Hi

I have tried to d/l mplayer and I downloaded the following files;

1-mplayer-0.90pre5-2.i686.rpm ( the optimized one for intell PIII)
2-mplayer-0.90pre5-2.i386.rpm ( the usual one)
3-mplayer-font-iso1-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
4-mplayer-font-iso2-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
5-mplayer-font-koi8r-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
6-mplayer-skin-default-1.5-1.noarch.rpm
7-mplayer-vidix-0.90pre5-2.i686.rpm
8-mplayer-vidix-0.90pre5-2.i386.rpm
9-mplayer-vidix-mach64-0.90pre5-2.i686
10-mplayer-vidix-mach64-0.90pre5-2.i386
11-mplayer-vidix-radeon-0.90pre5-2.i686
12-mplayer-vidix-radeon-0.90pre5-2.i386
13-mplayer-vidix-rage128-0.90pre5-2.i686
14-mplayer-vidix-rage128-0.90pre5-2.i386

I have installed the first 6 files, with the exception of the second ( I USED KPACKAGE-- you know I just double click on the file with .rpm and it is installed after I enter the root password)

I then typed on a terminal window mplayer, but I had a long list of options and errors, why?
Also, I could not install files with vidix, it asked for a file called mplayer-vidix-driver, where can I get this file from?
And I was asked, while trying to install the others, to install the following;
1- libhda.so
2- libmp3lame.so.0

I could get these files, but I don't know where to put them!!!?

In general, how may I make my mplayer work as fine as possible?

I use RedHat 7.2 and I have a 700MHz machine with a 256 MB RAM. with a Creative 128 for sound and a 16 MB S3 VGA card.

timy

Ok first off, you don't need to install all of those files, those are all the same file except they are just different format for different setups (well at least the first two for different architecture's). Pick the one that fits your hardware and such and that should take care of it.

Ok,did you actually try to play a file at the terminal? typing mplayer by itself only gives you options you can use with it.Try it out with mplayer filename.filetype (ex. mplayer test.avi)

I had the same problem, and wrote here earlier. Somebody pointed out a good websight ... maybe it was sourceforge.net.... to find those missing library files.
I'll get back to you if i can find that www address

Good Luck

just goto rpmfind.net and search for the missing files. welcome to the land of dependencies. and only use the very firt file, none of the others are needed. you don't need the dha files, so you could force installation after that, but it wouldn't hurt to install them anyway

Thank you for your supprt guys, I am really happy to be here in this forum. I have tried other forums but this one seems to be the best.

Now, what about libhda.so and libmp3lame.so.0 where should I put them? I have them and I want to use them ( as long as I have them!!)

Also, how may I have the GUI of this program (MPlayer) and how may I change skins?

Thank you very much,
with my love,

hhegab

Why don't you install ogle ?

2 rpm later you 'll be able to choose in your dvd's menu....

then you 'll search how to install mplayer from sources.

i think you'll better forget rpm files of mplayer wich aren't support by the developper of mplayer.

mplayer DOES havve official RPMs now, times change....

ogle crashes, but does do dvdnav, but then i think that's a waste of tie anyway

those files.. you don't "put" them anywehere, you get the rpm they are in and install it.

what is the name of the file which has them? I searched.
by the way, I read previous posting about MPlayer, thank you! but I still need help to work with avi and asf files

hhegab

libmp3lame.so: grab a source rpm because the lib you need is in development package http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=lame
lihda? I am puzzled by this I don't even recall installing it and my Mplayer works beautifuly.
Anyway there is a list of deps you need to satisfy in order to install Mplayer http://ftp.falsehope.com/home/rathann/mplayer/
P.S. Compile ti from source in this way you won't miss a thing if there is a lib that needs to be install it'll tell you and just do googling around to get it.
Good luck

I shall compile it from source and inform you the result
BUT should I uninstall the rpm package, and how?

PS
I am realy new to linux, but I do love it very much

I have downloaded the file called MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2 and I want to compile it, shall this solve my problems?

hhegab

neo7777
as your player works just fine, would you please tell me in details what did u do to have it that way? thank you in advance

hhegab

Hi,

OK, I have installed the package of mplayer-0.90pre5.2.rpm(i686)using kapckage
I then typed mplayer as shown

[phd1@localhost hhegab]$ mplayer
and I got the following:

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


MPlayer 0.90pre5-3.1 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)

CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6,
Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile mplayer from sources with --di
sable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading /home/phd1/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/phd1/.
mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 34 audio & 94 video codecs
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (see the manpage for the complete list including A
LL options!)
-vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device (see '-vo he
lp' for list)
-ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device (see '-ao he
lp' for list)
-vcd <trackno> play VCD (video cd) track from device instead of
plain file
-dvd <titleno> play DVD title/track from device instead of plai
n file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char co
untry code)
-ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound don't play sound
-fs -vm -zoom fullscreen playing options (fullscr,vidmode chg,
softw.scale)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for vidmode change or sw
scaling)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (see also -subfps,
-subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y options to select video (x) and audio (y) stream
to play
-fps x -srate y options to change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz)
rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (see manpage/docs f
or details)
-framedrop enable frame-dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (see the manpage for the complete list, check the inp
ut.conf too)
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgup or pgdown 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
z or x adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, see also -vop
expand !

* * * SEE MANPAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KE
YS ! * * *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then I typed mplayer /mnt/cdrom/Zoro/zoro.asf....but I got the following

[phd1@localhost phd1]$ mplayer /mnt/cdrom/Zoro/zoro.asf
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/share/locale


MPlayer 0.90pre5-3.1 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)

CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal! To get best performance, recompile mplayer from sources with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading /home/phd1/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/phd1/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 34 audio & 94 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/phd1/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied
Using usleep() timing
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds

Playing /mnt/cdrom/Zoro/zoro.asf
Cache fill: 19.73% (1654784 bytes) Detected ASF file format!
VIDEO: [MP43] 320x240 24bpp
Clip info:
name:
author:
copyright:
comments:
Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:4 (DivX audio (WMA))
Opening audio decoder: [acm] Win32 ACM audio decoder
Loading DLL: 'divxa32.acm'
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, sfmt: 0x10 (2 bps), ratio: 8005->176400 (64.0 kbit)
vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
******** Try with -vo x11 or -vo sdl *********
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device!


Exiting... (End of file)

what should I do?

hhegab

Did try it with
-vo x11
or
-vo sdl
?
Sorry for a late reply, yes my Mplayer works just fine what I did
1.Upgraded gcc to 3.x.x version I had to upgrade glibc, glibc-common, gcclibs, etc, when you are duing it with rpm -Uhv command it shows you what are the deps if any that need to be satisfy before the package can be installed cleanly
2.I got the souce bz2ball (tar.bz2), unpacked it with
tar xvfj Mplayer-yada.yada.tar.bz2
changed to the newly created directory Mplayer
cd Mplayer
ran configure script
./configure --help
it gives you the list of options you can specify on the command line, out of curiousity I compiled it with gui
./configure --enable-gui
if everything goes fine issue
make
if there are no errors
change to root with
su
and issue
make install
That's all