[MPlayer-users] mplayer and aalib

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On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:24:27 +0200
Markus Laux <markus.laux at arcor.de> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i'm working with mplayer 1.0rc1 for linux. i have now downloaded an
> compiled aalib-1.2.
> after entering
> # mplayer -vo aa test.mpg
> "Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device."
> occurs. even after recompiling mplayer with and without "--enable-aa"
> the outputdriver cannot be found under
> # mplayer -vo help
> where is my mistake?
> thanks for advice, kind regards,
> 
> markus
> 

did you recompile mplayer AFTER compiling aalib?

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