Mplayer doesn't start

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Mplayer doesn't start
started by: stranger

Posted by stranger on Aug. 11 2004,03:13

I can't get mplayer to start on dsl, not from the desktop via double click, not from the shell. It just doesn't start up. I have a rather old system (P1 MMX 233), 64 MB RAM). Any suggestions?
If not, any other video players I should try IYHO? I am quite new to the world of linux, forgive me my ignorance

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 11 2004,04:02

You can see if the "xine" player works...
MPlayer wouldn't work on my 233 , but it's not MMX enabled
Mplayer wants MMX or SSE extensions...

Only thing is that xine is slower on my box, and has to be run in a smaller window.

73
ke4nt

Posted by stranger on Aug. 11 2004,05:02

Thanks for the advice. I apted xine-ui, have to download some video file to test it, bt it opens up and everything!