[MPlayer-users] VDecoder init failed

[The Wanderer]

R wrote:

> I copied a DVD disc to a local directory.
> 
> mplayer    dvd://1  -nolirc  -nojoystick     -dvd-device /video/LIBERTY   -vo xv
> 
> The Result:
> 
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> 
> MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel  (Family: 8, Stepping: 1)
> Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> 
> 
> Playing dvd://1.
> Reading disc structure, please wait...
> There are 13 titles on this DVD.
> There are 4 chapters in this DVD title.
> There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
> DVD successfully opened.
> MPEG-PS file format detected.
> VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 2)  29.970 fps  9000.0 kbps (1125.0 kbyte/s)
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
> Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
> AC3: 2.0 (stereo)  48000 Hz  192.0 kbit/s
> Using MMX optimized resampler
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
> ==========================================================================
> vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> Opening video filter: [scale]
> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
> Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
> 
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> 
> Any suggestions on how to deal with this "VDecoder init failed"?

This doesn't look like an actual error. Yes, MPlayer was unable to
initialize the first video decoder it tried (mpegpes), but having failed
it then moved on to try another video devoder (libmpeg2) which did not
fail. It should go on from there to play the file correctly; if it
doesn't, then the error messages are almost certainly in the part you
snipped.

In any case, 1.0pre7try2 is ancient; until such time as there is another
release, you are not going to get much support on these mailing lists if
you aren't using the latest CVS version.

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       The Wanderer

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