From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.inoc.net ([64.246.131.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175DbY-0000qS-00 for ; Tue, 07 May 2002 18:38:44 -0400 Received: from hudson.valstar.net (cust248.as1-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.150.250]) by mx1.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.2.204) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:38:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by hudson.valstar.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g47MchB06663 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:38:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:38:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Mplayer problems. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Toby, I get an identical error when trying to dump audio from an asf file, although it plays the audio from asf fine if I am not trying to capture it. And it also plays and captures mpg and mpeg files okay too. I would be interested to know if you solve this one. Apparently it needs those font description files for some purposes and not for others. Chuck On Tue, 7 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > Hi. > > I gbot mplayer and all appropriate stuff, followed the installation > instructions posted here, but when I try to play an .asx file, I get the > following error, ok, so the file I used was a .mid this time, but it's > still the same, and it meant I could capture the output. I should say > that mp3s etc all play fine, it just seems to be .asx files and streams. > > Cheers. > > CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD max cpuid level: 1 > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron SF Spitfire (Type: 6, Stepping: 0) > extended cpuid-level: 6 > CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 > Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal! To get > best performance, recompile mplayer from sources with > --disable-runtime-cpudetection > Reading /home/toby/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 31 audio & 81 video codecs > font: can't open file: /home/toby/.mplayer/font/font.desc > font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc > Linux RTC init error: No such device > Using usleep() timing > Input config file /home/toby/.mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds > Playing he.mid > Can't open IFO file: No such file or directory > Not an URL! > > > -- Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (18% of Full)