mplayer as default video viewer in KDE -problems

lakicsv · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 51 Location: UK, Surrey

In the file type section, I added mplayer to all video files, so I would expect mplayer to come up when I click on any video in konqi.

I use mplayer with the GUI and whenever I click on a video file, mplayer video vindow comes up but the GUI appears as a "black spot" on the desktop, with no video playing. After a good minute (!) or two I have the GUI up and the video starts playing...

Has anyone seen this? What people use in KDE menu to start mplayer?

Mooses · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 128

Also did that, without any problems. I added gmplayer, so that it automatically starts the gui, worked for me!

kraaij · Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 2:02 pm Post subject:

I think your problem is related to the fact that your default audio output is not arts. So when you start mplayer in KDE, mplayer does not get sound. After a minute or so, arts releases "the sound" and your audio output is on, and the video is played.

So, make sure you can play videos using arts. In a terminal test it with:

lakicsv · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 51 Location: UK, Surrey

Thanks a lot, this was the problem! Interestingly, I needed to set arts in the GUI mode, not just simply in .mplayer/config...

Thanks again: Viktor

kraaij · Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 9:59 pm Post subject:

No Problem, glad to help. Apparently mplayer and gmplayer have different config files. I did not know that and will have to check that as soon as I am back at my linux machine!

Greetings,

Merry X-Mas,

Anton.