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gmplayer returns a fatal error when trying to play a DVD

SuSE 9.3 Pro
I'm trying to play an encrypted DVD. $ mplayer dvd:// works but $ gmplayer dvd:// returns an error, which means there's no GUI so I can't fast forward, rewind, pause...

The error message from $ gmplayer dvd:// is:

Quote:

Fatal error!

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

Re: gmplayer returns a fatal error when trying to play a DVD

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Originally posted by lagu2653
there's no GUI so I can't fast forward, rewind, pause...

Well, this doesn't solve your actual problem, but just for reference (and because a lot of people prefer using the keyboard than the mouse once they get used to it), here are some keyboard shortcuts snaffled from here:

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Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts (these keys may/may not work, depending on your video output driver):



    <- or ->            seek backward/forward 10 seconds

    up or down            seek backward/forward 1 minute

    pgup/pgdown            seek backward/forward 10 minutes

    < or >                      seek backward/forward in playlist

    p or SPACE            pause movie (press any key)

    q or ESC            stop playing and quit program

    + or -                      adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second

    / or *                      decrease/increase volume

    o                      toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer

    m                      toggle using master/pcm volume

    z or x                      adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second



    (the following keys are valid only when using DirectShow DivX codec or DivX4 codec with -vc divx4)

    1 or 2                      adjust contrast

    3 or 4                      adjust brightness

    5 or 6                      adjust hue

    7 or 8                      adjust saturation



    (the following keys are valid only with TV input support)

    h or l                      select previous/next channel

    n                      change norm

    b                      change channel list

As for your actual problem... do you only get it with playing DVDs? Try with a variety of files and see if you can pin down what under what circumstances the problem presents itself. Also, if you could go into your GMplayer preferences and post the video_out setting that would help a lot. Further, you could try setting it to "x11" if it isn't already. Even better, could you look at the startup messages when you run mplayer (successfully) and see what -vo setting you're using there?

Thanks, they worked!

I'm using an onboard graphics card (integrated graphics) ABit VA-20. Maybe that's the problem?

Code:

[8]+  Stopped                gmplayer

lagu2653@SuSEBurken:~/HemmaBio> xvinfo &

[9] 14581

lagu2653@SuSEBurken:~/HemmaBio> X-Video Extension version 2.2

screen #0

 no adaptors present



[9]  Exit 1                  xvinfo

lagu2653@SuSEBurken:~/HemmaBio> mplayer dvd://

MPlayer SuSE Linux 9.3 (i686)-Packman-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)

Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes

CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0

Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!

To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.





Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (it should be readable by the user.)

Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0

Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device

Can't init input joystick

Setting up LIRC support...

mplayer: could not connect to socket

mplayer: Permission denied

Failed to open LIRC support.

You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing dvd://.

Reading disc structure, please wait...

There are 1 titles on this DVD.

There are 16 chapters in this DVD title.

There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

DVD successfully opened.

MPEG-PS file format detected.

VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.000 fps  8400.0 kbps (1050.0 kbyte/s)

==========================================================================

Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52

Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform

AC3: 2.0 (stereo)  48000 Hz  384.0 kbit/s

Using MMX optimized resampler

AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)

Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)

==========================================================================

vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)

It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.

Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!

See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11

==========================================================================

Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough

VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)

Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...

Opening video filter: [scale]

The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.

VDecoder init failed :(

Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b

Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))

==========================================================================

Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...

AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le

AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)

Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...

Starting playback...

VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)

VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)

Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.

VO: [x11] 720x576 => 768x576 Planar YV12

SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> BGR 16-bit special converter

a52: CRC check failed!  0.015 ct:  0.068 676/676 15% 12%  1.9% 0 0

A:  22.8 V:  22.8 A-V: -0.010 ct:  0.096 1196/1196  8% 12%  1.4% 0 0



MPlayer interrupted by signal 15 in module: sleep_timer

lagu2653@SuSEBurken:~/HemmaBio>

I got it to work. I changed the driver in gmplayer > settings > video from xv to X11.

Excellent. I've had a problem or two with MPlayer output in the past (I couldn't get it to fullscreen properly) and merely trying different -vo options until I found one that works did the trick for me too.