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I like movie player since it reminds me of the Windows Media Player, which I loved. However, when i put a song on full screen to go to bed for ...
  1. 10-17-2010 #1
    thomasstambaugh
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    Movie player crashes in full screen

    I like movie player since it reminds me of the Windows Media Player, which I loved.

    However, when i put a song on full screen to go to bed for the night, it crashes after a few songs. Not only does it crash, but I have to do a full roboot. Alt F2 doesnt work, and I can't escape it. I'm more or less stuck in a black screen.

    Is there any fix for this?
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    You can open a terminal and type in

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    mplayer
    start playing your music when mplayer opens and when it crashes. The terminal error messages will show why.
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    The problem is though, I get stuck at a black screen and have to reboot. A terminal error message wont do me much good. I'll try it latter to night just in case, but I don't see how I'd actually read the message =\
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    You could try mplayer 2>/tmp/mplayer.err to see what the output is. It should remain when you reboot. Also, I personally perfer/use VLC for audio playback. I'm streaming jazz from wdcb/npr right now. It has worked flawlessly for the past 3 years.
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