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

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@cox.net>]

Jabka Atu wrote:

> i have installed mplayer from : http://www.debian-multimedia.org 
> sid/main Packages
>
> debian:/home/mha13/Desktop# apt-cache policy mplayer
> mplayer:
>  Installed: 1:1.0-pre8-0.1
>  Candidate: 1:1.0-pre8-0.1
>  Version table:
> *** 1:1.0-pre8-0.1 0
>        500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>     1:1.0-pre8-0.0 0
>        500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main Packages
>
> but when i try to open flv videos i get :
> when opening using open with :
> Error opening/initlizing the selected video_output(-vo) device.

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.)