ok here is my problem, i have had a recent hd crash and i built a new machine. i just compiled MPlayer and when i go to associate a mpeg in a nautilis window all i get is sound. i compiled it under root, so thats why im guessing nothing but sound is playing because it has to access a file that is not executable from just a regular user. so my first question is how do i make it so that all users can use MPlayer.

my second question is: when i launch an mpeg file it goes to a full screen play back. instead of a smaller screen that has a nautilis window looking thing around it. i have tried to pass off many different switches and i still have no luck in making it a smaller screen. if this has happened to any one else and you know how to fix it please let me know. here is the output of MPlayer when i go to play an mpeg. hopefully this will help.

[root@limpy Movies]# mplayer 1014958_lar.mov
MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE


Playing 1014958_lar.mov.
QuickTime/MOV file format detected.
Compressed header uses zlib algo!
Compressed header size: 23801 / 53421
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MOV track #0: 902 chunks, 3376 samples
MOV: Found unknown movie atom SMI (18)!
Image size: 320 x 240 (24 bpp)
Display size: 320 x 240
Fourcc: SVQ3 Codec: 'Sorenson Video 3'
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MOV track #1: 901 chunks, 3520 samples
Audio bits: 16 chans: 2 rate: 16000
Audio extra header: len=103 fcc=0x77617665
MOV: Found MPEG4 audio Elementary Stream Descriptor atom (51)!
Fourcc: mp4a
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MOV track #2: 2 chunks, 2 samples
Generic track - not completely understood! (id: 2)
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MOV: longest streams: A: #1 (3520 samples) V: #0 (3376 samples)
VIDEO: [SVQ3] 320x240 24bpp 14.985 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
AUDIO: 32000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/3.12% (ratio: 4000->128000)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm:faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG2/MPEG4 Audio) decoder)
==========================================================================
Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device
[fbdev2] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffsvq3] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3 (SVQ3))
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 32000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 32000Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 32000Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [oss] 32000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 32000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 32000Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [vesa] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12

This file "1014958_lar.mov" is the only one that wont play... You said .mpeg plays fine, but just in full screen?

I see your VO is vesa try xv output device

mplayer -xv 1014958_lar.mov

As for the full screen issue it's probably defaulted to FS...
check your mplayer.conf file:

cat /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

See what the fs= parameter is set too if it's yes just change to no...
fs=no

KC

actually i guess my question was a little vague but, here the thing every mpeg, mov, avi etc, etc... plays fine albeit in full screen. the only problem i am having is when i am a regular user i get no picture, which i think has something to do with permissions.

and to answer your question about -xv option it says: Unknown option on the command line: xv but if i just use mplayer with no other options it plays, but like i said in full screen though.

i tried to cat /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and it did not find it, then i went in my /usr/share/MPlayer-1.0pre7 where mplayer is, and looked for the mplayer.conf myself, it wasn't there.

any other ideas?

Sorry... syntax error... should be:
mplayer -vo xv 1014958_lar.mov

As for the blank screen in user mode does sound like a permission issue or it's looking in the wrong place for the codecs.

See if you have an "mplayer.conf" here: (its a hidden folder)

cat ~/.mplayer/mplayer.conf

I don't have one in my home folder, however, you can create one there and I beleive it overides the config in etc.

KC

ok i did some further research on this and i'm now wondering why i don't have an /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf file? when i compiled mplayer shouldn't that have created one? i have never had this problem on any other machine.

i did however find the /home/bob/.mplayer/conf file and i also found one in roots directory. should i try recompiling it?

this is the main error i get when i run mplayer as a regular user:

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.

you wouldn't happen to know what that means would ya?

oh yeah the -vo xv option i have tried before and i don't have the right output for that.