Well, I DL'd the latest MPlayer version from
http://packman.links2linux.org/ It's an RPM for "Suse 9.0". I also DL'd the Mozilla plug-in to view from the browser.
I have some issues though. Here is the error I get if I try to access it via script:
oicdn@linux:~> /usr/bin/mplayer
MPlayer 0.92-3.3.1 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (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 with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection
Reading config file /etc/MPlayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/oicdn/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/oicdn/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/oicdn/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/MPlayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list)
-ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list)
-vcd <trackno> play VCD (Video CD) track from device instead of plain file
-dvd <titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
-ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound do not play sound
-fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
-framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines)
Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- 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, also see -vop expand
* * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *
Now, I don't want to access it through script. I want to access it through my desktop via an Icon.
The Player works, I DL'd a WMV file and it ran it, but I had to right-click and specify it. But It wasn't available to pick, I had to type in MPlayer Other application.....it wasn't in the list of media players. The issue when it plays though is that it just opens in a window. There are no controls to pause or anything...it's just playing in a window! When I play an MP3 with it (again have to specify Mplayer with the right-click and type it in), a little box appears in my toolbar aty the bottom, but then it goes away and the music plays. No controls to stop it or anything...LOL, it's just playing in teh background.
I don't really like scripting through things till I get experianced enough with the the OS, so, I tried to goto the usr/bin directory and click on the Mplayer executable like I did for AIM (before I made a shortcut icon to the desktop).... And nothing happens.
I know there are skins and fonts cause in teh usr/share/Mplayer, there are icons for them....
I want to be able to utilize MPlayer like it was intended, with controls and as a default player....how do I go about doing this? Do I have to delete them as root mode(cause in my user mode, they have the little locks over them, even when I typed in the password for root access through Yast) then re-install them WITHOUT the Mozilla Browser Plug-in?
Anybody?
