[MPlayer-users] vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!

[Kalin Mintchev]

On 28 Sep 2003, AthlonRob wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 02:32, Kalin Mintchev wrote:
>
> > i downloaded the src and install the realmedia codecs. i was getting an
> > error about the dsp device - busy. so i found out that eds was using the
> > dsp device so i used the -ao eds as stated in the documentation but that
> > didn't do it. so i killed eds and the sound came up. now when i try to
> > play real video i get sound and the video plays as a bunch of characters
> > in the terminal. so i started reading again the man and the docs ( for 6th
> > time just to get something working) and tried -vo vx option - didn't have
> > mmx2 installed (should i install Microsoft Word too to get mplayer
> > working?!). so i installed mmx2 from the ports. then tried again with vx.
> > new error:
>
> It's xv, not vx, esd, not eds, and mmx2 has *nothing* to do with MS
> Word.
i know about xv and vx and esd and eds...  it was 5 am when i was writing
this - after 5 hours of trying to get there. and the Word was a joke.....


>
> Try mplayer -ao esd -vo xv ... or try killall esd && mplayer -ao oss -vo
> xv and see if you get somewhere.
>
> Rob
>
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