On 17 Jun 2017, at 03:44, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com> wrote: > > On 6/16/17 2:25 PM, Heinz Nabielek wrote: >> mplayer is installed, but DOES NOT WORK... >>> mplayer "xyz.mov" & >>> [1] 1597 >>> MPlayer 1.3.0 (Fink Project)-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team >>> 224 audio & 451 video codecs >>> Can't init Apple Remote. >> What shall I do now? > > Do you have an actual error message in the terminal? Also, you can't run > mplayer in the background at startup.
See below. Heinz mplayer "xxxx.mov" MPlayer 1.3.0 (Fink Project)-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2016 MPlayer Team 224 audio & 451 video codecs Can't init Apple Remote. Playing 2016-10-09 16.59.10.mov. libavformat version 57.25.100 (internal) libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x10a85bad0]moov atom not found LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed ISO: File Type Major Brand: Original QuickTime MOV: missing header (moov/cmov) chunk! Maybe broken file... libavformat file format detected. [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x10a85bad0]moov atom not found LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed RAWDV file format detected. VIDEO: [DVSD] 720x480 24bpp 29.970 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family libavcodec version 57.24.102 (internal) Selected video codec: [ffdv] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg DV) ========================================================================== and hundreds of more lines and a short appearance of a speckled colour movie.... This is on a iMac Model Identifier: iMac14,3 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 3.1 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 8 MB Memory: 8 GB Boot ROM Version: IM143.0118.B43 SMC Version (system): 2.17f7 uname -a Darwin Heinzs-iMac.local 16.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.6.0: Fri Apr 14 16:21:16 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.60.24~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 fink --help Fink 0.41.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners