Hi The only way I can get mplayer to work as well as or better than its Windows counterpart on my hardware is by using "-vo xvidix" option that requires superuser privileges, so I added
oleg ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/mplayer * to /etc/sudoers. Now "sudo mplayer -vo xvidix file_name" starts (no permission problems), but fails with these errors: ------------ errors when running with sudo---------------- No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones! vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device! -------------------end---------------------------- Surprisingly, however, after doing "su" instead of using sudo, everything works fine (output below). Why the different behaviour with sudo compared to su? Thanks Oleg -------------------output when running as root --------------------- No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones! [genfb] probe Error occured durint open: No such device [mach64] Found chip: 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X [mach64] Video memory = 2Mb [mach64] Planar YUV formats are supported :) vosub_vidix: Using: BES driver for Mach64/3DRage cards by Nick Kurshev and Michael Niedermayer ========================================================================== Opening Video Decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 220 x 160, Mpeg PES [PP] Sorry, postprocessing is not available Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale... SwScale: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling) Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening Video Decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0 libmpeg2: Using MMX for IDCT transform libmpeg2: Using 3DNOW for motion compensation VDec: vo config request - 220 x 160, Planar YV12 [PP] Sorry, postprocessing is not available Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xvidix] 220x160 => 220x164 Planar YV12 vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bits/pixel (":0.0" => local display) [xvidix] image properties: 220x160 depth: 12 vosub_vidix: using 1 buffers [xvidix] window properties: pos: 402x302, size: 220x164 Disabling DPMS stat: 1 Detected video codec: [mpeg12] drv:1 prio:0 (MPEG 1 or 2) ========================================================================== AO: [oss] 44100Hz Stereo Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) ao2: 44100 Hz 2 chans Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) audio_setup: sample format: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (requested: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)) audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2) audio_setup: using 44100 Hz samplerate (requested: 44100) audio_setup: frags: 16/16 (4096 bytes/frag) free: 65536 Start playing... *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes [xvidix] window properties: pos: 402x302, size: 220x164 *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes0% *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes0% A: 2.0 V: 2.1 A-V: -0.095 ct: -0.019 31/ 31 11% 1% 1.4% 0 0 0% *** free_stream() called *** Successfully enabled DPMS vo: uninit ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]