...Dominik - thanks for the hints: - I'll install from SVN asap - will be checked ! - the mplayer outputs beneath: # mplayer -vo vesa /home/piotr/VTS_01_4.VBO MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 3) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /home/piotr/VTS_01_4.VOB. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 9100.0 kbps (1137.5 kbyte/s) Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. Exiting... (End of file) # mplayer -vo help MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 3) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. Available video output drivers: xmga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid) mga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid) tdfxfb 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5 3dfx 3dfx (/dev/3dfx) xv X11/Xv x11 X11 ( XImage/Shm ) xover General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers gl X11 (OpenGL) gl2 X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version dga DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 ) sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!) fbdev Framebuffer Device fbdev2 Framebuffer Device svga SVGAlib caca libcaca directfb Direct Framebuffer Device dfbmga DirectFB / Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 xvidix X11 (VIDIX) cvidix console VIDIX null Null video output xvmc XVideo Motion Compensation mpegpes Mpeg-PES to DVB card yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools png PNG file jpeg JPEG file gif89a animated GIF output tga Targa output pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file md5sum md5sum of each frame thanks & regards Piotr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski" <dominik at rangers.eu.org> To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:23 PM Subject: Re: no "vesa" in "mplayer -vo help" output > 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 > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users