[vox-tech] play DVD with mplayer

Mon Sep 15 19:44:30 PDT 2008

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
>
> 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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