hello there I am having trouble with somethink I have install mplyer from source with enable gui at the command i want to play vcd on my laptop it's allready mount and I don't even need to mount, below is the following error i have receve

root@fedorabox1 mplay]# mplayer vcd://file:/mnt/cdrom/mpegav/avseq01.dat
MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville 849.1 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 6)
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

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing vcd://file:/mnt/cdrom/mpegav/avseq01.dat.
Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a port part.
The hostname option must be an integer: file
Struct vcd, field hostname parsing error: file
CD-ROM Device 'mnt/cdrom/mpegav/avseq01.dat' not found.
Failed to open vcd://file:/mnt/cdrom/mpegav/avseq01.dat


Exiting... (End of file)
i also did it wit a regular user

Hi Paxmaster,
I had some problems too when i compiled mplayer, i wrote a little guide for me incase i had to do it again, i uploaded it for you, here is the link: http://www.geocities.com/electronkz/
anyway, read it, maybe it would help you out.
I wrote it when i finished installing mplayer and i was quite frustrated, so keep it in mind .
Hope it helps, and good luck!
Ps: let me know if it worked

hello Electronkz

I try to run the command ldconfig, it said command not found, maybe is not in the path or somethink so then what should i do.

hi, as root: /sbin/ldconfig
man ldconfig for more information,(is not in the path, because it is a su command only, )
takes some time to get mplayer working,
persist, and you will make it work.

never mind i found it

what about the skin should i put the the file or the folder in /usr/local/lib/codecs

what i mean is the files go there or the folder
I got the win32 files i have extract in the folder of codecs

thanks

The skin doesn´t go in /usr/local/lib/codecs
Do this:
Extract from the little guide:
step v)
tar -xjvf <font-blablabla.tar.bz2> , tar -xjvf <skin-blablabla.tar.bz2>
go to ~/.mplayer then "mkdir font" "mkdir Skin" (#1)
go to /usr/local/share/mplayer then "mkdir font" "mkdir Skin" (#2)
go to /usr/local/lib/mplayer then "mkdir font" "mkdir Skin" (#3)
go to /usr/local/etc/mplayer then "mkdir font" "mkdir Skin" (#4)
now, go to cd <font-blablabla> and "cp font-arial-18-iso-8859-1/* /usr/local/lib/mplayer/font/"
"cp font-arial-18-iso-8859-1/* /usr/local/etc/mplayer/font/"
"cp font-arial-18-iso-8859-1/* /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/"
"cp font-arial-18-iso-8859-1/* ~/.mplayer/font/" (note: this will put it into the root home)
cd <skin-blablabla> , "mv <Fskinname> default"
"cp <nameoftheFskin> <(#1),(#2),(#3),(#4)>" Note: replace the F(#number) with the proper directory,
one time per destination folder
=============
Do you understand those steps?

maybe what i wrote is a little confusing, so i will try to clarify it for you:
you see the (#1)(#2)... those are directories where you created the directories("folders") Skin and font, you created them in all those directories(#1,#2,...) because i don´t know exactly which one is the right one, it is important that you rename your skin-name to default(this you do it with the mv command, which is described in the little guide).
You must copy the directory of the Skin and font, to each directory ("folder") in respectively the Skin or font directory that you created earlier.
Let me know if you dont understand something, i´ll try to help you out,
By the way, are you installing mplayer again, following what i wrote? if so try doing each of the steps(it worked for me).

ok i have install it how could i run it from gui

i know how to run it from the command but i want it to be in a gui

ok, congrats, i assume you followed all the step of the guide,
if you read at the bootom, it says:
gmplayer

hey there i install mplayer but gmplayer has some problem, but i can play mplayer at the command line, but after few min pass its crashes and give this error
Playing vcd://1.
track 01: adr=1 ctrl=4 format=2 00:02:00 mode: 56
track 02: adr=1 ctrl=4 format=2 00:08:00 mode: 56
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 352x240 (aspect 12) 23.976 fps 1150.0 kbps (143.8 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 28000->176400 (224.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 240 (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 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 240 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 352x240 => 352x264 Planar YV12
A: 134.0 V: 134.2 A-V: -0.192 ct: 0.199 3211/3211 4% 2% 9.8% 4 0 0%

MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: decode_video
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.