I removed everything related to mplayer and re-installed it from the medibuntu, and this time it works!
Thanks to everyone! Hai On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Matt Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hai, > > How did you install mplayer? If you used the Medibuntu repository, I > would expect to see a lot more available video output devices (xv, x11, > sdl, and gl, to name a few). If that's not how you installed it, I > would recommend trying that. Go to http://www.medibuntu.org/ for > instructions on setting up your apt sources to include the repository > (again, if you haven't done so already). Also, depending on how you > upgraded, it's possible that your sources.list entry for the Medibuntu > repository is still pointing to the Gutsy release. > > I'm not aware of any of the output devices in your list being usable for > video playback in an X11 session. > > Matt > > Hai Yi wrote: >> Hi, Matt: >> >> I didn't change any hardware when I upgraded ubuntu; I tried '-vo >> sdl', it didn't work either; in the .mplayer/gui.conf, this might be >> relevant line: >> vo_driver = "xv" >> (the config file is empty, I believe it's for the user's customization) >> >> I also tried this: >> mplayer -vo help >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mplayer$ mplayer -vo help >> MPlayer dev-SVN-r27605-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team >> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (Family: 6, >> Model: 15, Stepping: 6) >> CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 >> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 >> Available video output drivers: >> fbdev Framebuffer Device >> fbdev2 Framebuffer Device >> v4l2 V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output >> cvidix console VIDIX >> null Null video output >> mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card >> yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools >> tga Targa output >> pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file >> md5sum md5sum of each frame >> >> hopefully I've provided enough info and thank you for the answer! >> Hai >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Matt Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> That's a video output driver problem, not a codec problem. Did you >>> change video cards around the same time you upgraded to Hardy? Anyway, >>> I would suspect that if you're getting the errors below, you can't play >>> any video with mplayer. Two things: try appending '-vo sdl' to your >>> command line (and take a look at the section on the -vo flag in the >>> mplayer man page for other options). Also, maybe if you posted the >>> contents of your ~/.mplayer/config file (if any exists). >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> Hai Yi wrote: >>> >>>> Troy: >>>> >>>> Thank you for the suggestion. I've followed that link to have the >>>> codec installed. however, I think it might be similar to those from >>>> mplayer's official site. As a consequence, I still experience the same >>>> error, I attached the error msg in here, hopefully someone can shed me >>>> a light. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> Hai >>>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Videos/wn0705981$ mplayer wn0705981.wmv >>>> >>>> MPlayer dev-SVN-r27605-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team >>>> >>>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (Family: 6, >>>> Model: 15, Stepping: 6) >>>> >>>> CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 >>>> >>>> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Playing wn0705981.wmv. >>>> >>>> ASF file format detected. >>>> >>>> [asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1 >>>> >>>> [asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2 >>>> >>>> VIDEO: [WMV2] 720x540 24bpp 1000.000 fps 1752.3 kbps (213.9 kbyte/s) >>>> >>>> Clip info: >>>> >>>> name: Wonder-AV >>>> >>>> author: >>>> >>>> copyright: >>>> >>>> comments: >>>> >>>> Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> [fbdev2] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> VO: [v4l2] No such file or directory >>>> >>>> vo_cvidix: No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v >>>> option for details)! >>>> >>>> [cyberblade] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [mach64] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [nvidia_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [pm3] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [radeon] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [rage128] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [s3_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [SiS] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [unichrome] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted >>>> >>>> [VO_SUB_VIDIX] Couldn't find working VIDIX driver. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Troy Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 01:22:51PM -0400, Hai Yi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you, Norm. The new command line seemed OK. However, I found that my >>>>>> real problem is that I didn't import the needed codec. I am still >>>>>> suffering from problems related to picking up the right codec file, but >>>>>> that's another issue deserving a separated thread on its own. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> The easiest way to sort out your codecs is to add medibuntu to your >>>>> package >>>>> repositories and install the w32codecs package (or the w64codecs >>>>> package if you have a 64bit install). >>>>> >>>>> See the repository HOWTO linked from the main medibuntu page at: >>>>> http://www.medibuntu.org/ >>>>> >>>>> -t >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> vox-tech mailing list >>>>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>>>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> vox-tech mailing list >>>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vox-tech mailing list >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> vox-tech mailing list >> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> >> > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
