[MPlayer-users] Linux 2.6.20 mplayer rc1 overwhelmed playing 720p mkv...

[RC]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:09:29 -0700
"CD Baric" <cdbaric at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just for fun, I tried using the null video out argument:
> 
> mplayer -vo null 'Coyote Ugly.mkv'
> 
> And I was still faced with the same error messages and failed play.

-vo null only stops output, not the decoding.

Try the listed suggestions, and try a recent snapshot of
mplayer.