HOWTO: Compile MPlayer with a GTK2 GUI

[seethru]

I've always hated the MPlayer GUI, but could never bring myself to change players because I like having the controls and the movie seperated. After a little bit of googling, I managed to find a patch for the newest version. This is a very simple HOWTO, and I've also included how to compile the mplayer plugin with GTK2, which requires no patching.

Lets start off with the essentials, the source, and the build tools (for those who have never compiled before)

You can grab the source from here ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2.tar.bz2.

Once that has downloaded, extract it by either opening nautilus and browsing to it's location and opening it with archive manager, or run this command.
tar xjfv MPlayer-1.0pre7try2.tar.bz2

Once thats extracted we'll get all the dependencies and build tools, although if you're reading this it's possible you've used MPlayer before and hate the GTK1 GUI as much as I did.

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
sudo apt-get install libxv-dev
sudo apt-get install libpng12-0
sudo apt-get install libpng12-dev
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-dev
and any other codecs you need

Now, one more thing to download, the patch from here http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2

Make sure to download that to the same directory that you downloaded MPlayer-1.0pre7.tar.bz2 to.

Once the download is done, do the following.
cd /location/to/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2
bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
This will patch two files, and after this it's time to start building.
In the MPlayer-1.0pre7try2 directory run the configure command.
./configure --enable-gui --enable-gtk2

It'll go through the usual configure bit, and you might see it check your GTK version :).

Once configure is done, just run
make && sudo checkinstall
This will make MPlayer, build a deb, and install the deb for you.
KNOWN ISSUES: Right click on the movie window does not work every time, I've found however if you double click it fast, it does work. I'll be looking into this tonight as there is a patch for a previous version of mplayer that fixes this.


Now, once thats installed, onto MPlayer plugin.
You can grab the source from here http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mplayerplug-in/mplayerplug-in-3.11.tar.gz?download and you'll also need the mozilla gecko-sdk which can be found here http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.8b1/gecko-sdk-i686-pc-linux-gnu-gtk2+xft-1.8b1.tar.gz

Once that is downloaded, extract it, just like we did MPlayer, then browse to the directory it made and run configure again, this time with the following options.
./configure --with-gecko-sdk=/path/to/gecko-sdk --enable-gtk2

Once configure is done, just run
make && sudo checkinstall
and again, it will compile, build a deb file, and install the deb file for you.

[LaSSarD]

Other packages you need:
libpng
libpng-dev

I think libavcodec-dev would be the right package when you mean libavcodec. Another mistake here:
bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
It should be:
bzcat MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1

When executing:
./configure --with-gecko-sdk=/path/to/gecko-sdk --enable-gtk2
I've got an error:
Checking for gcc-3.4 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.3 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.2 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.1 version ... not found
Checking for gcc3 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.0 version ... not found
Checking for cc version ... 4.0.2, bad

I think the problem is the new breezy gcc version... Then I did:
./configure --enable-gui --enable-gtk2 --disable-gcc-checking

OK, but...

Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation

[seethru]

I think libavcodec-dev would be the right package. Another mistake here:
bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
It should be:
bzcat MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1

When executing:
./configure --with-gecko-sdk=/path/to/gecko-sdk --enable-gtk2
I've got an error:
Checking for gcc-3.4 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.3 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.2 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.1 version ... not found
Checking for gcc3 version ... not found
Checking for gcc-3.0 version ... not found
Checking for cc version ... 4.0.2, bad

I think the problem is the new breezy gcc version...
Thanks for the tut anyway

sudo apt-get gcc-3.4
you also need to change /path/to/hecko-sdk to whatever /path/to is.

I'll be sure to add that into the HOWTO.

[scourge]

Okay, once I installed gcc-3.4 it compiled with quite a few warnings. It worked somewhat well, except that the right-click menu stopped working and I had only two video drivers to choose from. The difference in appearance was stunning though.

[seethru]

Okay, once I installed gcc-3.4 it compiled with quite a few warnings. It worked somewhat well, except that the right-click menu stopped working and I had only two video drivers to choose from. The difference in appearance was stunning though.
Yeah, the right click issue is annoying, there's a patch for pre5 which includes a fix for that so I'm going to comb through it tonight and see if I can't add that to the patch.

[seethru]

Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

Can't believe I've missed these, thats what I get for assuming...lol

[vaskark]

Thank god! Great work, seethru. Any chance of doing the same thing for Xine?

[Azrael]

This is a nice howto and compiling and installing went without problems, but:

This method doesn't seem to compile with xv support!

mplayer -vo help | grep xv

...verifies this, because a line similar to this should appear: xv X11/Xv But it doesn't (for me at least).

I definitely need xv for my S3 Savage video card. Anyone know what's going wrong?

[NeoChaosX]

You want to install libxv-dev to get xv support compiled.

[Azrael]

You want to install libxv-dev to get xv support compiled.
Oh, I guess I missed that one. Thank you!

[seethru]

I've given it all I can atm, I unfortunately do not understand the patch syntax well enough. If anyone else reading this knows patches, here is the link.

http://www.win.net/~ardneh/patches/mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2

Thank god! Great work, seethru. Any chance of doing the same thing for Xine?
I will look into that, never personally used xine.

[jevanroe]

i am having trouble finding the libavcodec. What should I add to my sources list to get it?

[seethru]

i am having trouble finding the libavcodec. What should I add to my sources list to get it?
meant to remove it from the list, you'll only need libavcodec-dev

[paulicat]

hat about someone hosting these debs somewhere so that everyone can skip the compiling part...I personally don't mind compiling, but considering that there are plenty of new linux users using Ubuntu it would be greatly helpful...only a suggestion, don't shoot me for it! :p
P.S You are missing libgtk2.0-dev which will link up a bunch of other -dev packages neccessary to compile this.

[sbassett]

Be glad to, I will work at getting these up tonight. See my sig.

[paulicat]

sbassett, you're a good man! :D
I also had to install xlibs-dev to get the plugin to compile...
Package isnt building, heres the log:
dpkg-deb - error: (upstream) version (`in') doesn't contain any digits
dpkg-deb: 1 errors in control file
This happens right at the end, but I'll admit, I suck at creating deb's and I might be missing something...
Edit: I suck...[in] was in the package version option #3 changed to software version instead...

[sbassett]

Paulicat -

It happens to the best of us. Changing the name of the folder after extraction also does the trick.

[paulicat]

lol, never thought of that one!
Thanks...

[arnieboy]

I've given it all I can atm, I unfortunately do not understand the patch syntax well enough. If anyone else reading this knows patches, here is the link.

http://www.win.net/~ardneh/patches/mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2


I will look into that, never personally used xine.
seethru: a patch file is the result of the "diff" command between 2 files. so the patch file has the difference between the 2 files. now this generated patch file can be used to add these differences into any original file elsewhere and generate a modified file. for example, u have modified ur xorg.conf and u do a "diff" between the original and the modified and create a "patch" file. now u can use the "patch" command and this patch file to modify any "original xorg.conf".
do a
man diff
and
man patch
to know more
a few words of caution:
u shd use the patch command for a certain patch file ONLY on a file which is IDENTICAL to the original file (or u will end up borking that file)
u should not edit a patch file by hand. whatever changes u wanna make, make it in the modified file and then do a diff between the original and modified files to create the patch file
Hope this helps.

[seethru]

seethru: a patch file is the result of the "diff" command between 2 files. so the patch file has the difference between the 2 files. now this generated patch file can be used to add these differences into any original file elsewhere and generate a modified file. for example, u have modified ur xorg.conf and u do a "diff" between the original and the modified and create a "patch" file. now u can use the "patch" command and this patch file to modify any "original xorg.conf".
do a
man diff
and
man patch
to know more
a few words of caution:
u shd use the patch command for a certain patch file ONLY on a file which is IDENTICAL to the original file (or u will end up borking that file)
u should not edit a patch file by hand. whatever changes u wanna make, make it in the modified file and then do a diff between the original and modified files to create the patch file
Hope this helps.

Thank you arnie, I didn't even think of that. I've finished making the patch, going to compile it and test it before I put the patch out there though.

[sbassett]

I really need to check these things. Well I guess I will be working on a new amarok package.

[seethru]

Thank you arnie, I didn't even think of that. I've finished making the patch, going to compile it and test it before I put the patch out there though.
Encountered errors while patching, hopefully later tonight I'll have some good news.

[quai_k8]

Hi

I've followed all the instructions ... but I have a problem that i've never had before with 'make' !!!

quaik8@KQ8:~/Downloadz/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ make
config.mak:23: *** missing separator. Stop.

please help !!

[seethru]

Hi

I've followed all the instructions ... but I have a problem that i've never had before with 'make' !!!



please help !!

for some reason there is a space at the beginning for line 23 in that file for you..

