Hi Igor - I installed the X binary distribution that was included with my Slackware 8.0 distribution. Chuck On Tue, 7 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Chuck. Did you compile X from source or was it a binary distro? Because I was thinking on getting X and then using a xterm to start mplayer so I could play divx on this box. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charles Hallenbeck <hallenbeck at valstar.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:24 PM > Subject: Re: Mplayer problems. > > > > Hi Toby, > > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Chuck, ok, do you think I need some switch to explicitly tell it to > > > just try to play audio, not video, despite the fact I'm using vo=null? > > > > No. Just entering "mplayer filename.asf" on my system plays the > > audio stream fine. But if I run "mplayer -dumpaudio filename.asf" > > I get the errors you describe. No switches necessary to just hear > > the audio on my system. > > > > > Also, where do you think I could get these font files from? Do you think > > > I might need to install X and compile with that, oh I really, really > > > really hope not. > > > > I have no idea where to get those font.desc files from. They are > > not included with any of the components of the mplayer package > > that I have here. > > > > As for installing "X", I have installed X on this system, but it > > is not running when I run mplayer. It is not that hard to install > > actually, and some applications seem to be more comfortable if > > they can find the X libraries. If you have the disk space I would > > recommend installing X just for insurance. > > > > Back to mplayer - my config file contains "vo=null" and "ao=oss" > > and that is all. And I can play mpg and mpeg files okay, and also > > dump their audio okay too. The resulting audio files are mp3. I > > have not yet experimented with .avi or other movie formats. The > > experimental .asf files I have managed to download are certainly > > not playlists, but full fledged native movies with sound track, > > video track, and subtitles in multiple languages as far as I can > > tell. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -- > > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (18% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (18% of Full)
