[MPlayer-users] no "vesa" in "mplayer -vo help" output

[Piotr Gackowski]

...Dominik - thanks for the hints:

- I'll install from SVN asap - will be checked !
- the mplayer outputs beneath:


# mplayer -vo vesa /home/piotr/VTS_01_4.VBO

MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Model: 
8, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote 
control.

Playing /home/piotr/VTS_01_4.VOB.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.000 fps  9100.0 kbps (1137.5 kbyte/s)
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.


Exiting... (End of file)



# mplayer -vo help
MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Model: 
8, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Available video output drivers:
 xmga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid)
 mga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid)
 tdfxfb 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5
 3dfx 3dfx (/dev/3dfx)
 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 )
 sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
 fbdev Framebuffer Device
 fbdev2 Framebuffer Device
 svga SVGAlib
 caca libcaca
 directfb Direct Framebuffer Device
 dfbmga DirectFB / Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550
 xvidix X11 (VIDIX)
 cvidix console VIDIX
 null Null video output
 xvmc XVideo Motion Compensation
 mpegpes Mpeg-PES to DVB card
 yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
 png PNG file
 jpeg JPEG file
 gif89a animated GIF output
 tga Targa output
 pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
 md5sum md5sum of each frame





thanks & regards

Piotr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski" <dominik at rangers.eu.org>
To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" 
<mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] no "vesa" in "mplayer -vo help" output


> On Monday, 13 October 2008 at 18:59, Piotr Gackowski wrote:
>> Hi ,
>>
>> I've just started an adventure with mplayer - so sorry for that 
>> question...
>
> Instead of apologizing from the beginning, you should just do things
> properly. Now let's see the list of your sins:
> - not using latest SVN? check!
> - not posting mplayer -v output? check!
> - thread hijacking? check!
>
>> I want to use mplayer without X-server. ( X is not installed )
>> I installed mplayer using .deb package (Debian Etch from repository ).
>> I' d like to use "-vo vesa" option, but the output of "mplayer -vo help"
>> gives no such option.
>>
>> That means that I also can't  start "mplayer -vo vesa film.avi".
>> ("Error opening/initializing the selected video-out (-vo) device")
>>
>> Is it due to the fact, that it has been pre-compiled (in .deb package)
>> without "vesa" option?
>
> Probably. I haven't looked at the source deb.
>
>> Shell I compile mplayer from the sources ?
>
> That's one option.
>
>> Or is there any other reason of not having "vesa" option ?
>
> No.
>
>> If I have to compile mplayer from the sources - are there any specific
>> options to use ?
>
> You need libvbe from vesautils, too: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/vesautils/
>
> Regards,
> R.
>
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