[nszabolcs]

get the cvs version of mplayer:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html#cvs

it alredy has gtk2 support (--enable-gui) and compiles with gcc-4.0.2

if you want to build a debian package then u only need to:

cd main
fakeroot debian/rules binary
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb


don't forget: ffmpeg, skin, font

[mtron]

can someone post a screenshot of the gtk2 gui from this howto, and / or from the cvs version please?

[drummer]

This didn't work for me, don't know exactly why, but I compiled the CVS and it works nicely, with GTK2 and all :D

[nszabolcs]

can someone post a screenshot of the gtk2 gui from this howto, and / or from the cvs version please?

i dont think there is much difference
here is mine: (cvs version)
http://xs51.xs.to/pics/05424/Screenshot.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs51&d=05424&f=Screenshot.png)

[seethru]

can someone post a screenshot of the gtk2 gui from this howto, and / or from the cvs version please?
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3858/200510182ld.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=200510182ld.jpg)

[quai_k8]

It's ok now ... the 23th line of conf.mak was about gtk2 !!!

I didn't got GTK2 dev ^^

THX all ... Mplayer is very beautiful with gtk2

[bored2k]

get the cvs version of mplayer:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html#cvs

it alredy has gtk2 support (--enable-gui) and compiles with gcc-4.0.2

if you want to build a debian package then u only need to:

cd main
fakeroot debian/rules binary
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb


don't forget: ffmpeg, skin, font
Could you upload a .deb somewhere? Like, rapidshare.de?

[bored2k]

OSS audio works, but I'd like eSound. What's the command to add that in ./configure ?

By the way, thanks to the guy who posted the CVS link, I didn't think it would be this easy.

[bored2k]

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5144/screenshoterror12lj.png
The strange part is, Audio works!

[seethru]

Could you upload a .deb somewhere? Like, rapidshare.de?

I can upload a CVS deb to my webspace, I built the CVS this morning after it was pointed out that it included gtk2 :)

mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb (http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb)

[bored2k]

I can upload a CVS deb to my webspace, I built the CVS this morning after it was pointed out that it included gtk2 :)

mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb (http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb)
Thanks. I noticed it doesn't have ESD support? I'm going to try to compile one with esd.

[bored2k]

./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu

Most users will find the default configuration options adequate. However I recommend the following options. The first option is required to install the GUI. The second option is to allow access to large files over 2GB. Useful to rip DVD's or record Digital Video. The third option is for menus in the OSD (On Screen Display).

I compiled using that modification. It's working allright so some might want this.

[bored2k]

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cygnome/esound-devel-0.2.29-1.tar.bz2?download

With THAT file, it compiles with ESD X-D.

[scourge]

I managed to compile it with esd support after I installed libsdl1.2-dev and libsdl1.2debian-all. I don't remember what other packages were installed in the process.

[emendelson]

Any chance someone can package this as a .deb package??

[bored2k]

Any chance someone can package this as a .deb package??
http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb

[bored2k]

Just uploaded my newly created package (after I managed to compile with esd, alsa and others).

MPlayer dev-CVS-051021-15:57-4.0.2 (http://rapidshare.de/files/6588394/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html) : October 21st (2005) build of CVS MPlayer with GTK2 GUI, OSD support, Big files (>2GB) support and most of the audio/video outputs. Compiled on Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2.

[Technoviking]

Just uploaded my newly created package (after I managed to compile with esd, alsa and others).
Your bandwidth is gone.

Mike

[emendelson]

If someone will email the deb to me (address below) I'll post it on a university server that won't have any bandwidth problems. Here's the address:

emendelson -at- compuserve -dot- com

[emendelson]

Posted here:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb

Can't promise it will be there forever, because I'm close to my limit on disk space, but you can certainly find it there for the next few days (unless the network people ask me to remove it, which is always at least possible).

[Technoviking]

Just uploaded my newly created package (after I managed to compile with esd, alsa and others).
I'm getting this problem;
[skin] file ( /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
Skin not found (default).

[emendelson]

After posting the file for upload at columbia.edu, I tried installing it. It installs, but when I try to run mplayer, all that happens is that an error message pops up too briefly to read, and then it shuts down. Is this possibly the same problem with the skin reported above?

[bored2k]

The only thing my pkg doesn't provide is a skin. Download one from mplayer HQ and place it that directory AND/or $HOME/.mplayer/Skin

So basically, it's trying to load the "default" skin, so download one, rename its folder to default and place it in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/

I still don't know how to include one.

[bored2k]

@emendelson
Most likely. mplayer commands loads a video from a terminal, gmplayer loads the skin.. but it needs the steps above.


From MPlayer's README:

____________________________
STEP6: Installing a GUI skin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unpack the archive and put the contents in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or
~/.mplayer/Skin/. MPlayer will use the skin in the subdirectory named default
of /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or ~/.mplayer/Skin/ unless told otherwise via
the '-skin' switch. You should therefore rename your skin subdirectory or make
a suitable symbolic link.

[j_baer]

I installed the deb package and when I run gmplayer from the command line I get the following error.

MPlayer dev-CVS-051021-15:57-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron/Athlon 4/MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

Illegal instruction

I am running an Athlon system.

[bored2k]

Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

I compiled it in a x86 ie Pentium 4 machine. You need to get an AMD build.

[ow50]

For public distribution, it would be best to build mplayer the way Marillat does it. Separate packages for all architectures with predefined optimization flags instead of one package with optimization flags autodetected on the package builder's machine. I believe Marillat's package also installs a skin.

[bored2k]

I just compiled mine primarily for my own use and decided to share it ;). So alert: the one I compile will work on x86 machinas only.

[manicka]

I just compiled mine primarily for my own use and decided to share it ;).
I can't download the link. Page not found error

[j_baer]

bored2k,

I suspected as much. Being a noob I'm not sure I'm up to compiling a copy for AMD but if some else is willing to assist I would greatly appreciate it. With the current state of totem gstreamer a ubuntu enhanced Mplayer would be very popular.

Thanks ...

[bored2k]

I can't download the link. Page not found error
http://rapidshare.de/files/6588394/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

Wao. You guys burned my 500mb freewebs account, apparently burned the other link too ?lol.

[emendelson]

OK, downloading a skin and renaming its directory "default" in ~./mplayer/Skin did let the program start, but with an error message about not finding its font.
The message is "New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf)" I tried installing mplayer-fonts, but that didn't help.

Is there another easy step we can take?

This is worth working toward, because the gnome interface is *very* nice - thank you!

[bored2k]

ln -s /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/Arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf
That could work.

[manicka]

ln -s /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/Arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf
That could work.
Spot on... solves the problem. Thanks to you and seethru for this package :)

[bored2k]

Spot on... solves the problem. Thanks to you and seethru for this package :)
No probs. Check this thread periodically, I might create new CVS Mplayer packages every couple of days. As we speak I'm playing with it (ie adding more codec support for my next upload).

If someone knows how to include a Skin I would really appreciate a PM (want to enable the Clearlooks skin as default).

[bored2k]

No probs. Check this thread periodically, I might create new CVS Mplayer packages every couple of days. As we speak I'm playing with it (ie adding more codec support for my next upload).

If someone knows how to include a Skin I would really appreciate a PM (want to enable the Clearlooks skin as default).
Enabled optional drivers:
Input: ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd dvb
Codecs: qtx xvid libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) faac libmpeg2 libdts liba52 mp3lib libtheora tremor(internal) libmad liblzo
Audio output: alsa esd arts oss nas sdl mpegpes(dvb)
Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl md5sum pnm png mpegpes(dvb) fbdev aa opengl xv x11 xover tga
Audio filters:
Disabled optional drivers:
Input: vstream tv-bsdbt848 live555 cdda dvdread smb
Codecs: opendivx x264 libdv amr_wb amr_nb musepack twolame toolame gif
Audio output: sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 dsound win32
Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx vesa gif89a jpeg svga caca ggi xmga mga dga xvmc directfb tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx
Audio filters: ladspa

I added support for the bold ones (haven't uploaded it).
I'm still trying to include musepack, toolame and if possible x.264 support. If anyone knows how, buzz.

[manicka]

will do :)

mozilla-mplayer breaks with this cvs version (sound no pictures). Any thoughts?

[manicka]

will do :)

mozilla-mplayer breaks with this cvs version (sound no pictures). Any thoughts?

Sorry I've been playing with 1.5 beta so I have a mix up of paths somewhere.
Works fine in epiphany

[bored2k]

will do :)

mozilla-mplayer breaks with this cvs version (sound no pictures). Any thoughts?
Just tested it. Amazed at how fast it crashed Firefox lol. I'll see what happens if I try a newer mozilla-mplayer (I'd really like to avoid compiling that.. it would need a gazillion mozilla packages).

