daniewicz Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 (edited) I installed XMMS and used it to play an mpg file and it worked fine the first time. After that, all I have been getting is a blank screen. The audio works fine. Any suggestions? Oh yeah, Mandrake 10.1 and KDE 3.2. Edited April 9, 2005 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 XMMS does not playback mpeg per se, unless you have installed mplayer, the xmms-mplayer wrapper and (for many video formats) the mplayer codecs package. Since most "codecs" distro packages, including Mandrake's, are more or less crippled, I suggest getting the initial package from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html and deflating it at the place mplayer wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Yes. I have mplayer installed. It worked a total of one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 So I am confused but everything seems to be working now. Initially, I installed XMMS only, noobishly thinking that mplayer was integrated somehow. When I was able to watch an mpeg video and have both the sound and video work, I felt that things realy were integrated. After that first viewing, all I could get out of an mpeg was audio. That prompted me to post here. I have since installed gmplayer, and now all is well. How WAS I able to watch that mpeg that ffirst time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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