New2MDK Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hello everyone, after having my MDK set as I wanted, I thought, I uninstalled an application, which apparently had an important file(s) to boot into KDE. So of couse, being new to all this I reinstalled. During installation I noticed Mplayer was being installed, along with it's streaming audio/video counterparts. However, I am unable to locate that program. Any ideas how I could find where its located as well as make a desktop icon for it? Thank you very much, NEW2MDK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Same thing with me, I installed from RPMDrake (mplayer-1.0.0pre6.7plf but it disappeared after the installation said "installation is completed". But where are they? BUT I found mplayer folder in /usr/lib, but it doesn't have application in the folder... I am unable to find where mplayer application... You may try to check yours... Guess somebody can help to find where is the application?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heather1113 Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) The easy way to make a desktop icon is to right click on the desktop - create new - link to application and the rest is pretty easy. You'll find the executable (I hope that's the right word) in /usr/bin that's where most if not all the executables are. That's where mine are anyway. Edited February 18, 2005 by heather1113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbpersson Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Guess somebody can help to find where is the application?? I have it installed and running.....and I didn't add it to menudrake myself. At least I don't think I did. Anyway, the command in there to run it is as follows: /usr/bin/gmplayer -quiet -nofs Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) Heather1113, You were right, most applications are in /usr/bin. Strange, when I click mplayer, it didn't reply HOWEVER, when I right click on movie, to OPEN WITH... I choice Mplayer and it works... I was wondering how can i control with stop, play, pause and etc....? which application?? Phpersoon, you use different than mplayer?? gmplayer? I try to run with command, but didn't recogized it.... Hope I didn't messed up... Edited February 18, 2005 by dmzeplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heather1113 Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) To find it you might want to either do what I do and open a terminal window and type "slocate mplayer" (without the quotes of course), if you do it this way you might want to "su" and "updatedb" to update the database first. Or graphically open the menu - system - file tools - find files it will automatically want to look in your home so just point it to root instead (/) and it will tell you where anything on your system with the word mplayer is. Edited February 18, 2005 by heather1113 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) Hey man thanks for tip about su and updatedb. I learned new and simple! :P One more, can you help me to get right MPLayer application so I can be able to to control (File, Edit, View, etc...) Instead for me to right click to look for "Open With" ?? At same time, I need select right applicaton for MPLayer to put in MenuDrake... Edited February 18, 2005 by dmzeplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New2MDK Posted February 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 I was unable to find an executible to make an icon for mplayer. I did run updatedb as root and got the following: updatedb [root@gian]# mp mpage mpartition mpeglibartsplay mplayer [root@ gian]# mplayer MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.4.1 © 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville 1176 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 6) Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 73 audio & 180 video codecs Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename Basic options: (complete list in the man page) -vo <drv[:dev]> select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list) -ao <drv[:dev]> select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list) vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount) dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file -alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code) -ss <timepos> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position -nosound do not play sound -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page) -x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom) -sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay) -playlist <file> specify playlist file -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate -pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page) -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines) Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf) <- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute pgup or pgdown seek backward/forward 10 minutes < or > step backward/forward in playlist p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue) q or ESC stop playing and quit program + or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer * or / increase or decrease PCM volume z or x adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * * Not sure what that means Thank you NEW2MDK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 First: gmplayer is just mplayer with a gui, the package to install is mplayer-gui if I remember correctly: urpmi mplayer-gui or: urpmi --fuzzy mplayer will give you a list of options, then take your pick. A bit silly though, to have the package called mplayer-gui, and having to call it with gmplayer... Next, which mplayer should show you where the binary is. that doesn't make a big difference though, if installed it should be in your path (meaning: the system will look in all the dirs in your path to find the executable, if you try to call them from the command line. The menu however just links to the executable..), you can do echo $PATH to see what locations the system (well, bash, the shell really) will look. Oh, to read manpages, you can also read them in konqueror, in the address bar, just put: #mplayer for the manpage to mplayer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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