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authorGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-04-20 22:10:11 +0000
committerGravatar diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-04-20 22:10:11 +0000
commit12354fa032baf94ae32ed40fb1299eb355262b2b (patch)
tree654015203b380155af9e3a7a49123678e08a805c
parent5ccc955cca00586415457d12decd988e57e363e1 (diff)
Common -vo driver problem solution explained by Lukasz Proszek.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@12242 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -613,6 +613,34 @@ Use:
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
+I've just installed <application>MPlayer</application>. When I want to
+open a video file it causes a fatal error:
+<screen>
+Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
+</screen>
+How can I solve my problem?
+</para></question>
+<answer><para>
+Just change your video output device. Issue the following comand to get
+a list of available video output drivers:
+<screen>
+mplayer -vo help
+</screen>
+After you've chosen the correct video output driver, add it to
+your configuration file. Add
+<programlisting>
+ vo = <replaceable>selected_vo</replaceable>
+</programlisting>
+to <filename>~/.mplayer/config</filename> and/or
+<programlisting>
+vo_driver = <replaceable>selected_vo</replaceable>
+</programlisting>
+to <filename>~/.mplayer/gui.conf</filename>.
+</para></answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question><para>
I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.
</para></question>
<answer><para>