success with mplayer. eventually. had to download the rpm. needed to install win32all codecs FIRST, then mplayer (so remove of mplayer - and realplayer, kaffeine etc - and reinstall mplayer was required). initially managed to get it running from the command line after seeing a "error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device" error. a quick google found the answer quickly. as neil mentioned yesterday, i now seem to be able to get it to play any video file i have put it's way so far.
thanks to everyone for your replies. Roger Roger Searle wrote: > (stating the obvious the next morning) unfortunately not - life > consistently conspires against me to keep me away despite my intention > to attend all the meetings :-( > > I'm going to try mplayer... > > > > Nick Rout wrote: > >> Are you coming to Sydenham tonight? I will have a look at it for you. >> >> >> >> On Thu, 04 May 2006 15:07:16 +1200 >> Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi, I have several problems with attempting to use various multimedia >>> files - .wmv, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp3, .wma. >>> >>> .wav is OK, so long as I am happy with KcCD (I'd prefer Amarok really, >>> which works nicely at home). >>> >>> Kaffeine seems to be the default player for .wmv, I have already >>> downloaded the "all" codecs from >>> http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html >>> and placed in the /usr/lib/win32 folder. I still get the "xine error" >>> "no plugin found to handle this resource". Kaffeine Player will start >>> (though not do anything), which on closing generates the KDE Crash >>> Handler with backtrace error [1]. Similar result for mpg, avi files. >>> >>> I'm also unable to get Amarok to play wav or ogg files, perhaps one >>> thing at a time... >>> >>> Sound does function on this computer now, after installing >>> NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1 package. >>> >>> Where should I go from here? >>> Roger >>> >>> >>> [1] >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] >>> [New Thread 1095641824 (LWP 18562)] >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> (no debugging symbols found) >>> [KCrash handler] >>> #7 0x41f8619f in glXChannelRectSyncSGIX () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >>> #8 0x083436f8 in ?? () >>> #9 0x41fbb9a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >>> #10 0x083436f8 in ?? () >>> #11 0x41f84b16 in glXChannelRectSyncSGIX () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >>> #12 0x083436f8 in ?? () >>> #13 0x083436f8 in ?? () >>> #14 0x410b459c in ?? () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 >>> #15 0x08366648 in ?? () >>> #16 0x40fd3483 in XCloseDisplay () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 >>> #17 0x41998172 in init_libkaffeinepart () >>> from /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/libkaffeinepart.so >>> #18 0x40b74b7f in QWidget::~QWidget () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #19 0x08075a8f in ?? () >>> #20 0x0828bd00 in ?? () >>> #21 0x40f8580c in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #22 0xbf9bfe08 in ?? () >>> #23 0x40b74b7f in QWidget::~QWidget () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #24 0x40b74b7f in QWidget::~QWidget () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #25 0x40c7c6e6 in QWidgetStack::~QWidgetStack () >>> from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #26 0x40b74b7f in QWidget::~QWidget () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #27 0x40c67714 in QTabWidget::~QTabWidget () >>> from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #28 0x405c80c6 in KTabWidget::~KTabWidget () from >>> /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 >>> #29 0x08075a4f in ?? () >>> #30 0x08243540 in ?? () >>> #31 0x40f8580c in ?? () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 >>> #32 0xbf9bfef8 in ?? 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() >>> #52 0x0810d230 in vtable for QGList () >>> #53 0x0810d20c in vtable for QGList () >>> #54 0x0810e159 in typeinfo name for QResizeEvent () >>> #55 0xbf9bffb8 in ?? () >>> #56 0x4120cea6 in malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 >>> #57 0x411bbea0 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 >>> #58 0x08066281 in ?? () >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >
