hi,

i installed Linux just several days ago, so just a beginner.

when i try to open a mpeg movie to watch by MPLAYER, it says:

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device.

what is that problem? any solutions?

Thanks!

no idea without more information, please post the ENTIRE mplayer output.

Try adding more codecs. If the source is from XP land, try 'urpmi win32-codecs'

It pops out a window and says "Error opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device."
Nothing else.

run it from a terminal, not the gui. how did you install it? rpm? source? it will certainly be nothing at all to do with codecs. try using other video outputs, maybe your gfx card doesn't support xvideo extensions.

after i run the mpeg file in terminal, it worked!
Thank you!!


But I have another question, now i can not play *.rm and *.wmv
I downloaded the codec from mplayer's site, a tar.bz2 file
after i extract it, it has these files inside:

atrc.so.6.0 drv4.so.6.0 QuickTimeEssentials.qtx vid_3ivX.xa
cook.so.6.0 dspr.so.6.0 QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx wma9dmod.dll
ddnt.so.6.0 ir32_32.dll QuickTime.qts wmadmod.dll
dnet.so.6.0 ir41_32.dll sipr.so.6.0 wmspdmod.dll
drv2.so.6.0 ir50_32.dll tokf.so.6.0 wmv9dmod.dll
drv3.so.6.0 qtmlClient.dll tokr.so.6.0 wmvdmod.dll

where shall I put them to add the codec in order to play *.rm and *.wmv with my mplayer?

There is a pretty good how to on my site www.linuxloader.com