I have downloaded the following:

MPlayer-1.0pre5.tar WMP6-2.2.tar all-20040809.tar
font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar

I unpacked the codecs in all...tar to /usr/local/lib/codecs, a font set
to ~/.mplayer/font, and a default skin to ~/.mplayer/Skin/default.

I did ./configure --enable-gui, make, and make install.

mplayer works: it opens and plays from the command line. I've tested it
on a number of file types.

gmplayer loads with the default skin (I happened to choose the MS Media
Player skin). However, it does not play files. It exits with the message:

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
gmplayer to "go".

Nick J Chackowsky wrote:
> I have downloaded the following:
>
> MPlayer-1.0pre5.tar WMP6-2.2.tar all-20040809.tar
> font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar
>
> I unpacked the codecs in all...tar to /usr/local/lib/codecs, a font set
> to ~/.mplayer/font, and a default skin to ~/.mplayer/Skin/default.
>
> I did ./configure --enable-gui, make, and make install.
>
> mplayer works: it opens and plays from the command line. I've tested it
> on a number of file types.
>
> gmplayer loads with the default skin (I happened to choose the MS Media
> Player skin). However, it does not play files. It exits with the message:
>
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>
> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
> gmplayer to "go".
BTW: Here are the contents of ~/.mplayer/gui.conf, just in case:

enable_audio_equ = "no"
vo_driver = "X11"
vo_panscan = "0.000000"
vo_doublebuffering = "no"
vo_direct_render = "no"
v_framedrop = "0"
v_flip = "-1"
v_ni = "no"
v_idx = "-1"
vf_pp = "no"
vf_autoq = "0"
vf_lavc = "no"
ao_volnorm = "no"
ao_surround = "no"
ao_extra_stereo = "no"
ao_extra_stereo_coefficient = "1.000000"
ao_oss_mixer = "/dev/mixer"
ao_oss_device = "/dev/dsp"
osd_level = "0"
sub_auto_load = "yes"
sub_unicode = "no"
sub_pos = "100"
sub_overlap = "no"
font_factor = "0.750000"
font_text_scale = "5.000000"
font_osd_scale = "6.000000"
font_blur = "2.000000"
font_outline = "2.000000"
font_autoscale = "3"
cache = "no"
cache_size = "2048"
playbar = "yes"
load_fullscreen = "no"
show_videowin = "yes"
stopxscreensaver = "no"
autosync = "no"
autosync_size = "0"
gui_skin = "default"
gui_save_pos = "yes"
gui_main_pos_x = "633"
gui_main_pos_y = "30"
gui_video_out_pos_x = "212"
gui_video_out_pos_y = "234"
equ_channel_1 = "Front Right"
equ_channel_2 = "Front Left"
equ_channel_3 = "Rear Right"
equ_channel_4 = "Rear Left"
equ_channel_5 = "Center"
equ_channel_6 = "Bass"
equ_band_00 = "0.000000"
equ_band_01 = "0.000000"
equ_band_02 = "0.000000"
equ_band_03 = "0.000000"
equ_band_04 = "0.000000"

> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>
> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
> gmplayer to "go".

This is probly simple, if you right click gmplayer and go to
preferences, one of the screens will give you the ability to change
the video_out.

I think what you need is Xvid or something.

Play with that setting and see how it goes.

Ezra

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:36:59 -0500, Nick J Chackowsky wrote:

> I have downloaded the following:
>
> MPlayer-1.0pre5.tar WMP6-2.2.tar all-20040809.tar
> font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar

> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

All I know is I run Slack 10 with kernel 2.4.26 and have no troubles at
all with either mplayer or gmplayer 1.0pre5. All I can give you to look at
is my default gui.conf , maybe it will help? I have it pop up in a
different possition by default, and it is on a 1024x1280 screen.

