mplayer help plz

U-Toast · 08-29-2004, 08:37 PM

ok i have tried several things, and im gettng tired of this
ok i have dled the 1.0pre5.tar.bz2
i extracted it
then cd to direcotry
then ./configure
then make
then make install
all semmed fine.
then when i click on it to start or right click on mp3 and choose mplayer, itl hang for bout 20 secs in task bar then dissapere.

I have tried downloading the pkg for slackware, but it looks like it doesnt install.

Thank for any help

mikedeatworld · 08-29-2004, 10:13 PM

Okay, first help us help you by clarifying your question. Also, add a little more information such as, distrobution, errors that your received, etc. You may want to add your distro of choice to your profile, just for future reference.

Have you tried running mplayer from a shell?

Open up a terminal and type mplayer and press enter. Post results here.

U-Toast · 08-29-2004, 10:14 PM

ok, ima using slackware 10, i have completely uninstalled mplayer, and installed the package i downloeaded. i get this error when i type mplayer in konsole:
root@U-Toast:~# mplayer
mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdvdread.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
any ideas? iv look for libdvd on my slack cd, its not there

mikedeatworld · 08-29-2004, 10:27 PM

You may very well be missing the package libdvdread.so.3

Did you receive any errors when compiling MPlayer?

Try installing libdvdread.so.3.

Here is a link to an rpm
http://www2.linuxforum.net/RPM/fresh...4.fr.i386.html

You may want to compile from source though...

mikedeatworld · 08-29-2004, 10:28 PM

Try running MPlayer as regular user...

foo_bar_foo · 08-29-2004, 11:40 PM

mplayer is a little more complex to install from source
you must download at least
this:
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...ralite.tar.bz2
and this:
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Ski...lt-1.7.tar.bz2
and the prerendered font (it's faster):
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rel...8859-1.tar.bz2

beyond that it will pick up and use what it can find --
so if you don't have (all is optional) different versions may be ok ??????
DirectFB-0.9.19, SVGAlib-1.4.3, FreeType-2.1.5, libungif-4.1.0b1, libvorbis-1.0, AAlib-1.4rc5, SDL-1.2.6,
FFmpeg-0.4.7, XviD-0.9.2, aRts-1.1.4, ALSA-0.9.6, LZO-1.08, libmad-0.15.0b, CDParanoia-III-9.8, libdv-0.99, libFAME-0.9.0, liba52-0.7.4,
libdvdread-0.9.4, LAME-3.93.1 and XMMS-1.2.7

it's still gona be a bit disfunctional

ok now for the compile
untar the thing and move in then copy paste

Code:

install -d /usr/lib/mplayer/extralite &&
tar xjvf ../extralite.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/mplayer &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer --enable-largefiles \
--enable-gui --enable-menu --enable-shared-pp \
--with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/mplayer/extralite

if all goes well then

Code:

make
su

then:

Code:

make install &&
make -C libavcodec/libpostproc install &&
cp etc/codecs.conf /etc/mplayer &&
tar xjvf ../default-1.7.tar.bz2 -C /usr/share/mplayer/Skin

to install the font:

Code:

tar xjvf ../font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2 -C /usr/share/mplayer/font

then to get permissions right:

Code:

chown -R root:root /usr/{lib/mplayer/extralite,share/mplayer}

and you should be good to go
if you want dvd to work you have to make a link /dev/dvd that points to the drive