Mplayer Frustrations - Getting Closer

[Kenny Gow]

C.Beamer wrote:

> I ran your command from above with the appropriate substitution for the
> url.  I did this as 'root' and the output is as displayed below.  I also
> ran it as user "colleen", but the output was a bunch of garbage - it
> said that mplayer couldn't be found and mplayer (the executable is
> definitely in my path.  Anyway, the output as 'root':

Strange that you can't run mplayer as a regular user. This may
also be part of the problem since the mplayerplug-in really just
runs an mplayer command with a bunch of specific parameters.

> Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: wmv9dmod.dll,
> /usr/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll

As other poster has also said, you need to have the codecs
directly in the /usr/lib/win32 directory or make
/usr/lib/win32 a symbolic link to your /usr/local/lib/codecs
directory (as the other other poster said).

> 
> #2  A bit of further information.  Like I said, if I open a wmv file
> from within media player, it works.  However, the only way it works is
> with the following settings:
> 
> audio: aRts
> 
> video:  X11, gl, gl2
> 
> Any of the above settings for video work, if I use any other setting for
> video from within Mplayer, I get sound, but no video.

I don't know why you aren't able to use the xv video output driver.
It's the best one since it uses your graphics card for accelerated
X video playback. Maybe your system does not support it.

Finally, some other notes I gleaned from the mplayerplug-in FAQ,

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/faq.php

There is a newer version of the plugin available, 2.85. I built it
and installed it and it works slightly better, not hanging Firefox.

And there's something about cookie settings in your browser possibly
affecting mplayerplug-in video playback. You might play with your
cookie settings if all else fails with the codecs.

--Kenny