[bored2k]

Sorry I've been playing with 1.5 beta so I have a mix up of paths somewhere.
Works fine in epiphany
I'm on regular Firefox and it crashed.. incredibly fast.

[bored2k]

wget -c http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/ubuntu/mplayerplug-in_3.11-1_i386.deb
That works!! With shiny new toolbars INSIDE firefox! Wao. Ok I'm dork..ish today.

[NeoChaosX]

With the CVS deb, I initally had stuttering problems with WMVs, but enabling Extra Stereo in audio options managed to fix this. Otherwise, this has been awesome and has replaced VLC as my player of choice. Man, I can't wait for a GTK2-enabled official release of MPlayer.

[bored2k]

I don't have WMV at hand to try, but I'll keep that in mind. Compiling a new MPlayer as we speak (with a couple of more native codec support.. nothing fancy).

[bored2k]

http://rapidshare.de/files/6593654/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

More support for a couple of things. Compiled for x86 boxes. No AMD64 love.

Edit: I think tomorrow I'll figure out how to make a deb package with a Skin. I got an idea on how to do it.

[seethru]

http://rapidshare.de/files/6593654/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

More support for a couple of things. Compiled for x86 boxes. No AMD64 love.

Edit: I think tomorrow I'll figure out how to make a deb package with a Skin. I got an idea on how to do it.
What options did you compile into this one?

[soul_rebel]

I simlply compiled from cvs and done a real deb using debian/rules.

[bored2k]

What options did you compile into this one?
./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu

[emendelson]

A summary how-to for getting this terrific contribution to work the first time...

Just to clear things up for anyone who hasn't been following this thread. The key to making this superb contribution by bored2k work smoothly is this (the rest is entirely borrowed from bored2k's advice and slightly modified so that it works for all users, not just you):

1. Install the deb package, but don't run the program.

2. Go to a terminal, and run

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/mplayer
sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/


3. EDITED 24 OCT: Go to

http://www.gnomelook.org/content/show.php?content=21745

and download the clearlook theme, which is absolutely the best for this version of the player. Alternatively, you can go to

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html

and download the official default Blue skin or anything else; in a sudo terminal, extract the directory from the downloaded archive, and copy it to /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ ; rename the extracted directory from "Clearlook" (or whatever) to "default" (cd to the Skindirectory and then try: sudo mv Clearlook default)

4. Assuming that you've downloaded the Microsoft core fonts, do this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/Arial.ttf /usr/local/ share/mplayer/subfont.ttf


NOW, start mplayer. You can import more skins to ~/.mplayer/Skin in the same way as in step 3; another good one on the mplayerhq.hu page is bluecurve, but Clearlook is very, very nice.

Corrections welcomed, but I think this is more or less guaranteed to work and minimize frustration.

[emendelson]

How to get the mplayer plugin working in Firefox?

I downloaded and installed the mplayer plugin mentioned in a post above this, but when I try to play videos in Firefox, they open in a separate gxine window. How do I persuade Firefox to use mplayer and embed the window?

Many thanks for any help with this...

[NeoChaosX]

Remove the gxine plugin files from /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins.

[emendelson]

Thanks - that told me how to solve it. It turned out there weren't any gxine plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins, but there was a gxine plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins. I moved that one out, and mplayer now works as a plugin!

[j_baer]

Wow ...

This thread has a lot going on. Can someone restate the steps.

Thanks ...

[j_baer]

I am also having problems with the "make" command. I don't know how to fix the problem at line 23.

Any help is appreciated.

[Thiago]

emendelson, thanks bro, now mplayer is working fine. ;)
i dont have arial font here so i use another one from /usr/share/fonts

j_baer, get the .deb file made by bored2k and do what emendelson say...

[emendelson]

To see whether or not you have an Arial font, do this:

sudo updatedb
locate Arial

You'll have to wait a while for the updatedb command to finish before you can give the locate command. You'll see various paths. Any one will do. You can also download the Arial font from the same page where you download the skins (cited in my how-to post up above).

And the person to thank for this is bored2k, who did all the work!!

[bored2k]

http://rapidshare.de/files/6593654/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

More support for a couple of things. Compiled for x86 boxes. No AMD64 love.
Below is the current state of out of the box supported files by this package. With those and w32codecs I would be surprised if anyone would want anything else, but in such case, if anyone wants some of the options I'm missing and knows how to add them, post how to do it here (I haven't bothered enabling more Video/Audio outputs because 99% of us use the ones already enabled).


Enabled optional drivers:


Input:
ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl
tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd dvb
Codecs:
qtx xvid libdv libavcodec real
xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal)
faac libmpeg2 libdts liba52 mp3lib
libtheora tremor(internal) libmad liblzo gif
Audio output:
alsa esd arts oss nas sdl mpegpes(dvb)
Video output:
xvidix cvidix sdl gif89a md5sum
pnm jpeg png mpegpes(dvb)
fbde v aa opengl xv x11 xover tga caca
Audio filters:



Disabled optional drivers:

Input:
vstream tv-bsdbt848 live555
cdda dvdread smb
Codecs:
opendivx x264 amr_wb amr_nb
musepack twolame toolame
Audio output:
sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 dsound win32
Video output:
winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2
directx vesa svga caca ggi
xmga m ga dga xvmc directfb
tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx
Audio filters:
ladspa

[23meg]

Very nice! Thanks for the effort, seethru, bored2k and emendelson.

One question though: drag and drop doesn't seem to be working; did it actually work in the original mplayer build? It's been ages since I used mplayer so I don't remember..

[bored2k]

23meg, I don't think it ever worked. If it did, I did not find any documentation saying how to do it (not even a mention).

[Thiago]

And the person to thank for this is bored2k, who did all the work!!


indeed, thanks bored2k for all your effort on this ;) finally can watch some (hd) trailers on apple site.

[bored2k]

seethru, sorry for high-jacking your thread. It really was not my intention :-s. Now, why don't I see anyone making AMD64/PPC packages?! Share the love people!

[j_baer]

bored2k,

Loaded MPlayer on my Dell laptop and everything worked great. Thanks ...

My desktop is an AMD Athlon 1700 {32 bit}. I am happy to compile it for this platform but I need a little help.

The "make" command errors @ line 23 and I don't know how to fix it.

Thanks ...

[bored2k]

Argh. I'm not really good at compiling stuff. In fact, I've hardly done compiling.. I just sometimes learn stuff so fast that it's even silly. I know how to tackle ./configure problems, but not make ones.

[bored2k]

If you have x86 kernels it'll work fine. The ones with troubles will be the amd64 people.

[bored2k]

CVS MPlayer build for x86 (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=437960&postcount=80)

I've got a fresh baked package out of the oven :).

http://rapidshare.de/files/6683165/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html
Changes:
Enabled the caca video output.

Why do I even bother enabling this? Open a terminal and type
mplayer video.avi -vo caca

ASCII video with colors? yes.. it ROCKS. It even plays from command line interfaces (ALT+CTRL+F1). -vo aa is also enabled, but that one plays the video with no colors.

[seethru]

bored2k,

Loaded MPlayer on my Dell laptop and everything worked great. Thanks ...

My desktop is an AMD Athlon 1700 {32 bit}. I am happy to compile it for this platform but I need a little help.

The "make" command errors @ line 23 and I don't know how to fix it.

Thanks ...
open the file "Makefile" in whatever directory it's giving you that error and make sure there is no space at the beginning of line 23.

@bored2k, no worries. I should probably edit the first page to reflect the cvs version now, lol

[bored2k]

I've got a fresh baked package out of the oven :).
I have to thank 23meg for helping me with some bugs I made previously :D.

[23meg]

right, caca and aa are actually working now! but they seem to ignore the -fs (full screen) option when running from command line and they aren't listed in the video section of the gui version.

[A-star]

I just installed the latest version from Bored2k and when I try to start gmplayer i get this error:
I have a Athlon XP 1800 processor.

filip@star1:~$ gmplayer
MPlayer dev-CVS-051022-13:31-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron/Athlon 4/MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2



Illegal instruction

[bored2k]

I just installed the latest version from Bored2k and when I try to start gmplayer i get this error:
I have a Athlon XP 1800 processor.

filip@star1:~$ gmplayer
MPlayer dev-CVS-051022-13:31-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron/Athlon 4/MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2



Illegal instruction

Did the old ones work? This is weird..

[bored2k]

right, caca and aa are actually working now! but they seem to ignore the -fs (full screen) option when running from command line and they aren't listed in the video section of the gui version.
I noticed that. I'm not sure what I can do to fix it as I made sure I installed the files needed so, ATM .. :/ .

I'll try asking in #mplayer

[A-star]

Did the old ones work? This is weird..
Trying now, will let you know if it works.

[bored2k]

What kernel are you on?
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=438465&postcount=85 <-- That guy's AMD has it running.

