Re: Mplayer Frustrations - Getting Closer

From: Kenny Gow (kgfedora_at_swbell.net)
Date: 07/09/05

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    C.Beamer wrote:

    > I ran your command from above with the appropriate substitution for the
    > url. I did this as 'root' and the output is as displayed below. I also
    > ran it as user "colleen", but the output was a bunch of garbage - it
    > said that mplayer couldn't be found and mplayer (the executable is
    > definitely in my path. Anyway, the output as 'root':

    Strange that you can't run mplayer as a regular user. This may
    also be part of the problem since the mplayerplug-in really just
    runs an mplayer command with a bunch of specific parameters.

    > Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmv9dmod.dll,
    > /usr/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll

    As other poster has also said, you need to have the codecs
    directly in the /usr/lib/win32 directory or make
    /usr/lib/win32 a symbolic link to your /usr/local/lib/codecs
    directory (as the other other poster said).

    >
    > #2 A bit of further information. Like I said, if I open a wmv file
    > from within media player, it works. However, the only way it works is
    > with the following settings:
    >
    > audio: aRts
    >
    > video: X11, gl, gl2
    >
    > Any of the above settings for video work, if I use any other setting for
    > video from within Mplayer, I get sound, but no video.

    I don't know why you aren't able to use the xv video output driver.
    It's the best one since it uses your graphics card for accelerated
    X video playback. Maybe your system does not support it.

    Finally, some other notes I gleaned from the mplayerplug-in FAQ,

    http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/faq.php

    There is a newer version of the plugin available, 2.85. I built it
    and installed it and it works slightly better, not hanging Firefox.

    And there's something about cookie settings in your browser possibly
    affecting mplayerplug-in video playback. You might play with your
    cookie settings if all else fails with the codecs.

    --Kenny 

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