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05-13-2006, 01:27 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 25
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MPlayer problem.
"Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device"
That is the error I get when I try to play a DVD while using the GUI for MPlayer.
My distribution is Ubuntu, by the way. And I'm using an ATi Radeon x700, with ATi's drivers.
Last edited by halflife28; 05-13-2006 at 01:29 PM.
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05-13-2006, 01:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Manalapan, NJ
Distribution: Fedora x86 and x86_64, Debian PPC and ARM, Android
Posts: 4,593
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Edit /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and set:
vo=xv
You can also set the video in the GUI settings, but that will only apply to the GUI, not the command-line as well.
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05-13-2006, 01:33 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 25
Original Poster
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Where would that file be if I compiled from source?
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05-13-2006, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Manalapan, NJ
Distribution: Fedora x86 and x86_64, Debian PPC and ARM, Android
Posts: 4,593
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Same place. If it doesn't exist, create it.
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05-13-2006, 01:42 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 25
Original Poster
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Did that and still got the same problem.
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05-13-2006, 01:45 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 25
Original Poster
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n/m, I got it with a different driver.
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