Mplayer

garyg007 · 09-28-2008, 06:37 PM

command:

Code:

mplayer /dev/dvd

will play the dvd in the drive.
If I enter command

Code:

mplayer -gui

when I try to open the dvd I get:

Quote:

Error opening/intializing the selected video-out (-vo) device

The investigation I've done so far lead me to believe that the follow Info might be significant:

Code:

gary@Abitbox:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7769 Release

gary@Abitbox:~$ uname -a
Linux Abitbox 2.6.24.5-smp #2 SMP Wed Apr 30 13:41:38 CDT 2008 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.06GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

What other info can I provide for assistance in fixing this?

keefaz · 09-28-2008, 07:15 PM

Did you try start mplayer as gmplayer ?

garyg007 · 09-28-2008, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keefaz

Did you try start mplayer as gmplayer ?

How does one do that ?
what is gmplayer?

T3slider · 09-28-2008, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garyg007

How does one do that ?
what is gmplayer?

Just type 'gmplayer' in a terminal to try it out. gmplayer is the mplayer GUI (it is included in a standard mplayer installation). It should be noted that I get the same (successful) result when running `gmplayer` and `mplayer -gui`, so it may not work for you. I have always found the, for whatever reason, gmplayer fails on some files that mplayer (the console version) plays successfully, despite the fact that they are essentially the same. However, that may be a configuration error on my part that I have been too lazy to fix. How did you install mplayer?

Ilgar · 09-29-2008, 01:09 AM

If you compiled the sources then you need to pass the --enable-gui option to configure for gmplayer. And I think you also need to install a skin before you can run it.

bobaye · 09-29-2008, 01:34 AM

Check Alien Bobs slackbuilds {http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/}
Check there, you should find everything you could want for MPlayer
Worked very well for my install, get the codecs and plugins packages there too.

H_TeXMeX_H · 09-29-2008, 01:59 AM

Did you mess with the configuration in a while ? If so, and you know you have mplayer installed with the gui option, edit the file '~/.mplayer/gui.conf', make sure there is a line that reads:

Code:

vo_driver = "xv"

If it's a different driver there, change it to read exactly as it is above.

garyg007 · 09-29-2008, 07:55 AM

Thankyou to everyone for the information.

The change to "gui.conf" did the trick.
Now both "mplayer -gui" amd "gmplayer" work great.

Gary

ps: @T3slider ---I installed mplayer using MPlayer.SlackBuild, mplayer-codecs-all.SlackBuild, and
mplayerplug-in.SlackBuild - all from one of the slackware pages (don't remember which one)

Cuetzpallin · 09-29-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keefaz

Did you try start mplayer as gmplayer ?

you could use smplayer too from the slackbuilds repository

I found smplayer easier to use and use less memory on my computer

keefaz · 09-29-2008, 03:05 PM

I use only mplayer for my part as I watch movies in full screen most of the time (so no need for gui)

But I admit smplayer is appealing tough:

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Originally Posted by smplayer.sourceforge.net

One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...