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09-30-2003, 07:42 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 22
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Why doesn't mplayer work??????
Hi there!
I have mandrake 9.1 and I installed the package for mplayer, everything was alrigth with the installation so I tried to play a movie and mplayer is giving me this error:
"Fatal error!
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device
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The file is fine, cause I can open it with Xine, but I just can't solve this error and play any kind of file with mplayer!
Any hint 4 this newbie?
Thanx!
Cave.
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09-30-2003, 07:48 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Debian, Free/OpenBSD
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You'll have to change the selected video_out(-vo) device, so go into mplayer preferences and change the video driver.
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09-30-2003, 08:59 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
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Thanx Iceman, got it!
Cave
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09-30-2003, 09:24 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 22
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Sorry Iceman, just 1 more thing please!
How can I resize the actual size of the movie, i.e., even in Full screen mode, the video always keeps the original size, can't I change it (like microDVD player, windows Media Player or BSPlayer) ?
Thanx for helping this newbie,
Caveman!
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09-30-2003, 09:30 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Mandriva, Slackware
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in Mplayer options, change the video controler from x11 to xv and restart Mplayer.
Hope this helps
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09-30-2003, 09:58 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 22
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Where?
In Preferences->Video I have the avilable drivers:
xv
x11
xmga
divx3
xvidx
But the only that doesn't gives me "video_out(-vo) device" error is the x11 driver, so when I change to xv like you said the app gives me that error and doesn't play anything at all!
Any suggestion?
Thanx Cave.!
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09-30-2003, 12:42 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Debian, Free/OpenBSD
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afaik you can't resize the actual video image with the x11 driver but you should ask acid_kewpie, he's the video expert here.
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