ok... here is the problem..
i downloaded the movie SWAT off of xmule... during the download i previewed it to make sure it was the right file name and it was... a few days after it finished i decided i was going to watch it and when i click on it i get a message that the file doesn't seem to exist anymore... i treid many different ways to view this file but always get that message.. i decided to just forget the horrible file and delete it.. now it is in my trash can and won't leave..

can anyone help me:
1. play the file?
2. delete the file

to delete it, login as root and go to your user trash and empty it.

if it played when you were downloading it, it should play now too. what kind of file is it? what video player are you using?

it is a .mpg and i am trying to use mplayer...

if you are sure it finished and is not corrupted then it *should* work if it worked during the downloading process.

i know it should work... how do i check if it is corrupted?

yes it did finish the download process and all that stuff

try playing it in the terminal and then post the error messages.

Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale


MPlayer 0.90rc5-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron SF Spitfire (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/config
[cfg] read config file: /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/gui.conf
Reading config file /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
Reading /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/deadbaby/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/deadbaby/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device
Can't init input joystick
SKIN dir 1: '/home/deadbaby/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'

Playing /home/deadbaby/Desktop/Trash/Incoming/???SWAT_SVCD_CD1.mpg
File not found: '/home/deadbaby/Desktop/Trash/Incoming/???SWAT_SVCD_CD1.mpg'


Playing /home/deadbaby/Desktop/Trash/Incoming/???SWAT_SVCD_CD1.mpg
File not found: '/home/deadbaby/Desktop/Trash/Incoming/???SWAT_SVCD_CD1.mpg'

is this what you wanted?

Put quotes around it:
mplayer -vo xv "/home/deadbaby/Desktop/Trash/Incoming/???SWAT_SVCD_CD1.mpg"

And now I'm closing this thread since it just occurred to me it's illegal...

Please refer to the Rules, and feel free to contact me OR Jeremy concerning this if you have any questions (my email is below my username. )

Cool