[vox-tech] play DVD with mplayer

[Hai Yi]

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

hai at zodiac:~/.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 <mdholland at ucdavis.edu> 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
>>
>> hai at zodiac:~/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 <troy-vox at zenux.net> 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
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