Dear friends: I am a newbie but I thought I should try to install mplayer from source. So I downloaded the tarball source for mplayer 1.0pre3 and, using gcc3.33 compiler on Xandros 2.0 (Debian), I compiled it. It looks fine but nothing happens when I try to launch it. Here are the results when I do that:
I. MPLAYER [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ whereis mplayer mplayer: /usr/local/bin/mplayer /usr/local/etc/mplayer /usr/local/lib/mplayer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mplayer MPlayer 1.0pre3-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster 1795 MHz (Family: 8, Stepping: 2) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory Reading config file /home/sher/.mplayer/config Reading /home/sher/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/sher/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Using built-in default codecs.conf. Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename Basic options: (complete list in the man page) -vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list) -ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list) vcd://<trackno> play VCD (Video CD) track from device instead of plain file dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file -alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code) -ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position -nosound do not play sound -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page) -x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom) -sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay) -playlist <file> specify playlist file -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate -pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page) -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines) Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf) <- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute pgup or pgdown seek backward/forward 10 minutes < or > step backward/forward in playlist p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue) q or ESC stop playing and quit program + or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer * or / increase or decrease PCM volume z or x adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Does this mean that the installation was a success? II. MPLAYER CODECS: I then installed the extralite and Win32 codecs, Arial fonts and two skins, using the tarballs: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ ls Arial BlueHeart Corelian MPlayer-Basic MPlayer-Extralite Win32 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ ls Arial BlueHeart Corelian MPlayer-Basic MPlayer-Extralite Win32 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/MPlayer-Extralite/extralite$ ls 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/MPlayer-Extralite/extralite$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32$ cd win32codecs [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32/win32codecs$ ls acelpdec.ax huffyuv.dll m3jpeg32.dll nsrt2432.acm vp4vfw.dll alf2cd.acm i263_32.drv m3jpegdec.ax pclepim1.dll vssh264core.dll asusasv2.dll iccvid.dll mcdvd_32.dll qdv.dll vssh264dec.dll asusasvd.dll icmw_32.dll mcmjpg32.dll qpeg32.dll vssh264.dll ativcr2.dll imaadp32.acm mpg4c32.dll rt32dcmp.dll vsslight.dll atrac3.acm imc32.acm mpg4ds32.ax sp5x_32.dll vsswlt.dll avimszh.dll ir32_32.dll msadp32.acm tm20dec.ax wma9dmod.dll avizlib.dll ir41_32.dll msg711.acm tsccvid.dll wmadmod.dll CLRVIDDC.DLL ir50_32.dll msgsm32.acm tssoft32.acm wmspdmod.dll clrviddd.dll ivvideo.dll msh261.drv ubv263d+.ax wmv8ds32.ax CtWbJpg.DLL jp2avi.dll msms001.vwp ubvmp4d.dll wmv9dmod.dll divxa32.acm l3codeca.acm msnaudio.acm ultimo.dll wmvdmod.dll divx_c32.ax l3codecx.ax msrle32.dll vgpix32d.dll wmvds32.ax divxc32.dll LCodcCMP.dll msscds32.ax vivog723.acm divxdec.ax lhacm.acm msvidc32.dll voxmsdec.ax divx.dll m3jp2k32.dll mvoiced.vwp vp31vfw.dll [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32/win32codecs$ Where and how do I install these codecs, please? III. MPLAYER Fonts: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Arial/font-arial-iso-8859-1$ ls font-arial-14-iso-8859-1 font-arial-24-iso-8859-1 README-arial-iso-8859-1 font-arial-18-iso-8859-1 font-arial-28-iso-8859-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Arial/font-arial-iso-8859-1$ Where do I install these fonts, please? IV. MPLAYER Skins: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/BlueHeart/BlueHeart$ ls eqb.png font.png menubutt.png pause.png prev.png sub.png eq.png iconify.png menu.png play.png README symbols.fnt exit.png load.png menus.png plb.png skin symbols.png font.fnt main.png next.png pos.png stop.png VERSION [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/BlueHeart/BlueHeart$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Corelian/Corelian$ ls 10minback.png bsub2.png menus.png playbar_prev.png 10minforw.png burl.png moviepoz.png playbar_stop.png 10secback.png bvcd.png next.png play.png 10secforw.png close.png pause.png prefs.png 1minback.png eq.png playbar_10minback.png prev.png 1minforw.png file.png playbar_10minforw.png README aspect.png font1.fnt playbar_10secback.png skin babout.png font1.png playbar_10secforw.png s.png ballbutton.png font3.fnt playbar_1minback.png stop.png balll.png font3.png playbar_1minforw.png sub.png ballr.png font.fnt playbar_file.png symbols.fnt bdvd.png fullscreen.png playbar_next.png symbols.png beq.png iconify.png playbar_pause.png VERSION blist.png main.png playbar_play.png volbutton.png bsub1.png menu.png playbar.png volstop.png [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Corelian/Corelian$ Where do I install the skins, please? V. MPLAYER PLUGIN: Where do I find the MPlayer plugin, please and how do I install it? I'd very much appreciate your help. Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]