What system are you running on? I have an iBook G3 for example. In Mplayer click the little spanner icon and change video output to XV. I use ESD output as well as I'm a bit sad and I like hearing the GNOME system sounds.
Ananda On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:47:24 +0100 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ananda > > Thanks for responding so fast ... > > On Fri, Feb 16 2007, at 14:27 +0000, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > > > I'm having the same problems with VLC in Etch. I'd recommend > > MPlayer instead. MPlayer plays everything. > > Not here: I always had, and still have probs getting mplayer or xine > playing wmv3 files, with, e.g., mplayer errors like this: > > ----------------------------------------------- > Requested video codec family [wmv9dmo] (vfm=dmo) not available. > Enable it at compilation. > Requested video codec family [wmvdmo] (vfm=dmo) not available. > Enable it at compilation. > Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x33564D57. > Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html! > --------------------------------------------- > > ... which was why I was so happy about vlc that even played files like > the ones mentioned above (IIRC) until a few weeks ago ... > > > > You might need to set the correct video and audio out in the options > > though. > > Some hints on how to do that? mplayer settings/rc's ? Please remember: > I'm on ppc .. :) > > Besides: I don't think it's a good idea to simply move on to other > software if the one that previously worked like a charm suddenly > fails. We're on Debian: If we don't fix it, who will? > > So clearly: I'd like to help fix vlc. > > Thanks in anticipation ... :) > > Best Regards > Wolfgang > -- > Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ > http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer > > I made slight changes on Key ID: E3037113. Please refresh it. > http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