[A-star]

I'm using the standard kernel that is provided with ubuntu, nothing fancy.

But I'm going to try the k7 kernel and see if that solves the problem.

[A-star]

with a k7 kernel I get the same message.
I have no idea what's causing it, and even less ideas how to fix it.

[A-star]

sorry for the quick updates, but I'm going to try and compile it from my system.
Bored2k, can you give me some guidelines (or the source from which you are compiling it from + the commands used).

Thanks for the help.

[bored2k]

Fasten your seatbelts..
sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxv-dev libpng12-0 libpng12-dev checkinstall libavcodec-dev aalib1 libaa1-dev libaa1 caca-utils libcaca-dev libavcodec-dev libavifile-0.7-dev libsdl1.2debian-all libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev libfaac-dev libfaad2-dev libgtk2.0-dev liblame-dev libice-dev libjpeg62-dev libmatroska-dev libmad0-dev libmpcdec-dev libmp4v2-dev libmikmod2-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libxinerama-dev libxv-dev xlibs-dev x-dev cvsI was not sure if all those packages were in the Breezy repositories, but if some isn't, skip it. There are a few more I can give you, but first we need to make sure it compiles with those.

Downloading MPlayer CVS

Issue the following commands to get the latest sources:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer co -P main

When asked for a password, just hit enter. A directory named main will be created. You can later update your sources by saying

cvs -z3 update -dPA

from within that directory.

FFmpeg libavcodec/libavutil/libavformat


CVS MPlayer is not fully functional without a copy of the libavcodec, libavformat and libavutil libraries from FFmpeg. Get FFmpeg CVS via

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co -P ffmpeg

When asked for a password, just hit enter. A directory named ffmpeg will be created. Copy the libavcodec, libavformat and libavutil subdirectories into the main directory just created from the MPlayer checkout.

In order to include libavcodec and libavutil in CVS updates, add the following lines to main/CVS/Entries:

D/libavcodec////
D/libavformat////
D/libavutil////

Previously win32 codecs were placed in /usr/lib/win32. Applications like Xine use that directory for the same purpose. If you would like you can either keep both directories or make one linked to the other. If both directories exist you cannot link them.

ln -s /usr/lib/win32 /usr/local/lib/codecs This is optional.

Compiling MPlayer
Most users will find the default configuration options adequate. However I recommend the following options. The first option is required to install the GUI. The second option is to allow access to large files over 2GB. Useful to rip DVD's or record Digital Video. The third option is for menus in the OSD (On Screen Display).
./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu
If some errors pops up it is most likely due to a missing dependency (hey, I tried to include them all). Once it finishes, you should be able to see what you have enabled (ie what you compiled) and you do not. This step is great to see how your compile is piling up.
make
sudo make install


Making your own MPlayer debian package (after it works)
fakeroot debian/rules binary

A summary how-to for getting this terrific contribution to work the first time...


1. Install the deb package, but don't run the program.

2. Go to a terminal, and run

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/mplayer
sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/


3. go to

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html

and download a skin (Blue is the official default); in a sudo terminal, extract the directory from the archive, and copy it to /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ ; rename the extracted directory from "Blue" (or whatever) to "default" (cd to the Skindirectory and then try: sudo mv Blue default)

4. Assuming that you've downloaded the Microsoft core fonts (by installing msttcorefonts), do this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/Arial.ttf /usr/local/ share/mplayer/subfont.ttf


NOW, start gmplayer. You can import more skins to ~/.mplayer/Skin in the same way as in step 3.

Extras

Clearlooks skin. (http://www.gnomelook.org/content/show.php?content=21745)
ASCII text video (colored):
mplayer video.avi -vo caca

ASCII text video (non colored):
mplayer video.avi -vo aa

[Technoviking]

./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu


Have you trying compiling with the following options?
--prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc

[bored2k]

Have you trying compiling with the following options?
--prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc
I haven't. Any advantages?

[cwf]

Hi,

Will this work in Kubuntu? The thread was originally about compiling Mplayer with GTK2 GUI. I figure that's for Gnome only. How does this apply to Kubuntu?

Thanks for supporting us noobs!
CWF

[bored2k]

iT should work. If it doesn't, it's because it's needing some libraries that kubuntu lacks. An apt-get -f install would solve that. Let us know.

[Technoviking]

I haven't. Any advantages?
I added
--prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer
to the configure line. This should make it install to and use the same /etc directory as the Universe mplayer deb. Also, uses /usr/share/mplayer rather than /usr/local/share/mplayer.

Mike

[NeoChaosX]

The deb already uses /etc/mplayer and /usr/share/mplayer according to the package properties in Synaptic. It's not necessary to add those configure options.

[Technoviking]

The deb already uses /etc/mplayer and /usr/share/mplayer according to the package properties in Synaptic. It's not necessary to add those configure options.
Without that, mine points to /usr/local/share/mplayer for Skins and font and /usr/local/etc for base config. Must be something funky at my end.

Mike

[Technoviking]

I'm still getting these errors, but mplayer does work.

Cannot load font: /usr/share/mplayer/font/Vera.ttf
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.

[bored2k]

I'm still getting these errors, but mplayer does work.

Cannot load font: /usr/share/mplayer/font/Vera.ttf
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.

With my deb file? did you ln -s ?

[Technoviking]

With my deb file? did you ln -s ?
yes, no love.

edit: I think I have tried so many different mplayer .deb, my .mplayer config was screwed up. Deleted and all is happy.

Mike

[bored2k]

yes, no love.

edit: I think I have tried so many different mplayer .deb, my .mplayer config was screwed up. Deleted and all is happy.

Mike
Awsome :D. I kinda get worried when my deb fails :(

[j_baer]

bored2k,

Compiled MPlayer GTK2 on an AMD 2100 and it looks great. The Clear Looks theme is a nice addition.

In addition, I installed w32codec and the libdvdcss packages. When I insert a DVD into my player I get prompted by gnome to burn audio, photo, or data cd. I hit cancel to close the dialog.

When I tell MPlayer to play the DVD I get a signal 11 error and it closes. The curious thing is the Xine GUI performs this operation perfectly.

Otherwise a great how-to. Ubunutu desparately needs a solid multimedia solution and I believe MPlayer or Xine has the muscle to do with a little TLC.

Cheers ...

[bored2k]

There are some packages that I did not include in my guide because defaut breezy doesn't have them. libdvdcss2 and libdvdcss2-dev being two of them. Install those two and see if you get DVD playback.

compare your ./configure enabled packages with mine here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=437960#post437960

I think we need to enable dvdread. I don't have DVDs to test though :s.

j_baer, so my guide worked ? :D. So happy.

[j_baer]

bored2k,

I'll give it a try and let you know ...

Thanks :)

[bored2k]

Another day, another CVS build.

http://rapidshare.de/files/6725233/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

[bored2k]

Yet another build, this time I added more support, most noticeably in audio outputs.

http://rapidshare.de/files/6726874/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

[Technoviking]

Yet another build, this time I added more support, most noticeably in audio outputs.

http://rapidshare.de/files/6726874/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html
Did you add new dev libraries?

[j_baer]

Just download the lastest "deb" package.

I don't know what was added but I get a "can't load stream" when I try to open a DVD movie.

Thanks ...

[bored2k]

Just download the lastest "deb" package.

I don't know what was added but I get a "can't load stream" when I try to open a DVD movie.

Thanks ...
Did the others work? I might have added a funky -dev but I'm not sure atm.

[Technoviking]

You can get my version of Mplayer CVS here (http://mikesplanet.net/deb/mplayer_1.0cvs~breezy_i386.deb).

It is built the same as Bored2k's but I point my files to /usr/bin, /usr/share, and /etc/mplayer and added all but one (ecm8000 BAD!!!) of the video/sound libraries included in mplayer deb by the Ubuntu devs.

Works great for me, but only been tested on x86/Pentium M machines.

Mike

[j_baer]

Mike,

Thanks ... I'll give it a try later. My development box is all jazzed up so it time to re-install :(

[emendelson]

Mike Basinger - quick question: does your deb use the same directories as the default universe version? I haven't checked if this is the case with bored2k's version.

[bored2k]

I really don't see what the difference is because even mplayer-fonts from apt-get works with my deb, which means its installed the default way. If it isn't.. that's how I roll.

[kdavison007]

Does anyone have an updated link for the gtk2 patch? Seems the link on the first post of this thread is dead.

[Technoviking]

Does anyone have an updated link for the gtk2 patch? Seems the link on the first post of this thread is dead.
The bored2k CVS instructions works better, and gtk2 is already enable.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=439490&postcount=100

[scourge]

The bored2k CVS instructions works better, and gtk2 is already enable.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=439490&postcount=100

I tried the CVS version, and it just crashes way too often to be usable. I guess that's what I should expect from a CVS build. The patched stable version works fine though.

[soul_rebel]

cvs it's a matter of luck. mine is working fine. I also needed cvs to play a strange x264-ac6-mkv file

[j_baer]

bored2k,

Now that we have an enhanced mplayer what is your fav.

VLC or MPlayer? If your answer is VLC have you gotten the firefox plug-in to work? All I ever get is a black screen ...

Thanks

[bored2k]

bored2k,

Now that we have an enhanced mplayer what is your fav.

VLC or MPlayer? If your answer is VLC have you gotten the firefox plug-in to work? All I ever get is a black screen ...

Thanks
VLC has always been my love, but it's lacking in the codecs department, specially NOW that the Ubuntu builds are getting compiled even more stripped off ("sad, sad situation"). WMV9? Latest Quicktime files? I never got them working (no, don't say "Who uses wmv anyway?" because there are .AVI files out there with a wmv "shell"). Mozilla-VLC plugin? That's a joke. I might sound like I hate VLC, but It has been my prefered since the Windows era (not really that long ago).

The more I use MPlayer (and Totem-xine has backup), the more I get used to it (duh..). It's light as a feather and does what I want it to do. Sometimes, on slow ram machinas I've noticed MPlayer would sometimes get slightly out of synch (a/v) while VLC never did this, but when this occurs, Totem-xine comes into play.

I don't even have it installed because that gtk1.2 is a joke which by the way has gotten fixed but no offocial Ubuntu build has been made.

* VLC and MPlayer rock at dealing with subtitle files. The VLC gui is better (IMO), but the inability to inject codecs into it hurts (still not sure if compiling one would make it work with all 'em codecs).

[Turambar]

I just succesfully built Mplayer from CVS, but the problem with it is that Mplayer crashes when I enable subtitles in a H264 matroska video (SSA subs). All matroskas I have are in H264 format so I don't know if the bug affects other video codecs or not. When I run gmplayer in console it outputs segmentation fault when crashing. Really annoying, any solutions?

[bored2k]

I just succesfully built Mplayer from CVS, but the problem with it is that Mplayer crashes when I enable subtitles in a H264 matroska video (SSA subs). All matroskas I have are in H264 format so I don't know if the bug affects other video codecs or not. When I run gmplayer in console it outputs segmentation fault when crashing. Really annoying, any solutions?
I don't think you have h264 enabled. When you ./configure it most likely appears as disabled. I did not include how to compile the CVS with h264 because the repositories do not have the necessary files.

[Turambar]

I had the latest X264 codec compiled, and the video played perfectly, but softsubs crashed mplayer. I found a solution myself, I changed video output from gl to gl2, and no more crashes. The last thing that doesn't work is audio track changing. How do I change it? I read somewhere that # changes the track, but nothing happens.

[Arktis]

Does anyone have an updated link for the gtk2 patch? Seems the link on the first post of this thread is dead.
I tried the CVS version, and it just crashes way too often to be usable. I guess that's what I should expect from a CVS build. The patched stable version works fine though.
I am in agreement in that I would rather patch the stable release than muck with cvs. Any chance on getting that patch? I've searched for it but it is nowhere to be found [by me].

At the very least, I'm wondering how soon the mplayer dev team is going to be releasing another stable version.

[christooss]

Can someone post a screnshot of this gtk2 gui mplayer

Thanks

[bored2k]

Can someone post a screnshot of this gtk2 gui mplayer

Thanks
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8325/gtk28eq.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtk28eq.jpg) http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1313/screenshotpreferences4we.th.png (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotpreferences4we.png) http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6764/screenshotpreferences15qf.th.png (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotpreferences15qf.png)

[christooss]

Thanks bored2k

This is what I want. I will for shure use this how to.

What about xine can I make this change to xine :) ?

[bored2k]

Thanks bored2k

This is what I want. I will for shure use this how to.

What about xine can I make this change to xine :) ?
Me and xine are not friends so I don't know nor care.

[Rob2687]

Edit: Okay so when I try to install some of the debs posted here. I get

sudo dpkg -i /home/robert/Desktop/mplayer_1.0cvs~breezy_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package mplayer.
(Reading database ... 101488 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mplayer (from .../mplayer_1.0cvs~breezy_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mplayer:
mplayer depends on libdivxdecore0 (>= 1:5.0.1); however:
Package libdivxdecore0 is not installed.
mplayer depends on libdivxencore0 (>= 1:5.0.1); however:
Package libdivxencore0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mplayer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mplayer

[christooss]

sudo apt-get -f install

[bored2k]

Monday, October 31st (2005) x86 CVS MPlayer build.

Notable changes:

Switched from libdivx4linux to libdivx5linux.
libdivx5linux enabled (or disabled the need for) opendivx.
Enabled twolame.


http://rapidshare.de/files/7009051/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

* Note: as usual, keep the previous build at hand (just in case this one's pure crap).

[Arktis]

Any extra steps to make the .deb work on most i386 machines? I'm thinking of doing this for the patched stable version.

[christooss]

I will put them on my page.

[christooss]

Please try this one

They are made from pre release

http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/ubuntu/mplayer-1.0pre7try2-1_i386.deb

[Nonno Bassotto]

Why is the standard mplayer version included in the repositories stuck with the old gtk1 gui? I'll surely have a look to bored2k's build, but it would be preferable to have a nice version in the repos, to make upgrades easier. Please don't look at this as a complaint: I appreciate the work of both bored2k and the backports team. I just wanted to understand what is the matter with mplayer. For example I remember the version in the repos didn't work for some time, at the beginnig of Hoary. Thanks
Andrea

[Technoviking]

Why is the standard mplayer version included in the repositories stuck with the old gtk1 gui? I'll surely have a look to bored2k's build, but it would be preferable to have a nice version in the repos, to make upgrades easier. Please don't look at this as a complaint: I appreciate the work of both bored2k and the backports team. I just wanted to understand what is the matter with mplayer. For example I remember the version in the repos didn't work for some time, at the beginnig of Hoary. Thanks
Andrea

I think Ubuntu is following Gnome lead and putting there efforts into gstreamer and Totem. I don't think the Ubuntu devs pu much work in MPlayer do to this other than simple compiling and security issues.

Mike

[Arktis]

Please try this one

They are made from pre release

http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/ubuntu/mplayer-1.0pre7try2-1_i386.debApparently that site is still up, but whoever owns it has taken down the mplayer deb.
I will put them on my page.Are you saying you'll host the patched deb for 1.0pre7try2? I've got one that I made which handles dependancies.

Edit: Here are the specs:

Optimized for: pentium4 mmx mmx2 sse sse2 mtrr

Enabled optional drivers:
Input: ftp network edl tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd dvb smb
Codecs: qtx libdv libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) libmpeg2 libdts liba52 mp3lib libtheora tremor(internal) libmad
Audio output: alsa esd arts oss nas sdl mpegpes(dvb)
Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl vesa md5sum pnm png mpegpes(dvb) fbdev caca aa opengl xv x11 xover dfbmga directfb tga
Audio filters: ladspa
Disabled optional drivers:
Input: vstream tv-v4l2 tv-v4l tv-bsdbt848 live.com cdda dvdread
Codecs: opendivx x264 xvid amr_wb amr_nb toolame liblzo gif
Audio output: sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 dsound win32 macosx
Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx gif89a jpeg svga ggi xmga mga dga xvmc tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx quartz
Audio filters:

Works great, has dvd support and of course the gtk2 gui. Will someone host this or do I have to muck with rapidshare (not preferable)?

[christooss]

Hm deb package is still on the page.

[Arktis]

Not Found The requested URL /ubuntu/mplayer-1.0pre7try2-1_i386.deb was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Additionally, viewing http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/ubuntu/ shows that the package is not there.

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[christooss]

This is my screenshot.

DO a ctrl + F5 whille lookong in ubuntu dir

[bored2k]

Arktis, install divx5linux from the divx.com website and download the "googeable" x264 -dev debian package to enable opendivx and x264 ;).

[bored2k]

http://rapidshare.de/files/7068565/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

Nov 1 build.

[kakashi]

these are the last few lines of the messages i get when i enter
fakeroot debian/rules binary
could somebody look through them and see if i have a problem.
also i us./configure --prefix=/home/m/guimplayer --enable-gui --enable-largefiles ed this command to compile



dh_installdebconf
dh_installdocs --exclude=CVS --exclude=mplayer.1 DOCS/*
dh_installexamples etc/example.conf etc/dvb-menu.conf etc/input.conf etc/menu.conf
dh_installmenu
dh_installmime
dh_installinfo
dh_installchangelogs
#ChangeLog
dh_link
dh_strip
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_installdeb
dh_perl
dh_shlibdeps
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: unable to find dependency information for shared library libdha (soname 1.0, path /usr/lib/libdha.so.1.0, dependency field Depends)
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb
dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb'.


so is the deb i created ok or do i have to remake it.
thanks gor your help

[Arktis]

I got that same error when creating my deb from patched 1.0pre7try2. Everything seems okay, but I would be curious to know the answer as well.

