# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1082499011 0
# Node ID bcb8260d93e45e36c8cf9136b8b45a0462fb7c7f
# Parent  047f032e54658fc26b9b78c3fef972307326d420
Common -vo driver problem solution explained by Lukasz Proszek.

diff -r 047f032e5465 -r bcb8260d93e4 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Tue Apr 20 21:42:39 2004 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Tue Apr 20 22:10:11 2004 +0000
@@ -613,6 +613,34 @@
 
 <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>