[MPlayer-users] mplayer - opening video problem

[ismail donmez]

Stanis3aw Pendyk wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi
> At least I've installed my mplayer with gui. But it's not end of 
> problems. Many times I can't open the movie file because mplayer says 
> that this file isn't in this location. And it's true. In gui panel I 
> don't see oryginal file name , only random characters in example:
> I choose from /dev/cdrom file gladiator_cd_1.avi and in gui I see
> T at e@<some asci characters>cd at 1.avi and mplayer don't see this file in 
> cdrom of course. But sometimes it opens files with no trouble!!
> 
> What is the problem ???
> 
> thx
> sasza
> 
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First you have to mount /dev/cdrom somewhere like

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Then you should go to /mnt/cdrom then choose the avi.

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