[GrammatonCleric]

bored2k: I get a dependency error when installing the Nov 1 update....



gcleric@ares:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i mplayer_1-3.0cvs_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 85685 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mplayer (from mplayer_1-3.0cvs_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mplayer:
mplayer depends on libtwolame0; however:
Package libtwolame0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mplayer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mplayer



Trying to install libtwolame0 get's the following error:




gcleric@ares:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install libtwolame0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libtwolame0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libtwolame0 has no installation candidate


Thanks,
GC

[agentpt]

Slightly off the topic, but I have been struggling with this for weeks. (Bit of a Linux noobie) I am trying to play 3gp files with Mplayer, I have MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.3.5 installed on Hoary , I can see the video but not sound the error I keep getting:

Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
Cannot find codec 'amr_nb' in libavcodec...
ADecoder init failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec for audio format 0x726D6173.


I have googled and searched forums but can't find anything to solve this, I don't know how and where to install this annonying codec. Does anyone have any ideas? :confused:

[bored2k]

bored2k: I get a dependency error when installing the Nov 1 update....



gcleric@ares:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i mplayer_1-3.0cvs_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 85685 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mplayer (from mplayer_1-3.0cvs_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mplayer:
mplayer depends on libtwolame0; however:
Package libtwolame0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing mplayer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mplayer



Trying to install libtwolame0 get's the following error:




gcleric@ares:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install libtwolame0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libtwolame0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libtwolame0 has no installation candidate


Thanks,
GC
I might have to disable twolame. I compiled that one.

[kakashi]

Slightly off the topic, but I have been struggling with this for weeks. (Bit of a Linux noobie) I am trying to play 3gp files with Mplayer, I have MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.3.5 installed on Hoary , I can see the video but not sound the error I keep getting:

Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
Cannot find codec 'amr_nb' in libavcodec...
ADecoder init failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec for audio format 0x726D6173.


I have googled and searched forums but can't find anything to solve this, I don't know how and where to install this annonying codec. Does anyone have any ideas? :confused:


hmm for a problem like this your probably better off opening a new thread.
if you post here the ppl here will get pissed at you and you wont get any help.
if you have searched then i commend you for bieng a really efficient noob. i for one and many other noobs don't use search and simply post.
congrats.

[agentpt]

hmm for a problem like this your probably better off opening a new thread.
if you post here the ppl here will get pissed at you and you wont get any help.
if you have searched then i commend you for bieng a really efficient noob. i for one and many other noobs don't use search and simply post.
congrats.

Thanks for the advice . I'll do just that

[bored2k]

bored2k: I get a dependency error when installing the Nov 1 update....

Thanks,
GC
Use the attached file.

[Vertical]

Where I can get libfaac0 (version 1.24clean) ? deb package

[bored2k]

You're better off compiling faac.

[quai_k8]

Hi all !!

No prob with the installation of the deb !!
But I got a problem ...

root@KQ8:~/Downloadz# gmplayer
gmplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdivxdecore.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


what can I do ???

[bored2k]

could try NOT running it as root? Using what deb exactly? do you have win32 codecs installed? get those working.

[quai_k8]

using your .deb 1nov build !!
win32 codecs installed !!
same as no root ^^ !!

codecs in /usr/local/lib/codecs/ ... it's ok ???

I dunno what's the problem !

[quai_k8]

it's okey now .. i've found a package with the missing codecs ^^

THX for ur help

[jonny]

I've had trouble downloading the .deb files posted on the site but compilation is really straightforward if you follow the instructions in post 100. The only caveat is that you also need to install cvs (sudo apt-get install cvs).

Those instructions combine the important parts of 99 other posts. They're so clear, simple and concise that they should be posted to the wiki and appear at the start of their own thread. Thanks to everyone who's worked out how to do this.

[kakashi]

i'd like to add that you need to add font if your going to view any subtitles.

[chambis]

dear seethru
i am afraid i can't access this link for the patch you posted http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/MPlayer-1...gtk2.patch.bz2
because it is broken
can you please help me thank you in advance
:)

[bored2k]

dear seethru
i am afraid i can't access this link for the patch you posted http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/MPlayer-1...gtk2.patch.bz2
because it is broken
can you please help me thank you in advance
:)
http://www.win.net/~ardneh/patches/mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2

[bored2k]

I've had trouble downloading the .deb files posted on the site but compilation is really straightforward if you follow the instructions in post 100. The only caveat is that you also need to install cvs (sudo apt-get install cvs).

Those instructions combine the important parts of 99 other posts. They're so clear, simple and concise that they should be posted to the wiki and appear at the start of their own thread. Thanks to everyone who's worked out how to do this.
fixed the cvs step.

And btw, I did post it in a separate thread, but this one's good :)

[mutenroid]

using your .deb 1nov build !!
win32 codecs installed !!
same as no root ^^ !!

codecs in /usr/local/lib/codecs/ ... it's ok ???

I dunno what's the problem !

Hi...not working for me:


mutenroid@ubuntu:~$ gmplayer
MPlayer dev-CVS-051101-18:47-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Sempron/Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton,Thorton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2



Instrucción ilegal (translate: illegal instruction)

[nszabolcs]

your processor doesn't have SSE2 instruction set support

the best solution is to build mplayer yourself
(you'll need mplayer source, build tools and dev packages then run make and enjoy your custom mplayer)

[bored2k]

Hi...not working for me:


mutenroid@ubuntu:~$ gmplayer
MPlayer dev-CVS-051101-18:47-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Sempron/Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton,Thorton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2



Instrucción ilegal (translate: illegal instruction)

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=439490&postcount=100

[mutenroid]

your processor doesn't have SSE2 instruction set support

the best solution is to build mplayer yourself
(you'll need mplayer source, build tools and dev packages then run make and enjoy your custom mplayer)

hmm...too very complicated for me, but i'll try :cool:

[christooss]

What about this error. Every thing elese is working flavlesly. Thank you bored2k

[bored2k]

It's just mplayer telling you that it doesn't have any fonts for OSD and Subs.

I think you can sudo apt-get install mplayer-fonts without downgrading, but if you can't, follow the step in the guide:
4. Assuming that you've downloaded the Microsoft core fonts (by installing msttcorefonts), do this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/Arial.ttf /usr/local/ share/mplayer/subfont.ttf
Note: Arial.ttf or any other .ttf you want. To get the dirs of yours simply do a locate *.ttf and grab one.

[christooss]

I had to install msttcorefonts first. Argh I thought I have installed them already. so now every thing works perfectly

Thanks again

[mutenroid]

hmm...too very complicated for me, but i'll try :cool:

Ok...i made my Athlon XP version with the great bored2k tutorial...and runs very well :razz: :razz:


Byte order: little-endian
Optimizing for: athlon-4 mmx mmx2 3dnow 3dnowex sse mtrr

Languages:
Messages/GUI: en
Manual pages: en

Enabled optional drivers:
Input: ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd dvb
Codecs: qtx divx5linux libdv libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) faac libmpeg2 libdts liba52 mp3lib libtheora tremor(internal) libmad
Audio output: alsa esd arts oss nas sdl mpegpes(dvb)
Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl md5sum pnm jpeg png mpegpes(dvb) fbdev caca aa opengl xv x11 xover tga
Audio filters:
Disabled optional drivers:
Input: vstream tv-bsdbt848 live555 cdda dvdread smb
Codecs: divx4linux x264 xvid amr_wb amr_nb musepack speex twolame toolame liblzo gif
Audio output: sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 dsound win32
Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx vesa gif89a svga ggi xmga mga dga xvmc directfb tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx
Audio filters: ladspa


deb file here: http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=2c338bbcbc15abdb92f27cb9

...Play video files through ESD driver not work :???: but with the OSS driver plays well but a with a little asynch. How configure to play through ESD??

Thanks for all..

[mutenroid]

bad news...

-win32 codecs installed
-mplayerplug-in_3.11-1_i386.deb installed

This url to play a simple mov file:apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/the_gospel/low.html

"(no picture)" message in mozilla

Firefox output....

mutenroid@ubuntu:~/.mplayer$ mozilla
*** loading the extensions datasource
*** loading the extensions datasource
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.9 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
libdvdread: Can't stat /home/mutenroid/.mozilla/firefox/ei0djr4a.default/Cache/the_gospel_m240.mov
No existe el fichero o el directorio
libdvdnav: vm: faild to open/read the DVD
[00000287] main input error: no suitable access module for `:///home/mutenroid/.mozilla/firefox/ei0djr4a.default/Cache/the_gospel_m240.mov'
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 0.1.9 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.9 for DVD access
libdvdread: Can't stat /home/mutenroid/.mozilla/firefox/ei0djr4a.default/Cache/the_gospel_m240.mov
No existe el fichero o el directorio
libdvdnav: vm: faild to open/read the DVD
[00000292] main input error: no suitable access module for `:///home/mutenroid/.mozilla/firefox/ei0djr4a.default/Cache/the_gospel_m240.mov'
[00000269] main playlist: nothing to play

[bored2k]

Ok...i made my Athlon XP version with the great bored2k tutorial...and runs very well :razz: :razz:


Byte order: little-endian
Optimizing for: athlon-4 mmx mmx2 3dnow 3dnowex sse mtrr

Languages:
Messages/GUI: en
Manual pages: en

Enabled optional drivers:
Input: ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl tv matroska mpdvdkit2 vcd dvb
Codecs: qtx divx5linux libdv libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(internal) faac libmpeg2 libdts liba52 mp3lib libtheora tremor(internal) libmad
Audio output: alsa esd arts oss nas sdl mpegpes(dvb)
Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl md5sum pnm jpeg png mpegpes(dvb) fbdev caca aa opengl xv x11 xover tga
Audio filters:
Disabled optional drivers:
Input: vstream tv-bsdbt848 live555 cdda dvdread smb
Codecs: divx4linux x264 xvid amr_wb amr_nb musepack speex twolame toolame liblzo gif
Audio output: sgi sun jack polyp dxr2 dsound win32
Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx vesa gif89a svga ggi xmga mga dga xvmc directfb tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx
Audio filters: ladspa


deb file here: http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=2c338bbcbc15abdb92f27cb9

...Play video files through ESD driver not work :???: but with the OSS driver plays well but a with a little asynch. How configure to play through ESD??

Thanks for all..
No idea. If it's enabled it should work .. at least on paper :-s.

Note to all compiling: To get more enabled codecs and stuff (like h264 etc), some google+fetch+compiling is needed.

[mutenroid]

Hmm....

invoking gmplayer as root, esd not work, but as a normal user works great. Sorry. Now, mplayer as a solo-player runs very very well.

The quicktime format in firefox stills not work.

I have vlc (and mozilla-vlc plugin) installed too..

Could be the problem??

Deinstall vlc and plugin??

Thanks and "saludos" ;)

[bored2k]

did you install mplayer plugin 3.11 ? do you have win32 codecs?

you dont need to remove vlc. you might want to get rid of th plugin tho

[inechita]

Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

I compiled it in a x86 ie Pentium 4 machine. You need to get an AMD build.


Where can we get an AMD deb ?

[bored2k]

Where can we get an AMD deb ?
When you build & upload one ;).

[Nego]

http://www.win.net/~ardneh/patches/mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2

I downloaded the patch from that link and when I use it i get:

nego@ubuntu:~/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ bzcat ../mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
patching file Gui/Makefile
patching file Gui/cfg.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 174 (offset 17 lines).
patching file Gui/cfg.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 41 (offset 9 lines).
patching file Gui/interface.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 32 with fuzz 2 (offset 2 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 212 with fuzz 1 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 256 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 546 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #5 FAILED at 635.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 922 (offset 75 lines).
1 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/interface.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/about.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/common.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/common.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/eq.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/eq.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.c
Hunk #2 FAILED at 15.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mb.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/menu.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 65 (offset 43 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 76.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 103.
Hunk #4 succeeded at 172 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 294 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 306 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 350 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #8 FAILED at 389.
Hunk #9 FAILED at 589.
4 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/menu.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mp_pl.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mp_pl.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/opts.c
Hunk #4 succeeded at 101 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 146 with fuzz 1 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 159 with fuzz 1 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #7 FAILED at 203.
Hunk #8 succeeded at 254 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 305 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 332 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 362 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #12 FAILED at 460.
Hunk #13 succeeded at 525 (offset -8 lines).
Hunk #14 FAILED at 568.
Hunk #15 succeeded at 607 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #16 succeeded at 627 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #17 FAILED at 689.
Hunk #18 succeeded at 711 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #19 FAILED at 806.
Hunk #20 succeeded at 857 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #21 succeeded at 877 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #22 succeeded at 903 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #23 succeeded at 951 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #24 succeeded at 959 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #25 succeeded at 1066 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #26 succeeded at 1131 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #27 succeeded at 1188 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #28 FAILED at 1290.
Hunk #29 FAILED at 1352.
Hunk #30 FAILED at 1359.
Hunk #31 FAILED at 1384.
Hunk #32 FAILED at 1413.
Hunk #33 FAILED at 1430.
Hunk #34 FAILED at 1561.
Hunk #35 FAILED at 1592.
Hunk #36 FAILED at 1617.
Hunk #37 FAILED at 1639.
Hunk #38 succeeded at 1743 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #39 succeeded at 1761 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #40 succeeded at 1786 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #41 succeeded at 1811 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #42 succeeded at 1820 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #43 succeeded at 1836 with fuzz 2 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #44 succeeded at 1881 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #45 succeeded at 1898 (offset 54 lines).
15 out of 45 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/opts.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/pl.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 17.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/pl.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist_create.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist_create.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/sb.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/sb.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/support.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/url.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/pixmaps/about.xpm
patching file Gui/mplayer/play.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
Hunk #3 succeeded at 68 with fuzz 1.
patching file Gui/mplayer/widgets.h
patching file configure
Hunk #1 succeeded at 150 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 359 (offset 25 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1833 (offset 191 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 6408 (offset 569 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 6454 (offset 569 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 6864 with fuzz 1 (offset 621 lines)

[bored2k]

I recommend building from CVS, but if you want to use the .7PRE, I've never used the patch :/.

[mutenroid]

Where can we get an AMD deb ?

here http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=2c338bbcbc15abdb92f27cb9

[Arktis]

I downloaded the patch from that link and when I use it i get:

nego@ubuntu:~/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ bzcat ../mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
patching file Gui/Makefile
patching file Gui/cfg.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 174 (offset 17 lines).
patching file Gui/cfg.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 41 (offset 9 lines).
patching file Gui/interface.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 32 with fuzz 2 (offset 2 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 212 with fuzz 1 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 256 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 546 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #5 FAILED at 635.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 922 (offset 75 lines).
1 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/interface.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/about.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/common.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/common.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/eq.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/eq.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.c
Hunk #2 FAILED at 15.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/fs.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mb.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/menu.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 65 (offset 43 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 76.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 103.
Hunk #4 succeeded at 172 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 294 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 306 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 350 (offset 101 lines).
Hunk #8 FAILED at 389.
Hunk #9 FAILED at 589.
4 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/menu.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mp_pl.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/mp_pl.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/opts.c
Hunk #4 succeeded at 101 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 146 with fuzz 1 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 159 with fuzz 1 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #7 FAILED at 203.
Hunk #8 succeeded at 254 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 305 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 332 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 362 (offset -4 lines).
Hunk #12 FAILED at 460.
Hunk #13 succeeded at 525 (offset -8 lines).
Hunk #14 FAILED at 568.
Hunk #15 succeeded at 607 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #16 succeeded at 627 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #17 FAILED at 689.
Hunk #18 succeeded at 711 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #19 FAILED at 806.
Hunk #20 succeeded at 857 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #21 succeeded at 877 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #22 succeeded at 903 (offset -7 lines).
Hunk #23 succeeded at 951 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #24 succeeded at 959 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #25 succeeded at 1066 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #26 succeeded at 1131 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #27 succeeded at 1188 (offset -6 lines).
Hunk #28 FAILED at 1290.
Hunk #29 FAILED at 1352.
Hunk #30 FAILED at 1359.
Hunk #31 FAILED at 1384.
Hunk #32 FAILED at 1413.
Hunk #33 FAILED at 1430.
Hunk #34 FAILED at 1561.
Hunk #35 FAILED at 1592.
Hunk #36 FAILED at 1617.
Hunk #37 FAILED at 1639.
Hunk #38 succeeded at 1743 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #39 succeeded at 1761 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #40 succeeded at 1786 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #41 succeeded at 1811 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #42 succeeded at 1820 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #43 succeeded at 1836 with fuzz 2 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #44 succeeded at 1881 (offset 54 lines).
Hunk #45 succeeded at 1898 (offset 54 lines).
15 out of 45 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/opts.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/pl.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 17.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Gui/mplayer/gtk/pl.c.rej
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist_create.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/playlist_create.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/sb.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/sb.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/support.h
patching file Gui/mplayer/gtk/url.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/pixmaps/about.xpm
patching file Gui/mplayer/play.c
patching file Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
Hunk #3 succeeded at 68 with fuzz 1.
patching file Gui/mplayer/widgets.h
patching file configure
Hunk #1 succeeded at 150 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 359 (offset 25 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1833 (offset 191 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 6408 (offset 569 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 6454 (offset 569 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 6864 with fuzz 1 (offset 621 lines)

I recommend building from CVS, but if you want to use the .7PRE, I've never used the patch :/.

---> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83595

[Hellaxe]

Hello people:
I'm having a problem compiling Mplayer. I've followed the how-to but now just at the beggining i've this:
Unknown parameter: --enable-gtk2

I've installed the gtk2 libs that i thought it would work but nothing happens.
Could you tell me what are the libs that i need?

Thank you

[christooss]

./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu is in cvs howto build

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=439490&postcount=100

[Turambar]

If you have the CVS version, it already uses GTK2, and the switch is unnecessary. Plus I think you may want to use the --enable-gui switch.

EDIT: too slow

[Folken]

http://seethrubuntu.ath.cx/MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 link is broken.

[johannes]

Here is a new link for MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch (http://phaeronix.net/files/MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch).

[Hellaxe]

If you have the CVS version, it already uses GTK2, and the switch is unnecessary. Plus I think you may want to use the --enable-gui switch.

EDIT: too slow

If this is an answer to my post, Thanks.

But i'm not using the cvs.
i'm using the downloads from the mplayer site.

[Hellaxe]

Sorry again but i have some doubts.
If i compile through CVS there might be a package or program not very stable,, right?
So if i want to have a very stable version i should compile using that patch, right?

I´ve readed (i think that´s the right past form of the verb read if not sorry i don´t remember) all thread and could find the solution for the:

Unknown parameter: --enable-gtk2

Can you tell me a solution for this one? I'm a little noob so i'm in the dark about CVS.

Thanks.

[bored2k]

Sorry again but i have some doubts.
If i compile through CVS there might be a package or program not very stable,, right?
So if i want to have a very stable version i should compile using that patch, right?

I´ve readed (i think that´s the right past form of the verb read if not sorry i don´t remember) all thread and could find the solution for the:

Unknown parameter: --enable-gtk2

Can you tell me a solution for this one? I'm a little noob so i'm in the dark about CVS.

Thanks.
The CVS is not unstable at all. The CVS guide I put up is very easy to follow.

[PenguinZdravko]

penguinzdravko@ghostwheel:~/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ sudo checkinstall

checkinstall 1.5.3, Copyright 2001 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.


The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]: y

Preparing package documentation...OK

Installing with "make install"...

========================= Installation results ===========================

Copying documentation directory...
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/libdha'
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
install -m 755 -s -p libdha.so.1.0 /usr/local/lib/libdha.so.1.0
rm -f /usr/local/lib/libdha.so
ln -sf libdha.so.1.0 /usr/local/lib/libdha.so.1
ldconfig
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/libdha'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/vidix'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/vidix/drivers'
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix
install -m 755 -s -p *.so /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/vidix/drivers'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/penguinzdravko/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2/vidix'
if test ! -d /usr/local/bin ; then mkdir -p /usr/local/bin ; fi
install -m 755 -s mplayer /usr/local/bin/mplayer
ln -sf mplayer /usr/local/bin/gmplayer
if test ! -d /usr/local/man/man1 ; then mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1; fi
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/man': File exists
make: *** [install] Error 1

**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Restoring overwritten files from backup...OK

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

Why???

[mutenroid]

Few days ago, i compile mplayer-plugin 3.15 and install succesfully!! (with an existing post in the forums). Quicktime videos works great :p

Now, with the new firefox 1.5, i'll need to compile mplayer and mplayer-plugin again to work????

Thanks

[christooss]

No need to compile again you just have to link plugin folder to your new firefox. Check Firefox install Howto

[Axios]

Could one of you gurus compile into a deb? perhaps make a repository, so that I don't have to get my hands all dirty ? ;)

I would love having a gtk2 interface on mplayer, but don't have the time or patience to compile it my self.

Hope gtk2 in mplayer gets standard.

[vvlaw]

You want to install libxv-dev to get xv support compiled.

but i have no alsa option ,it doesn't support the alsa drivers.so what need i to install ?

only just to need sudo apt install?

install what? :)

[manicka]

Could one of you gurus compile into a deb? perhaps make a repository, so that I don't have to get my hands all dirty ? ;)

I would love having a gtk2 interface on mplayer, but don't have the time or patience to compile it my self.

Hope gtk2 in mplayer gets standard.

bored2k's deb is here
http://rapidshare.de/files/6588394/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

[bored2k]

bored2k's deb is here
http://rapidshare.de/files/6588394/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html
Updated package: http://rapidshare.de/files/8409074/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

Requirement: http://rapidshare.de/files/8409074/mplayer_1.0cvs_i386.deb.html

[smeager]

I must say thank you for all you've done. It works great and looks great now that its using GTK2. Thanks again.

[NeoChaosX]

gmplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdivxdecore.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I got this message trying to run your latest build, bored2k. What package do I need to install to fix this, because apt is saying there's not libdivxdecore0 package to install.

[NeoChaosX]

but i have no alsa option ,it doesn't support the alsa drivers.so what need i to install ?

only just to need sudo apt install?

install what? :)
libasound2-dev is the package you want to install. Then, just recompile your mplayer again.

[PsychoTrauma]

gmplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libdivxdecore.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I got this message trying to run your latest build, bored2k. What package do I need to install to fix this, because apt is saying there's not libdivxdecore0 package to install.

you need to get the divx4linux package from the divx site.
http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/

[bored2k]

you need to get the divx4linux package from the divx site.
http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/
Exactly. I compiled it using divx5linux which is arguably better than divx4linux or opendivx.

[Treviño]

Hello, I'd like to compile mplayer with a gtk2 gui, but I can't download the patch file MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2. I get a dns error. Is there a mirror for this file?
I'm sorry if it has just been posted, but my searches ended with no success.

Bye & Thanks!

[dabeej]

Hello, I'd like to compile mplayer with a gtk2 gui, but I can't download the patch file MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2. I get a dns error. Is there a mirror for this file?
I'm sorry if it has just been posted, but my searches ended with no success.

Bye & Thanks!


The answer to that is:

http://www.win.net/~ardneh/patches/mplayer1.0pre5-gtk2-20040730.patch.bz2

[Treviño]

Many thanks man! :)

[Haegin]

Hmm, I have installed the latest deb and it just cuts out with an Illegal Instruction error when I try to run "gmplayer". This doesn't seem to be working so how do I get back to the original mplayer as it seems to have overwritten what I can download from the normal breezy repos. How do I get access to the old mplayer package? It may be ugly but it works...

This is the full error when I run "gmplayer"

MPlayer dev-CVS-051031-10:30-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Sempron/Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton,Thorton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

[Sargonmetal]

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

Can't believe I've missed these, thats what I get for assuming...lol

I still get the same error:

Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation

I'm stuck on this, I haven't found any solution. I will appreciate any help, I'm newbie on this!

Thanks!

[lucas]

Hmm, I have installed the latest deb and it just cuts out with an Illegal Instruction error when I try to run "gmplayer". This doesn't seem to be working so how do I get back to the original mplayer as it seems to have overwritten what I can download from the normal breezy repos. How do I get access to the old mplayer package? It may be ugly but it works...

This is the full error when I run "gmplayer"

MPlayer dev-CVS-051031-10:30-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Sempron/Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton,Thorton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


I get the same error, this is beacuse its compiled with SSE2, which we don't have. To get the old mplayer back remove deb you installed with sudo apt-get remove mplayer then install the repo version with sudo apt-get install mplayer-586.

[Patrol]

Hello guys !
This how-to seems to be great, but I have got a problem...

When I type make && sudo checkinstall, I get an error : no config.mak found... I must make a mistake...

[abyssspecter]

okay, im being a noob, but, i can get the how-to aboput halfway, but then, when it says:

bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1

i mess up. i read where it says to do:

bzcat /MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1

or

bzcat MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1

and neither work. can someone please help.

[cybrjackle]

bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1


Your missing the .. in your example, the .. tells it to look in the dir before it.

[abyssspecter]

specter@Specter:~/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ bzcat ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2 |patch -p1
bzcat: Can't open input file ../MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2: No such file or directory.


thats what i got this time.

[egon spengler]

thats what i got this time.
It looks like it cant find the file "MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2"

Have you moved or deleted this file?

[fabs0028]

Well i have it on my computer so i include it in my post for all that can't find the patch.

[Fredde]

~/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2$ make && sudo checkinstall
config.mak:23: *** separator saknas. Stannar.

edit: I also need 'MPlayer-1.0pre7-gtk2.patch.bz2' file.The error might accour because I used uploaded files from variouse users.

[octoberdan]

This thread needs to be updated to match their new repository (now svn!)

Install svn:
sudo apt-get install subversion
Get the source:
svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk/ mplayer
To update:
svn up