[MPlayer-users] silly question

[Jacek Rembisz]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 07:20:12PM +0200, tomas wrote:
> Hello, friend
> 
> I've installed HR8 Linux just a few days ago (i've used only windows
> before). Today I"ve tried mplayer. have read lots of faq, but id did
> not help. My PC is IP200MMX with ATI 3D CHARGER 4MB (mach 64 chip I
> think). I was sure, that mplayer should play at least *.mpg files
> well. But "mplayer xxx.mpg" does nor work at all (xvinfo does not find
> any adapters, when i tried it), "mplayer -vo x11 xx.mpg" works very
> slowly. I understand that something is not configured well. But what?

Try -vo xvidix
I've mach64 chip based video card and xvidix works great

Jacek