Multimedia :: Problem with M Player from MyDSL

The processer is Pentium, though only just! P133 in a Compaq Armada 1520. I was hoping to avoid xfree; I was using it with DSL 2.something but couldn't get MPlayer to work then, which is why I installed DSL3 to start fresh. xfree is a pita with the video card in this notebook.

Where do I find the .uci? Space not a problem as I have a 3G HDD.

it's in the "uci" section of the myDSL repository.

OK, I found and downloaded the file. Managed to figure out how one mounts it. So, well, it works - that's to say, it loads.

The problem now is that because it is the full version it comes up with an error saying it can't find the video output device (-vo). MPlayer help says to run 'mplayer -vo help', but doing this gives the 'illegal instruction' message - I assume because mplayer isn't actually on the system anywhere, just mounted.

Editing the config file manually leads me to the conclusion that since this is essentially the full version of MPLayer, it won't properly run unless xfree is installed. I don't want xree - this is exactly why I wanted to use the .dsl extension that doesn't need xfree. Looks like I have no choice...

EDIT: According to http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS....c-cards
i'm almost certainly never going to get this to work usably, if at all...

Actually, mplayer just defaults to -vo xv which requires XFree86 due to the video accelerated by the XV extension. Afaik, all the mplayer versions in the repository carry it, though each package are a bit different, they all carry the xv plugin (some have the video plugin already changed). Change your video plugin to X11 (XImage/Shm) and that should work (use -vo x11 if using commandline).

I just hope you aren't hoping to play DVD's...

if u use mplayer-1.0pre8cvs.uci copy /opt/mplayer-1.0pre8cvs/doc/ConfigFilesAreHere/config
in
/home/dsl/.mplayer
as user root

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