [-mf options] [options]
mplayer [cdda|cddb]://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device] [options]
mplayer cue://file[:track] [options]
mplayer [file|mms[t]|http|http_proxy|rt[s]p|ftp|udp|unsv]://
[user:passwd@]URL[:port] [options]
mplayer sdp://file [options]
mplayer mpst://host[:port]/URL [options][code]

I think it is talking about the text based command isn't it??? Actually my question was how to enable the gui and get rid of this text based thing :confused:


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short answer:
open a terminal and
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Now I have also tried it and it says command not found
Please dont mind my asking and help me

do you have an mplayer font end package installed?

mplayer generally gets installed with a gui. I believe you installed mplayer via yum.

Did you also install mplayer-gui.

try