GNOME MPlayer error
 

Whenever I open GNOME MPlayer the attached error dialog appears. What can I do about it?

The error is:

Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

Solution: install the backend.

A casual google suggests that this error is associated with using the latest (often beta) drivers from nvidia instead of the distro packaged drivers - perhaps due to a different directory structure.

eg.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=689427
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...v/users/414581
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1284336

Another solution is to recompile mplayer without vdpau support.

I get that error too when running under Fedora 13 with the nouveau driver (my system has on-board nvidia 9100 graphics). I ignore it, and haven't noticed any problems (but haven't tried playing a full-screen video yet)

But I'm using an ATI card, not NVidia!

EDIT: Probably should have mentioned this in the OP.

In that case - launch gnome-mplayer and edit the preferences so it is not using vdpau. That option only exists for nvidia.

edit > preferences
select "Xv" for "video out".

Works now!

Just curious:

Why did they make an NVidia-only option default? Don't they know other cards exist?

Probably just a hiccup during installation. It doesn't appear to be a wide-spread issue.

Cheers

yipee
 

not messing in config files and just setting xv as video output with pulse audio worked for me

I don't think this one is some kind of bug, as the defaults are just defaults, every user should polish his/hers distribution first.