I currently have a dilemma.
When I use kmplayer to watch a video (wmv format, in this case) it
appears I have a choice. If I configure kmplayer to use mplayer, I get
sound but no picture, conversely, if I configure kmplayer to use
mplayer-bin (with no other config changes) I get a picture, but no
sound.
"esearch mplayer" gives (in part)
* media-video/kmplayer
Latest version available: 0.9.3
Latest version installed: 0.9.3
Size of downloaded files: 2,763 kB
Homepage: http://kmplayer.kde.org/
Description: KMPlayer is a Video player plugin for Konqueror and
basic MPlayer/Xine/ffmpeg/ffserver/VDR frontend for KDE.
License: GPL-2
* media-video/mplayer
Latest version available: 1.0_pre8-r1
Latest version installed: 1.0_pre8-r1
Size of downloaded files: 28,416 kB
Homepage: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
Description: Media Player for Linux
License: GPL-2
* media-video/mplayer-bin
Latest version available: 1.0_pre8
Latest version installed: 1.0_pre8
Size of downloaded files: 21,341 kB
Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/
Description: Pre-build mplayer binary for amd64 systems
License: GPL-2
I don't often watch videos on my computer, so I don't know how long this
has been happening. I vaguely recall watching another short clip about
4 weeks ago, and not noticing anything wrong then.
Does mplayer-bin require any different sound settings?
System sounds (window open/close, etc) are working normally, as are
other programs (mp3 players).
Any suggestions as to what I can try next?
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