Why is the ./configure program for mplayer ignoring the fact that my system has x11 and xv video drivers? I have tested them with bmplayer, but I need the console program mplayer.
this is the output from ./configure:
[root@localhost matt]# mplayer -vo help
MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 /Athlon MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, Stepping : 2)
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


Available video output drivers:
vesa VESA VBE 2.0 video output
cvidix console VIDIX
null Null video output
mpegpes Mpeg-PES file
yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
tga Targa output
pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
md5sum md5sum of each frame

[root@localhost matt]# mplayer -vo help
MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 /Athlon MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, Stepping : 2)
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


Available video output drivers:
vesa VESA VBE 2.0 video output
cvidix console VIDIX
null Null video output
mpegpes Mpeg-PES file
yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
tga Targa output
pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
md5sum md5sum of each frame

[root@localhost matt]# cp /tmp/MP*
cp: missing destination file
Try `cp --help' for more information.
[root@localhost matt]# cd /tmp/MP*
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# ./configure
Detected operating system: Linux
Detected host architecture: i386
Checking for cc version ... 3.4.2, ok
Checking for host cc ... cc
Checking for CPU vendor ... AuthenticAMD (6:6:2)
Checking for CPU type ... AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+
Checking for GCC & CPU optimization abilities ... athlon-xp
Checking for kernel support of mmx ... yes
Checking for kernel support of mmx2 ... yes
Checking for kernel support of 3dnow ... yes
Checking for kernel support of 3dnowex ... yes
Checking for kernel support of sse ... yes
Checking for mtrr support ... yes
Checking for assembler support of -pipe option ... yes
Checking for assembler (as 2.15.92.0.2) ... ok
Checking for Linux kernel version ... 2.6.9-1.667, ok
Checking for mplayer binary name ... mplayer
Checking for awk ... gawk
Checking for extra headers ... none
Checking for extra libs ... none
Checking for -lposix ... no
Checking for -lm ... yes
Checking for i18n ... yes
Checking for setlocale() ... yes
Checking for iconv ... yes
Checking for langinfo ... yes
Checking for language ... using en (man pages: en)
Checking for enable sighandler ... yes
Checking for runtime cpudetection ... no
Checking for restrict keyword ... __restrict
Checking for __builtin_expect ... yes
Checking for kstat ... no
Checking for posix4 ... no
Checking for lrintf ... yes
Checking for nanosleep ... yes
Checking for socklib ... yes (using -lnsl)
Checking for inet_pton() ... yes (using -lnsl)
Checking for inttypes.h (required) ... yes
Checking for int_fastXY_t in inttypes.h ... yes
Checking for word size ... 32
Checking for stddef.h ... yes
Checking for malloc.h ... yes
Checking for memalign() ... yes
Checking for alloca.h ... yes
Checking for mman.h ... yes
Checking for dynamic loader ... yes
Checking for dynamic a/v plugins support ... no
Checking for pthread ... yes (using -lpthread)
Checking for sys/soundcard.h ... yes
Checking for sys/dvdio.h ... no
Checking for sys/cdio.h ... no
Checking for linux/cdrom.h ... yes
Checking for dvd.h ... no
Checking for BSDI dvd.h ... no
Checking for HPUX SCSI header ... no
Checking for userspace SCSI headers (Solaris) ... no
Checking for termcap ... yes (using -ltermcap)
Checking for termios ... yes (using sys/termios.h)
Checking for shm ... yes
Checking for linux devfs ... no
Checking for scandir() ... yes
Checking for strsep() ... yes
Checking for strlcpy() ... no
Checking for strlcat() ... no
Checking for fseeko() ... yes
Checking for localtime_r() ... yes
Checking for vsscanf() ... yes
Checking for swab() ... yes
Checking for posix select() ... yes
Checking for gettimeofday() ... yes
Checking for glob() ... yes
Checking for sys/sysinfo.h ... yes
Checking for Mac OS X APIs ... no
Checking for Mac OS X Finder Support ... no
Checking for Samba support (libsmbclient) ... yes
Checking for 3dfx ... no
Checking for tdfxfb ... no
Checking for tdfxvid ... no
Checking for tga ... yes
Checking for DirectFB headers presence ... not found
Checking for DirectFB ... no
Checking for X11 headers presence ... not found (check if the dev(el) packages a re installed)
Checking for X11 libs presence ... not found (check if the dev(el) packages are installed)
Checking for X11 ... no
Checking for DPMS ... no
Checking for Xv ... no
Checking for XvMC ... no
Checking for Xinerama ... no
Checking for Xxf86vm ... no
Checking for DGA ... no
Checking for OpenGL ... no
Checking for /dev/mga_vid ... no
Checking for xmga ... no
Checking for GGI ... no
Checking for AA ... no
Checking for CACA ... no
Checking for SVGAlib ... no
Checking for FBDev ... no
Checking for DVB ... no (specify path to DVB/ost/include with --with-dvbincdir=D IR)
Checking for DVB HEAD ... no (specify path to DVB/include (HEAD Version) with -- with-dvbincdir=DIR)
Checking for PNG support ... no
Checking for JPEG support ... no
Checking for PNM support ... yes
Checking for md5sum support ... yes
Checking for GIF support ... no
Checking for VESA support ... yes
Checking for SDL ... no
Checking for Windows waveout ... no
Checking for Directx ... no
Checking for NAS ... no
Checking for DXR2 ... no
Checking for DXR3/H+ ... no
Checking for libmp1e ... no
Checking for libfame ... no
Checking for OSS Audio ... yes
Checking for aRts ... no
Checking for EsounD ... no
Checking for Polyp ... no
Checking for JACK ... no
Checking for ALSA audio ... no
Checking for Sun audio ... no
Checking for Sun mediaLib ... no
Checking for SGI audio ... no
Checking for VCD support ... ok
Checking for DVD support (libmpdvdkit) ... yes
Checking for DVD support (libdvdread) ... disabled by libmpdvdkit2
Checking for cdparanoia ... no
Checking for freetype >= 2.0.9 ... no
Checking for fontconfig ... no
Checking for fribidi with charsets ... no
Checking for ENCA ... no
Checking for zlib ... yes
Checking for RTC ... yes
Checking for external liblzo support ... no
Checking for mad support ... no
Checking for Toolame ... no
Checking for OggVorbis support ... yes
Checking for OggTheora support (only the CVS version!) ... no
Checking for mp3lib support ... yes
Checking for liba52 support ... yes
Checking for libdts support ... no
Checking for libmpeg2 support ... yes
Checking for Matroska support ... yes
Checking for internal FAAD2 (AAC) support ... yes
Checking for external FAAD2 (AAC) support ... no
Checking for FAAD2 version ... 2.1 beta
Checking for LADSPA plugin support ... no
Checking for Win32 codec DLL support ... yes (using /usr/local/lib/codecs)
Checking for Win32 loader support ... yes
Checking for DirectShow ... yes
Checking for XAnim DLL ... yes (using /usr/local/lib/codecs)
Checking for RealPlayer DLL ... yes (using /usr/local/lib/codecs)
Checking for LIVE.COM Streaming Media libraries ... no
Checking for FFmpeg libavcodec (static) ... yes
Checking for FFmpeg libavformat (static) ... yes
Checking for libdv-0.9.5+ ... no
Checking for zr ... no
Checking for bl ... no
Checking for XviD ... no
Checking for x264 ... no
Checking for DivX4linux/DivX5linux/OpenDivX decore ... DivX5linux (with libdivxd ecore.so)
Checking for libmp3lame (for mencoder) ... no
Checking for DivX4linux encore (for mencoder) ... DivX4linux (with libdivxencore .so)
Checking for mencoder ... yes
Checking for fastmemcpy ... yes
Checking for UniquE RAR File Library ... yes
Checking for TV interface ... yes
Checking for EDL support ... yes
Checking for *BSD BrookTree 848 TV interface ... no
Checking for Video 4 Linux TV interface ... yes
Checking for Video 4 Linux 2 TV interface ... yes
Checking for audio select() ... yes
Checking for network ... yes
Checking for ftp ... yes
Checking for byte order ... little-endian
Checking for shared postprocess lib ... no
Checking for OSD menu ... no
Checking for QTX codecs ... yes
Checking for Subtitles sorting ... yes
Checking for XMMS inputplugin support ... no
Checking for inet6 ... yes
Checking for gethostbyname2 ... yes
Checking for GUI ... no
Checking for automatic gdb attach ... no
Checking for compiler support for -fno-PIC ... yes
Checking for ftello() ... yes
Checking for VIDIX ... yes
Checking for joystick ... no
Checking for lirc ... no
Checking for lircc ... no
Creating config.mak
Creating config.h
Creating libvo/config.mak
Creating libao2/config.mak
Creating libaf/config.mak

