Mplayer problems.

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Chuck. Did you compile X from source or was it a binary distro? Because I was thinking on getting X and then using a xterm to start mplayer so I could play divx on this box. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Charles Hallenbeck <hallenbeck at valstar.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: Mplayer problems.


> Hi Toby,
> On Tue, 7 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi Chuck, ok, do you think I need some switch to explicitly tell it to
> > just try to play audio, not video, despite the fact I'm using vo=null?
> 
> No. Just entering "mplayer filename.asf" on my system plays the
> audio stream fine. But if I run "mplayer -dumpaudio filename.asf"
> I get the errors you describe. No switches necessary to just hear
> the audio on my system.
> 
> > Also, where do you think I could get these font files from?  Do you think
> > I might need to install X and compile with that, oh I really, really
> > really hope not.
> 
> I have no idea where to get those font.desc files from. They are
> not included with any of the components of the mplayer package
> that I have here.
> 
> As for installing "X", I have installed X on this system, but it
> is not running when I run mplayer. It is not that hard to install
> actually, and some applications seem to be more comfortable if
> they can find the X libraries. If you have the disk space I would
> recommend installing X just for insurance.
> 
> Back to mplayer - my config file contains "vo=null" and "ao=oss"
> and that is all. And I can play mpg and mpeg files okay, and also
> dump their audio okay too. The resulting audio files are mp3. I
> have not yet experimented with .avi or other movie formats. The
> experimental .asf files I have managed to download are certainly
> not playlists, but full fledged native movies with sound track,
> video track, and subtitles in multiple languages as far as I can
> tell.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
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