Ooops! I forgot to mention which GUI I'm using. ---> KDE
On Monday, 07 April 2008 11:01 am, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On 4/7/08, Walt L. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings all > > > > I used Mplayer on the SuSE(10) system I used to use > > to play mpg and avi movies. On my former system I merely > > had to do the install it and it was ready to use. Mplayer > > on Debian (etch) seems to be broken. What must I do > > to get Mplayer working on Debian? It gives me to > > following error: > > > > Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device > > > > Any suggestions on how to correct this? > > If you run mplayer from the command line, it will give you more > information about what it is doing. Look for the line about which > VO method it is trying to use. It will look something like this: > VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 > > (the bit in [] being the important part) > > Also check to see if there are any other errors. > > > Cheers, > Kelly Clowers -- Best Regards Walt L. Williams http://www.intergate.com/~waltwilliams/ . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