enable_audio_equ = "no"
vo_driver = "x11"
vo_panscan = "0.000000"
vo_doublebuffering = "no"
vo_direct_render = "no"
v_framedrop = "0"
v_flip = "0"
v_ni = "no"
v_idx = "-1"
vf_pp = "no"
vf_autoq = "0"
vf_lavc = "no"
ao_driver = "null"
ao_volnorm = "no"
ao_surround = "no"
ao_extra_stereo = "no"
ao_extra_stereo_coefficient = "1.000000"
ao_oss_mixer = "/dev/mixer"
ao_oss_device = "/dev/dsp"
dvd_device = "/dev/dvd"
cdrom_device = "/dev/cdrom"
osd_level = "1"
sub_auto_load = "yes"
sub_unicode = "no"
sub_pos = "100"
sub_overlap = "no"
font_factor = "0.750000"
font_text_scale = "5.000000"
font_osd_scale = "6.000000"
font_blur = "2.000000"
font_outline = "2.000000"
font_autoscale = "3"
cache = "no"
cache_size = "2048"
playbar = "yes"
load_fullscreen = "no"
show_videowin = "yes"
stopxscreensaver = "no"
autosync = "no"
autosync_size = "0"
gui_skin = "default"
gui_save_pos = "yes"
gui_main_pos_x = "-44"
gui_main_pos_y = "884"
gui_video_out_pos_x = "544"
gui_video_out_pos_y = "284"
equ_band_00 = "0.000000"
equ_band_01 = "0.000000"
equ_band_02 = "0.000000"
equ_band_03 = "0.000000"
equ_band_04 = "0.000000"
equ_band_05 = "0.000000"
equ_band_06 = "0.000000"
equ_band_07 = "0.000000"
equ_band_08 = "0.000000"
equ_band_09 = "0.000000"
equ_band_10 = "0.000000"
equ_band_11 = "0.000000"
equ_band_12 = "0.000000"
equ_band_13 = "0.000000"
equ_band_14 = "0.000000"
equ_band_15 = "0.000000"
equ_band_16 = "0.000000"
equ_band_17 = "0.000000"
equ_band_18 = "0.000000"
equ_band_19 = "0.000000"
equ_band_20 = "0.000000"
equ_band_21 = "0.000000"
equ_band_22 = "0.000000"
equ_band_23 = "0.000000"
equ_band_24 = "0.000000"
equ_band_25 = "0.000000"
equ_band_26 = "0.000000"
equ_band_27 = "0.000000"
equ_band_28 = "0.000000"
equ_band_29 = "0.000000"
equ_band_30 = "0.000000"
equ_band_31 = "0.000000"
equ_band_32 = "0.000000"
equ_band_33 = "0.000000"
equ_band_34 = "0.000000"
equ_band_35 = "0.000000"
equ_band_36 = "0.000000"
equ_band_37 = "0.000000"
equ_band_38 = "0.000000"
equ_band_39 = "0.000000"
equ_band_40 = "0.000000"
equ_band_41 = "0.000000"
equ_band_42 = "0.000000"
equ_band_43 = "0.000000"
equ_band_44 = "0.000000"
equ_band_45 = "0.000000"
equ_band_46 = "0.000000"
equ_band_47 = "0.000000"
equ_band_48 = "0.000000"
equ_band_49 = "0.000000"
equ_band_50 = "0.000000"
equ_band_51 = "0.000000"
equ_band_52 = "0.000000"
equ_band_53 = "0.000000"
equ_band_54 = "0.000000"
equ_band_55 = "0.000000"
equ_band_56 = "0.000000"
equ_band_57 = "0.000000"
equ_band_58 = "0.000000"
equ_band_59 = "0.000000"


I hope it helps

Gazza :^).

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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:59:48 GMT, Ezra Vandervort mumbled:
>
>
>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>
>> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
>> gmplayer to "go".
>
> This is probly simple, if you right click gmplayer and go to
> preferences, one of the screens will give you the ability to change
> the video_out.
>
> I think what you need is Xvid or something.
>
> Play with that setting and see how it goes.
>
> Ezra

One thing I noticed, to my annoyance, is that if you run mplayer with
command line options, it has(had?) a tendancy to "update" your ~/.mplayer/config
file. It seems 1.0pre5 doesn't have that issue anymore, but it might be
something else to check.

--
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pillow fight. -- Beverly in NANAE

on Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:34:32 GMT, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:59:48 GMT, Ezra Vandervort mumbled:
>>
>>
>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>>
>>> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
>>> gmplayer to "go".
>>
>> This is probly simple, if you right click gmplayer and go to
>> preferences, one of the screens will give you the ability to change
>> the video_out.
>>
>> I think what you need is Xvid or something.
>>
>> Play with that setting and see how it goes.
>>
>> Ezra
>
> One thing I noticed, to my annoyance, is that if you run mplayer with
> command line options, it has(had?) a tendancy to "update" your ~/.mplayer/config
> file. It seems 1.0pre5 doesn't have that issue anymore, but it might be
> something else to check.
>
Maybe it's reading the system wide config instead of ~/.mplayer/config.

--
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
-- Ogden Nash

On 2004-08-10, Nick J Chackowsky <mediocre_person@hotmail.com> wrote:

And the manual:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html
Do read it.

/Jens
--
Slackware | CRUX-1.3.1 PPC
window manager improved

Ezra Vandervort wrote:
>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>
>> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
>> gmplayer to "go".
>
>
> This is probly simple, if you right click gmplayer and go to
> preferences, one of the screens will give you the ability to change the
> video_out.
>
> I think what you need is Xvid or something.
>
> Play with that setting and see how it goes.
>
> Ezra
Okay, that did the trick. Many thanks!

On 11 Aug 2004 04:07:52 GMT, raf mumbled:
>
>
> on Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:34:32 GMT, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:59:48 GMT, Ezra Vandervort mumbled:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>>>
>>>> This makes me sad. I think I *like* mplayer, but really want to get
>>>> gmplayer to "go".
>>>
>>> This is probly simple, if you right click gmplayer and go to
>>> preferences, one of the screens will give you the ability to change
>>> the video_out.
>>>
>>> I think what you need is Xvid or something.
>>>
>>> Play with that setting and see how it goes.
>>>
>>> Ezra
>>
>> One thing I noticed, to my annoyance, is that if you run mplayer with
>> command line options, it has(had?) a tendancy to "update" your ~/.mplayer/config
>> file. It seems 1.0pre5 doesn't have that issue anymore, but it might be
>> something else to check.
>>
> Maybe it's reading the system wide config instead of ~/.mplayer/config.
>

Nah, cause I remember 'fixing' it in an ugly hackish way... chmod -w
~/.mplayer/config.

Problem went away after that.

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