[MPlayer-users] Problem processing .swf file...

[Zeev Tarantov]

regarding that flv file (it's not an swf because it's a movie in flash
container, not a flash app): http://osdir.com/ml/users/2010-03/msg01348.html has
the answer.

Consult mplayer documentation (tech/codecs.conf.txt.bz2) about setting up a
codecs.conf file (system-wide or in ~/.mplayer/). Find this block in the one
provided by mplayer-team (codecs.conf.bz2):

videocodec ffvp6f
  info "FFmpeg VP6 Flash"
  status working
  fourcc VP6F
  driver ffmpeg
  dll "vp6f"
  out YV12

and change it to:

videocodec ffvp6f
  info "FFmpeg VP6 Flash"
  status working
  fourcc VP6F,FLV4
  driver ffmpeg
  dll "vp6f"
  out YV12

This fixed it for me. Also, you should enable xv, but that is an Xorg issue, not
a mplayer issue.

-Zeev