[MPlayer-users] /usr/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory

[Sascha Sommer]

Hi,

> I´ve installed mplayer and I´ve got this exception, after trying "mplayer
> dvd://1":
> ##############################################


And where is the output of the MPlayer version???

> CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon 431.7 MHz (Family: 6,
> Stepping: 0)
> Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX
>
> Reading config file /usr/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or
> directory Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
> Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
> '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> Reading /usr/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
> '/usr/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> Using built-in default codecs.conf.
> font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
> Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
> Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
> directory
> Can't open input config file /usr/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
> directory
> Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
>
> Playing dvd://1.
> Reading disc structure, please wait...
> libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> Can't open VMG info!
>
>
> Exiting... (End of file)
> #################################################
>
> Now I´m very confused. I followed exactly installation instruction as
> described here:
> http://home.t-online.de/home/hubertus.sandmann/Video-DVDs_mit_Linux_abspiel
>en.htm#MPlayer (Sorry, is in German)
>
> On that page mentioned above these installation files should be installed:
> ibdvdcss-1.2.8.tar.gz

You don't need this. It is built in

> font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2
> a52dec-0.7.4.tar.tar

You don't need this either

> MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.tar

Seems a bit to old try with a current cvs snapshot or at least with pre6

> libmad-0.15.0b.tar.gz
> Blue-1.0.tar.bz
>
> Interesting is, that no files are in /usr/etc/mplayer directory. But I
> installed MPlayer exactly as described above.:
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/bin/mplayer
> ./usr/bin/mplayer
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/etc/mplayer
> .  ..
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/lib/mplayer
> .  ..  vidix
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/local/src/MPlayer-1.0pre3/Gui/mplayer
> .         common.h  menu.c     mw.c  pb.o     play.h  sw.o       widgets.o
> ..        common.o  menu.o     mw.o  pixmaps  play.o  widgets.c
> common.c  gtk       mplayer.h  pb.c  play.c   sw.c    widgets.h
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/local/src/MPlayer-1.0pre3/mplayer
> ./usr/local/src/MPlayer-1.0pre3/mplayer
> linux:/ # ls ./usr/share/mplayer
> .  ..  Skin  font
>
> Do you have an idea, if I should install completly new or do I have only
> add a further installation step???
>

Are you sure you don't have a cribbled suse mplayer package installed 
somewhere? I can't tell because your version of MPlayer doesn't print its 
version. You should really try with a newer version from mplayerhq and also 
read the installation section of the documentation and if this
still doesn't help the bugreports section.

Sascha