On Monday, 13 October 2008 at 18:59, Piotr Gackowski wrote: > Hi , > > I've just started an adventure with mplayer - so sorry for that question... Instead of apologizing from the beginning, you should just do things properly. Now let's see the list of your sins: - not using latest SVN? check! - not posting mplayer -v output? check! - thread hijacking? check! > I want to use mplayer without X-server. ( X is not installed ) > I installed mplayer using .deb package (Debian Etch from repository ). > I' d like to use "-vo vesa" option, but the output of "mplayer -vo help" > gives no such option. > > That means that I also can't start "mplayer -vo vesa film.avi". > ("Error opening/initializing the selected video-out (-vo) device") > > Is it due to the fact, that it has been pre-compiled (in .deb package) > without "vesa" option? Probably. I haven't looked at the source deb. > Shell I compile mplayer from the sources ? That's one option. > Or is there any other reason of not having "vesa" option ? No. > If I have to compile mplayer from the sources - are there any specific > options to use ? You need libvbe from vesautils, too: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/vesautils/ Regards, R. -- MPlayer http://mplayerhq.hu | Livna http://rpm.livna.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan