[MPlayer-users] mplayer and aalib

[Markus Laux]

hi,

Joey Parrish schrieb:
> On 4/16/07, Markus Laux <markus.laux at arcor.de> wrote:
>> 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,
>
> Need more info.  That's not nearly enough.  How about the output of
> mplayer -vo help?  
Available video output drivers:
        xv      X11/Xv
        x11     X11 ( XImage/Shm )
        xover   General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
        gl      X11 (OpenGL)
        gl2     X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
        dga     DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
        fbdev   Framebuffer Device
        fbdev2  Framebuffer Device
        directfb        Direct Framebuffer Device
        dfbmga  DirectFB / Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550
        xvidix  X11 (VIDIX)
        cvidix  console VIDIX
        null    Null video output
        mpegpes Mpeg-PES to DVB card
        yuv4mpeg        yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
        png     PNG file
        jpeg    JPEG file
        tga     Targa output
        pnm     PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
        md5sum  md5sum of each frame
> Or the context surrounding your error message?
> Better yet, the entire output of mplayer -vo aa /path/to/video.
me at linux./~ mplayer -vo aa mfg.mpg
MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron Covington/Pentium II Deschutes,Tonga/Pentium II Xeon
(Family: 6, Model: 5, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: Connection refused
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.

Playing mfg.mpg.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG1  352x288  (aspect 8)  25.000 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>
> Also, you should not use --enable-anything unless you know what you
> are doing.  Autodetection is the default.  If it fails, you should not
> force it with --enable.
sure autodetect is the default, but the default didn't work...
>
> --Joey
markus