On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 07:35:19 +0530 "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have mdk 8.2 with kde 3 in /opt and gcc 3.1.1. > I compiled MPlayer .90 rev 4 with --enable-gui option. It compiled and > installed ok. I made a menu item with application as gmplayer. I opened a > file /mnt/wind/VannaPoongavanam.mpg. When I pressed play button I got message > that 'File not found /mnt/wind/***[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > When I open the same file as argument to gmplayer in terminal it opens. But > still I get no sound? > > What could be the reason? > What to do to make it work normal? > -- > L.V.Gandhi > it's not a configuration error, it's a GUI bug, i'm sorry, i know many of you like to use the GUI, but there's nothing to do until the MPlayer developers decide to fix the sourcecode for their skin system. that problem is very widely known ( BTW, is that mpg in a FAT32 partition? if so, try opening from a different filesystem tipe ) and it's supposed to be fixed in a soon-coming new version. as of now, the GUI is only usable if you opened the file from a command, which means you have to configure a file association between movie files and Mplayer in your favourite file browser, and then navigate up to the file and click on it. opening gmplayer and going to file -> open doesn't work. about the sound, try a different sound driver. which parameters are you using to call mplayer? or do you use none? if you know what driver your soundcard is using ( OSS or ALSA ) try passing them as parameters for audio-output: gmplayer -ao oss file.mpg or gmplayer -ao alsa file.mpg if you are not sure, your best bet ( and this is what i use ) is SDL layer. gmplayer -ao sdl file.mpg this one will probably fix a lot of problems for you. ( i even use SDL for video output) . my tipical mplayer command is like this: mplayer -vo sdl -ao sdl file.mpg of couse i don't type that every time, i made an alias for it ;oP HTH Damian
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