MPlayer qeustion

**gassman** · 04-20-2005

what dir should i put the essential codecs pack for mplayer??

**bryansmith** · 04-20-2005

I believe it is /usr/local/lib/codecs - you will have to make the codecs directory.

Bryan

**gassman** · 04-20-2005

im having some trouble playing a dvd with mplayer this is the error i get

Code:

MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.4 &#40;C&#41; 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU&#58; Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster &#40;Family&#58; 8, Stepping&#58; 4&#41;
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags&#58;  MMX&#58; 1 MMX2&#58; 1 3DNow&#58; 0 3DNow2&#58; 0 SSE&#58; 1 SSE2&#58; 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions&#58; MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


Failed to open /dev/rtc&#58; Permission denied &#40;it should be readable by the user.&#41;
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer&#58; could not connect to socket
mplayer&#58; Permission denied
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing dvd&#58;//.
Reading disc structure, please wait...
libdvdread&#58; Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
Can't open VMG info!


Exiting... &#40;End of file&#41;

**bryansmith** · 04-20-2005

You may not be able to play that DVD if you don't have libdvdcss installed. To play DVD's you will need libdvdcss but I am pretty sure libdvdcss is illegal in the USA. You will want to check the legality of that for yourself.

Bryan

**Vergil83** · 04-21-2005

you can actually set it in the player... the default is

Code:

/usr/lib/win32

*edit*
I was wrong, that is where xine by default sees them. bryan is correct

**retired1af** · 04-21-2005

I've never been able to get mplayer to work properly. Doesn't play DVDs, and plays but a few WMV files. I've pretty much gone strictly to gxine.

**gassman** · 04-21-2005

i got mplayer to open the dvd but now the video is messed up its like broken up into lines hard to explain. i also tried another video like mpeg same thing i have the essential codecs installed into /usr/local/lib/codecs/ is this the write place?? or is there a way i can make mplayer look for the codecs in that dir??

**sxeraverx** · 04-22-2005

I'm pretty sure it's in /usr/local/lib/win32. I put mine in quite a few places, just to be sure.

**bryansmith** · 04-22-2005

If you add packman.iu-bremen.de to your yast sources, you can get a functional mplayer.

Code:

Server&#58; packman.iu-bremen.de
Directory&#58; suse/9.2

I am pretty sure that is the source (I have a couple).

Bryan

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