Hi,
i installed MPlayer 0.91 (tar.bz2 version), but if i play a MPEG file i could only hear without watching.
Am i doing something wrong?
Can i use the same player also using gnome?
Thank'you. Franco

How are you playing the file? From command? Any output or error messages?

Yes you can play mplayer from Gnome or any Desktop/Window Manager, you just need to enable the gui when compiling.

No, any error.
I played the file from command:
mplayer namefile.mpeg and i only heard voices and sounds without images.
How cqn i enable the gui?

Well when you play the file, there is some sort of output in the terminal. Do you see anything regarding video or video output at all? Can you post that output when its playing the file, etc?

Ok, after mplayer filename.mpg this is what it writes:

MPlayer 0.91-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directo
ry
Reading config file /home/franco/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/franco/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/franco/.mplayer/cod
ecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/c
odecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
font: can't open file: /home/franco/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
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/franco/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or d
irectory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing sigla_chobin.mpg
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 12) 30,00 fps 1089,6 kbps (136,2 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 14000->176400 (112,0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
fbdev: Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 240 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1,33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [null] 352x240 => 352x264 Mpeg PES
Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm:mpegpes (Mpeg PES output (.mpg or Dxr3/DVB c
ard))
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
A: 70,1 V: 70,1 A-V: 0,013 ct: 0,039 2094/2094 0% 0% 2,6% 55 0 0%

Exiting... (End of file)


Is this what you need to help me?
Could you please also teach me how to run it in graphical mode?

I wonder why it's using that...

Try the following:
mplayer -vo xv filename.mpg

And alternatively:
mplayer -vo x11 filename.mpg

To enable the gui, check around the board, there are literally (probably) over 100 threads on it

Cool

ahh c'mon chad haven't i taught you anything

99% sure that mplayer has been compiled from source WITHOUT having the relevant XFree86-devel package installed. This means that X11 and XV outputs are not availble, and so MPlayer will then fall back to fbdev as a last resort, which also failed here.... so install xfree86-devel and recompile mplayer

It's one thick skull, I'll do my best to keep that one on the surface though, thanks (again) for the info

Cool