Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 12241:bcb8260d93e4
Common -vo driver problem solution explained by Lukasz Proszek.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:10:11 +0000 |
| parents | 047f032e5465 |
| children | f67bc1d216a1 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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>