hello, i have a dvd with a title that has only audio on it. when you choose a chapter (from this title) an image is displayed and the audio is played (on a dvd player, not a computer). whereas mplayer opens a window (it does *not* show the image) and exits immediately (before playing anything, that is). i really only care about the audio (obviously), so if i can get mplayer to play the audio, i will be happy. i have tried the following "-aid 128", "-hardframedrop", "-vo null". complete stabs in the dark (i know). please cc me on the emails, i am not a subscriber to the mailing list. the following is my output: (sorry for the length, i dont know what all i should include for diagnostic messages) z@zero:~$ mplayer dvd://3 -chapter 2 -v Using GNU internationalization Original domain: messages Original dirname: /usr/share/locale Current domain: mplayer Current dirname: /usr/share/locale MPlayer 0.90rc5-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS) CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping: 10) Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes MMX2 supported but disabled CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX SSE Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf Reading config file /home/z/.mplayer/config Reading /home/z/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/z/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs CommandLine: 'dvd://3' '-chapter' '2' '-v' get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/z/.mplayer/font/font.desc' font: can't open file: /home/z/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc init_freetype Using MMX Optimized OnScreenDisplay Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.) Using usleep() timing get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/z/.mplayer/input.conf' Can't open input config file /home/z/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 52 binds Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : Permission denied Can't init input joystick Setting up LIRC support... 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. get_path('DVD title 3.conf') -> '/home/z/.mplayer/DVD title 3.conf' Playing DVD title 3 get_path('DVDKeys') -> '/home/z/.mplayer/DVDKeys' Reading disc structure, please wait... There are 3 titles on this DVD. There are 6 chapters in this DVD title. There are 1 angles in this DVD title. DVD successfully opened. [open] audio stream: 0 audio format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 128 [open] audio stream: 1 audio format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 129 [open] number of audio channels on disk: 2. [open] number of subtitles on disk: 0 DVD start cell: 1 pack: 0x16CED-0x1834D DVD start=93421 end=2227783 CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0 pre:0 eof:0 Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) DVD Seek! lba=0x16CED cell=1 packs: 0x16CED-0x1834D Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! Checking for YUV4MPEG2 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856c2c8 ASF_check: not ASF guid! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856c2c8 Checking for NuppelVideo DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856c2c8 Checking for REAL DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856c2c8 Checking for SMJPEG DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856c2c8 Searching demuxer type for filename DVD title 3 ext: (null) Checking for MOV DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 Checking for VIVO header block 1 size: 0 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 DVD Seek! lba=0x15E37 cell=0 packs: 0x15E37-0x16CEC Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 dvd_next_cell: next1=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next2=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next3=0x1 DVD Seek! lba=0x16CED cell=1 packs: 0x16CED-0x1834D Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 DVD Seek! lba=0x15E37 cell=0 packs: 0x15E37-0x16CEC Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 dvd_next_cell: next1=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next2=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next3=0x1 DVD Seek! lba=0x16CED cell=1 packs: 0x16CED-0x1834D Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 DVD Seek! lba=0x15E37 cell=0 packs: 0x15E37-0x16CEC Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 dvd_next_cell: next1=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next2=0x0 dvd_next_cell: next3=0x1 DVD Seek! lba=0x16CED cell=1 packs: 0x16CED-0x1834D Angle-seek synced by cell/vob IDN search! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 Checking for PVA DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 system stream synced at 0xB67680D (0)! ==> Found video stream: 0 MPEG-PS file format detected. ==> Found subtitle: 0 ==> Found audio stream: 128 Searching for sequence header... OK! VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.97 fps 8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:2 fourcc:0x10000002 size:720x480 fps:29.97 ftime:=0.0334 get_path('sub/') -> '/home/z/.mplayer/sub/' ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 dec_audio: Allocating 3840 bytes for input buffer dec_audio: Allocating 6144 + 65536 = 71680 bytes for output buffer Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 192.0 kbit/s A52 flags before a52_frame: 0x2A A52 flags after a52_frame: 0x2 Using MMX optimized resampler AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 24000->192000 (192.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52) ========================================================================== X11 opening display: :0.0 vo: X11 color mask: FFFFFF (R:FF0000 G:FF00 B:FF) vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display) [x11] Detected wm supports layers. [x11] Detected wm supports NetWM. [x11] Detected wm supports ABOVE state. [x11] Detected wm supports BELOW state. [x11] Detected wm supports FULLSCREEN state. ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Trying filter chain: vo Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale... Opening video filter: [scale] SwScale params: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling) Trying filter chain: scale vo The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0 libmpeg2: Using MMX for IDCT transform libmpeg2: Using MMX for motion compensation VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) Trying filter chain: vo VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO Config (720x480->720x540,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x32315659) VO: [xv] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12 VO: Description: X11/Xv VO: Author: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de> and others Xvideo image format: 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar Xvideo image format: 0x35315652 (RV15) packed Xvideo image format: 0x36315652 (RV16) packed Xvideo image format: 0x31313259 (Y211) packed using Xvideo port 61 for hw scaling [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 720 dh: 540 Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ========================================================================== Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... [libaf] Adding filter dummy [dummy] Was reinitialized, rate=48000Hz, nch = 2, format = 0x00000001 and bps = 2 AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) ao2: 48000 Hz 2 chans Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) audio_setup: using '/dev/dsp' dsp device audio_setup: sample format: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (requested: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)) audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2) audio_setup: using 48000 Hz samplerate (requested: 48000) audio_setup: frags: 8/8 (4096 bytes/frag) free: 32768 AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) AO: Description: OSS/ioctl audio output AO: Author: A'rpi Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... [dummy] Was reinitialized, rate=48000Hz, nch = 2, format = 0x00000001 and bps = 2 [dummy] Was reinitialized, rate=48000Hz, nch = 2, format = 0x00000001 and bps = 2 Starting playback... *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 720x480x12bpp YUV planar, 518400 bytes [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 720 dh: 540 A: 0.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.492 ct: 0.000 1/ 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 90% Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 8257536 bytes). Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the -ni option. ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) EOF code: 1 0.0 A-V: 0.654 ct: 0.003 1/ 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 14% Uninit audio filters... [libaf] Removing filter dummy uninit audio: liba52 uninit video: libmpeg2 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x856cc68 DEMUXER: freeing sh_video at 0x856f660 DEMUXER: freeing sh_audio at 0x8583338 vo: uninit ... Exiting... (End of file)