but These are installed :-( well it says so when I look up the packages with YAST)
(& were before I posted the previous message)

Read http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-a...-May/0097.html

It might get you a little further.

You may want to manually add an option what library and includes to use during compiling.

Thank you very much, 32 bit is now playing files (haven't tested audio yet)
but doesn't read DVD's, and the 64 doesn't install.
So getting somewhere, slowly

? Would re-compiling xine from source work better??

Are you trying to use MPlayer or Xine? If you're trying to use MPlayer, then Xine shouldn't be a factor at all, since the two programs are independent from each other. What are the error messages for the DVD's? It might just be a permissions problem. And if you can play videos, wha makes you unsure about sound? Is there no sound in the videos? If you can't hear anything when there's supposed to be sound, first check the mixers (OSS, ALSA, and whichever DE/WM you're using) and make sure that the channels you're trying to use aren't muted. Do audio CD's work with programs like workbone?

it all seems to be working now, so thank you all.

(The audio is working fine, I had disassembled my Hi Fi system which was why I had not tested it)

This is what worked for me:
> linux32 ./configure --as='as --32' --cc='cc -m32'
> make
> make install


By the way, how do I either

1) enable the gui? ( I presume that I'd have to uninstall & then re-install with enable gui )
How do I uninstall?

or

2) get Mplayer to show me a list of the tracks so I can know which ones to play. (the file manager doesn't really show me helpful track listings)

mplayer32 ://dvd ??



here's the output from mplayer as it runs



le@linux:~> mplayer32 dvd://1
MPlayer 1.0pre4-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 64 Clawhammer 2203 MHz (Family: 8, Stepping:
10)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
Cannot test OS support for SSE, disabling to be safe.
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directo
ry
Reading config file /home/le/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/le/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/le/.mplayer/codecs.
conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/c
odecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /home/le/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (/dev/rtc should be readable by the u
ser.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/le/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or dir
ectory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing dvd://1.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 2 titles on this DVD.
There are 20 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using 3DNowEx optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 256.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 32000->192000 (256.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect

Okay, to uninstall, go back to the directory you installed mplayer from, and as root issue the command "make uninstall" (without the quotes)

To enable the GUI:

add --enable-gui

then finish compiling and installing as normal.

When you want to use the GUI version of MPlayer, use the command gmplayer, and it'll pop up. Keep in mind that you'll have to install a skin for it (You can install it after you finish installing MPlayer again). Just make sure that its directory is /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/Default

Now for the DVD. I'm guessing that your video out device might not be a working one. I know that when I watch DVD's, I have to have my vo driver be X11, none of the other ones work or work as well. The option can be found in GMPlayer's preferences, or you can change it manually by command in the console with

You do not have to uninstall to just compile for additional options. Just run the configure and compile. It should replace mplayer. Type "./configure --help" to get a list of options you can use.

For DVD, all I use is gmplayer or aka gui of mplayer. If I want DVD navigation, I use Ogle. IMO, Ogle is a lot better for DVD watching than mplayer. Xv depends on your video card driver. If it supports Xv (hardware overlay acceleration), then you can use it. If it does not, you have to use other video outputs.

Mplayer does not have a way to list tracks in GUI. You have to make a frontend program for this feature.

have managed to get ogle working, with the oKle gui...


thank you very much

how do I stop Kaffeine starting automatically when I insert a dvd?
It would be even better if I could get Okle to start on dvd inserting

Consider yourself lucky. got Ogle to install, but when I try to installe the GUI for it from the same website, then it says that I have libglade problems, and so I then install whatever's the newest version, and still no luck.... And to think I also installed Python for nothing now....

I noticed that there were various different guis available, made by different developers, so tried until found one that worked!

Thanks everyone for your help..:-)