From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx0.inoc.net ([64.246.130.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175EKR-0002qz-00 for ; Tue, 07 May 2002 19:25:07 -0400 Received: from hudson.valstar.net (cust248.as1-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.150.250]) by mx0.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.2.204) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 19:24:40 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by hudson.valstar.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g47NObx06823 for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 19:24:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 19:24:37 -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, On Tue, 7 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > > Hi Chuck, ok, do you think I need some switch to explicitly tell it to > just try to play audio, not video, despite the fact I'm using vo=null? No. Just entering "mplayer filename.asf" on my system plays the audio stream fine. But if I run "mplayer -dumpaudio filename.asf" I get the errors you describe. No switches necessary to just hear the audio on my system. > Also, where do you think I could get these font files from? Do you think > I might need to install X and compile with that, oh I really, really > really hope not. I have no idea where to get those font.desc files from. They are not included with any of the components of the mplayer package that I have here. As for installing "X", I have installed X on this system, but it is not running when I run mplayer. It is not that hard to install actually, and some applications seem to be more comfortable if they can find the X libraries. If you have the disk space I would recommend installing X just for insurance. Back to mplayer - my config file contains "vo=null" and "ao=oss" and that is all. And I can play mpg and mpeg files okay, and also dump their audio okay too. The resulting audio files are mp3. I have not yet experimented with .avi or other movie formats. The experimental .asf files I have managed to download are certainly not playlists, but full fledged native movies with sound track, video track, and subtitles in multiple languages as far as I can tell. Chuck -- Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waning Crescent (18% of Full)