Re: how can i run flv videos ? (metacafe)

["Robert D. Crawford" <rdc1x@comcast.net>]

José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@cox.net> writes:

> I too have mplayer installed from same mirror.  When I got the 
> video_output error, I simply changed my video options to use a video 
> output device that made mplayer happy.  (I did it by running mplayer off 
> the menu in GNOME and using the mplayer menu to configure video 
> options.  If you have no menu, you can run 'gmplayer' in an xterm to get 
> the mplayer gui.)

Or you could write a config file that reads like so:

# Write your default config options here!
cache=64
really-quiet=yes
#quiet=yes
joystick=no
lirc=no
cache-min=3
vo=x11

This is all documented in the man page.  Remember man is your friend.

rdc

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