Installing mplayer 1.0pre3 from source
Dear friends:
I am a newbie but I thought I should try to install mplayer from source.
So I downloaded the tarball source for mplayer 1.0pre3 and, using
gcc3.33 compiler on Xandros 2.0 (Debian), I compiled it. It looks fine
but nothing happens when I try to launch it. Here are the results when I
do that:
I. MPLAYER
sher@Dell:~$ whereis mplayer
mplayer: /usr/local/bin/mplayer /usr/local/etc/mplayer
/usr/local/lib/mplayer
sher@Dell:~$
sher@Dell:~$ mplayer
MPlayer 1.0pre3-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Celeron Foster 1795 MHz (Family: 8, Stepping:
2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or
directory
Reading config file /home/sher/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/sher/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/home/sher/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a
list)
-ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a
list)
vcd://<trackno> play VCD (Video CD) track from device instead of
plain file
dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country
code)
-ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound do not play sound
-fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man
page)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps,
-subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
-framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines)
Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgup or pgdown seek backward/forward 10 minutes
< or > step backward/forward in playlist
p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ESC stop playing and quit program
+ or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
* or / increase or decrease PCM volume
z or x adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand
* * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS
* * *
sher@Dell:~$
Does this mean that the installation was a success?
II. MPLAYER CODECS:
I then installed the extralite and Win32 codecs, Arial fonts and two
skins, using the tarballs:
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ ls
Arial BlueHeart Corelian MPlayer-Basic MPlayer-Extralite Win32
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$ ls
Arial BlueHeart Corelian MPlayer-Basic MPlayer-Extralite Win32
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer$
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/MPlayer-Extralite/extralite$
ls
atrc.so.6.0 drv4.so.6.0 QuickTimeEssentials.qtx vid_3ivX.xa
cook.so.6.0 dspr.so.6.0 QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx wma9dmod.dll
ddnt.so.6.0 ir32_32.dll QuickTime.qts wmadmod.dll
dnet.so.6.0 ir41_32.dll sipr.so.6.0 wmspdmod.dll
drv2.so.6.0 ir50_32.dll tokf.so.6.0 wmv9dmod.dll
drv3.so.6.0 qtmlClient.dll tokr.so.6.0 wmvdmod.dll
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/MPlayer-Extralite/extralite$
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32$ cd win32codecs
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32/win32codecs$ ls
acelpdec.ax huffyuv.dll m3jpeg32.dll nsrt2432.acm vp4vfw.dll
alf2cd.acm i263_32.drv m3jpegdec.ax pclepim1.dll vssh264core.dll
asusasv2.dll iccvid.dll mcdvd_32.dll qdv.dll vssh264dec.dll
asusasvd.dll icmw_32.dll mcmjpg32.dll qpeg32.dll vssh264.dll
ativcr2.dll imaadp32.acm mpg4c32.dll rt32dcmp.dll vsslight.dll
atrac3.acm imc32.acm mpg4ds32.ax sp5x_32.dll vsswlt.dll
avimszh.dll ir32_32.dll msadp32.acm tm20dec.ax wma9dmod.dll
avizlib.dll ir41_32.dll msg711.acm tsccvid.dll wmadmod.dll
CLRVIDDC.DLL ir50_32.dll msgsm32.acm tssoft32.acm wmspdmod.dll
clrviddd.dll ivvideo.dll msh261.drv ubv263d+.ax wmv8ds32.ax
CtWbJpg.DLL jp2avi.dll msms001.vwp ubvmp4d.dll wmv9dmod.dll
divxa32.acm l3codeca.acm msnaudio.acm ultimo.dll wmvdmod.dll
divx_c32.ax l3codecx.ax msrle32.dll vgpix32d.dll wmvds32.ax
divxc32.dll LCodcCMP.dll msscds32.ax vivog723.acm
divxdec.ax lhacm.acm msvidc32.dll voxmsdec.ax
divx.dll m3jp2k32.dll mvoiced.vwp vp31vfw.dll
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Win32/win32codecs$
Where and how do I install these codecs, please?
III. MPLAYER Fonts:
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Arial/font-arial-iso-8859-1$
ls
font-arial-14-iso-8859-1 font-arial-24-iso-8859-1
README-arial-iso-8859-1
font-arial-18-iso-8859-1 font-arial-28-iso-8859-1
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Arial/font-arial-iso-8859-1$
Where do I install these fonts, please?
IV. MPLAYER Skins:
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/BlueHeart/BlueHeart$ ls
eqb.png font.png menubutt.png pause.png prev.png sub.png
eq.png iconify.png menu.png play.png README symbols.fnt
exit.png load.png menus.png plb.png skin symbols.png
font.fnt main.png next.png pos.png stop.png VERSION
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/BlueHeart/BlueHeart$
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Corelian/Corelian$ ls
10minback.png bsub2.png menus.png playbar_prev.png
10minforw.png burl.png moviepoz.png playbar_stop.png
10secback.png bvcd.png next.png play.png
10secforw.png close.png pause.png prefs.png
1minback.png eq.png playbar_10minback.png prev.png
1minforw.png file.png playbar_10minforw.png README
aspect.png font1.fnt playbar_10secback.png skin
babout.png font1.png playbar_10secforw.png s.png
ballbutton.png font3.fnt playbar_1minback.png stop.png
balll.png font3.png playbar_1minforw.png sub.png
ballr.png font.fnt playbar_file.png symbols.fnt
bdvd.png fullscreen.png playbar_next.png symbols.png
beq.png iconify.png playbar_pause.png VERSION
blist.png main.png playbar_play.png volbutton.png
bsub1.png menu.png playbar.png volstop.png
sher@Dell:~/L-Files/Downloads/Tars/MPlayer/Corelian/Corelian$
Where do I install the skins, please?
V. MPLAYER PLUGIN:
Where do I find the MPlayer plugin, please and how do I install it?
I'd very much appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Benjamin
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Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
sher07@mindspring.com
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