Config files successfully generated by ./configure !

Install prefix: /usr/local
Data directory: /usr/local/share/mplayer
Config direct.: /usr/local/etc/mplayer

Byte order: little-endian
Optimizing for: athlon-xp mmx mmx2 3dnow 3dnowex sse mtrr

Languages:
Messages/GUI: en
Manual pages: en

Enabled optional drivers:
Input: ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd smb
Codecs: qtx divx5linux libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) libmpeg2 liba52 mp3lib libvorbis
Audio output: oss mpegpes(file)
Video output: cvidix vesa md5sum pnm mpegpes(file) tga
Audio filters:
Disabled optional drivers:
Input: tv-bsdbt848 live.com cdda dvdread dvb
Codecs: divx4linux x264 xvid libdv libdts libtheora toolame libmad liblzo gi f
Audio output: sgi sun alsa jack polyp esd arts dxr2 nas dsound win32 sdl mac osx
Video output: xvidix winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx sdl gif89a jpeg pn g fbdev svga caca aa ggi xmga mga opengl dga xvmc xv x11 directfb tdfx_vid tdfxf b 3dfx quartz
Audio filters: ladspa

'config.h' and 'config.mak' contain your configuration options.
Note: If you alter theses files (for instance CFLAGS) MPlayer may no longer
compile *** DO NOT REPORT BUGS if you tweak these files ***

'make' will now compile MPlayer and 'make install' will install it.
Note: On non-Linux systems you might need to use 'gmake' instead of 'make'.

Please check mtrr settings at /proc/mtrr (see DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#mtrr)


Check configure.log if you wonder why an autodetection failed (check whether
the development headers/packages are installed).

If you suspect a bug, please read DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html.

You should run ./configure and make as a normal user, use the root acct to run make install. Don't know if this will make a difference but it's the recommended method of compiling and installing source programs.

You stand more chance of getting a more precise/better quality response if you state the distro you are using.

FC3

You might want to consider installing the Fedora .rpm mplayer package instead. It's available from here: http://greysector.rangers.eu.org/mplayer/ There's also instructions on how to use apt-get to fetch and install software.

It was the lack of x11 dev libraries. but pse see my post above, can you help with that one?

Which one? The xv driver issue or the mplayer issue?

The problem was the mplayer configure utility when installing Fedora I chose not to install the xorg-x11 development libraries thinking I wouldn't use them. This causes the configure program to fail to recognise the x11 video output driver. I found a very useful yum.conf fedora file and ran "yum install xorg*". I am still working on getting mplayer to display embedded video streams in web pages.

Thanks for your help.