HowTo: MPlayer1.0pre7try2 with *fully working* gtk2 gui patch

[beeldings]

My problem with the GUI not being displayed turned out to be a simple naming problem with the skin. I have MPlayer up and running, however it appears to not be using GTK2. Does this mean I will have to compile MPlayer again?

[Arktis]

If you patched it properly as per the instructions before compile, your mplayer should look like the screenshot (not the skin, of course).

[eraclito]

it works great, but what about the fonts?

i had istalled .deb pakage, but it seem to not work...

any help?

eraclito

[edit]
sorry for the wrong place...

[Arktis]

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66863

*ahem*

Check out the excellent documentation on MPlayer's website.

Edit: Since their docs appear to be down, here's a mirror of sorts.

[Arktis]

My problem with the GUI not being displayed turned out to be a simple naming problem with the skin. I have MPlayer up and running, however it appears to not be using GTK2. Does this mean I will have to compile MPlayer again?

Hmm, after further thought, try installing the package libgtk2.0-dev, remove libgtk1.2-dev, and repatch from a freshly extracted source and recompile.

[vendetta red]

I followed the advice here, but I am still getting this:

vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
[skin] file ( /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
Skin not found (default).

On a side note should I have uninstalled the original mplayer before this process?

[GTvulse]

I followed the advice here, but I am still getting this:

vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
[skin] file ( /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
Skin not found (default).

On a side note should I have uninstalled the original mplayer before this process?

Nope, just download the default skin and move it to that location.

[vendetta red]

woops, decided to go ahead and try removing mplayer and then saw your post. It was probably for the best though because I just saw somehting I evidentally missed last time.

Checking for GTK version ...
Error: The GUI requires GTK devel packages (which were not found).

I searched Synaptic for the gtk-devel package, but didn't find anything. I mean ./configure is asking for gtk-devel, so where would I find this?

EDIT: Found the package libgtk2.0-dev, but Synaptic says it's installed already...

EDIT2: I just deleted the source tree and started again, the configure went fine, compiling now...

EDIT3: When I run gmplayer from console, I get nothing, hitting ctrl+c yields:

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: unknown

Any ideas?

FINAL EDIT: Found another HOWTO that worked perfect first time through: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...&postcount=100

[Arktis]

On a side note should I have uninstalled the original mplayer before this process?

YES.

EDIT3: When I run gmplayer from console, I get nothing, hitting ctrl+c yields:

FINAL EDIT: Found another HOWTO that worked perfect first time through: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...&postcount=100

Cool. Glad you got things sorted.

[rune]

I think the patch has been either incorporated into mplayer now, or it's not needed. My mplayer was build using only apt-get packages and cvs mplayer source, and it has the nice menus.

I'd advise people to try build cvs mplayer with debian/rules first and see if it looks ok.