Re: question about Mplayer

From: Dave Kelly (daveekelly_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 23:02:56 GMT

takashi wrote:

> Hi, I have a question about Mplayer. I installed Mplayer, and it is a
> graphical interface version. I can use it fine by doing:
> 1)go to "sound & video" from my top manu in RedHat9
> 2)click on Mplayer
>
> However, when I try to use Mplayer from the command prompt, by typing
> 1) mplayer filename.avi
> or
> 2)gmplayer filename.avi
> or
> 3) Mplayer filename.avi
>
> I get the error message that
>
> " bash:mplayer:command not found"
>
> Could anybody tell me what I can do? I sort of remember that when I
> installed Mpalyer, I used rpm. I did not actually build it from a source
> code.
> Thank you very much, and have a good day.

Something I've lately found I need to do is change ownership of the file.
Change the owner to whoever you are on the system.

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