On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, mnu wrote:
>
> Thanks again for the responses regarding mplayer :)
> I finally got mplayer compiled on my machine, using the the mandrake rpm and
> finding all the libggi (etc) dependencies. However, I still can't get it to
> work...when I run mplayer from a user console, I get this message:
>
> Reading /home/mnu/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 18 audio & 40 video codecs
> font: can't open file: /home/mnu/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> font: can't open file: /etc/mplayer/font/font.desc
> Playing ccs7.avi
> Detected AVI file format!
> MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (272) HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED
> VIDEO: [DIV3] 480x352 24bpp 23.98 fps 947.7 kbps (115.7 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x33564944 size:480x352 fps:23.98 ftime:=0.0417
> Detected audio codec: [mp3] drv:1 (MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> mp3lib: Processor ID: 642
> mp3lib: Using Pentium optimized decore.
> AUDIO: srate=48000 chans=2 bps=2 sfmt=0x10 ratio: 16000->192000
> Detected video codec: [divxds] drv:4 (DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3))
> Loading DLL: 'divx_c32.ax'
> Using DirectShow codec: divx_c32.ax
> Decoder is capable of YUV output ( flags 0x1 )
> m_bIsDivX=1
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> VO: [xv] 480x352 => 480x352 Packed YUY2
> vo: X11 running at 1152x864 with depth 24 and 32 bits/pixel (":0.0" => local
> display)
> Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
> ******** Try with -vo x11 or -vo sdl *********
> FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver!
> ===
>
> So may I ask the following questions:
> 1) I created a font.desc file in the required directory...but what do I
> *put* in it?
The fonts are found on the mlayer site itself :-) You do not need to make
any file, the config file comes with the fonts. This is not 100% neccessary
though, however if you want a little info about the file, and to see how
far you are in the film and so, you will need the font pack.
> 2) Do I need new drivers? Where do I get them? what if there are no new
> drivers? I think I'm already running Xfree86 4.1.0-17mdk. My video card is
> nVdia Corporation TNT2 Vanta [NV6].
Hehe, NVidia has their own drivers for the GeForce cards. I have a GeForce
2 and it runs great with the "correct" drivers. Please visit
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux to download these drivers. XFree
does manage to use you card, however does not seem to be able to support
any form of fullscreen aps, openGL games and such, so I do not find it
surprising that mplayer bombs out on you :-) Just get the NVidia drivers to
work with your computer first.. then things should be alright.
There is a Mandrake tutorial for installing these drivers here :
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00022.asp
> 3) what is "try -vo"?
-vo is specifying your vidio out. I mostly use mplayer -vo sdl -fs ......
here to play films, as it gives me a very smooth full screen. Once you get
your card configured, you can play around to see.
> Actually, I really just need to get this working. Thanks in advance!
We all did :-})
LOL
Good luck
Ralph
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