Thanks Pete, but so far, it's still doing exhibiting the same behavior as before. It simply does not seem to want to work :C
Hi Saijin_Naib
Presuming you have the 3 software packages mentioned in my previous post ie current mplayer, the "test" plugin and the wincodec package installed OK we should be able to get it working. Earlier versions of mplayer and any previous plugin are *Not* capable; you *Do* need the wincodecs for a lot of video formats.
I have the wincodecs in a subdirectory of mplayer ie mplayer\codecs - you can leave them within the "Windows-Essential..." folder which should be within the mplayer\codecs directory ie mplayer\codecs\windows-essential-... Obviously any codec related paths in config.sys or %HOME%\.mplayer\config files need to point to that directory
I have the following config.sys file entries:-
REM ***** mplayer variables
SET MPLAYER_PATH=H:\MMOS2\MMPLAYER\mplayer\MPLAYER.EXE
SET MPLAYER_CODECS_DIR=H:\MMOS2\MMPLAYER\mplayer\codecs
My %HOME%\.mplayer\config file contains these entries:-
# Write your default config options here!
cache=12288
cache-min=30
user-agent=NSPlayer/4.1.0.3856
If you need to force use of DIVE add this:-
vo=kva:dive
Usually mplayer seems to be able to work out what to use though.
My Seamonkey plugins directory does not have any of the NPOS2*.DLL files in it
I think that about covers my installation and configuration...
Now we need to know what your configuration is like?
For the benefit of any(every?)one who has not had a look through the Mozilla ng thread I mentioned previously here are a few possibly useful tips I found there, cannot remember whose... possibly a Steve :-
And here's some tips that someone might like:
1) If you copy a TTF font to %HOME%\.mplayer\subfont.ttf, the OSD will
be able to show text. The smallest one I had was Trebuc.TTF, and that
works fine.
2) MPlayer will make a playlist out of all the files on the command
line; for example "mplayer file1.mpg file2.mpg file3.mpg" or "mplayer
file?.mpg" or "mplayer file*.wmv"
3) You can define mouse buttons and keyboard keys to do lots of
different things. Here's my %HOME%\.mplayer\input.conf:
MOUSE_BTN2 vo_fullscreen
PGUP pt_step -1
PGDWN pt_step 1
+ volume 5
- volume -5
This sets mouse button 2 to toggle fullscreen, PgUp/PgDwn to go forward
and back through the playlist, and ± to raise/lower the volume by 5%.
4) Any command-line options can also be specified in
%HOME%\.mplayer\config; here's some useful ones:
really-quiet=yes
fixed-vo=yes
colorkey=0x000001
This turns off most of the (verbose) messages, makes the transition
between videos in the playlist smooth by keeping the video window open
and fixed size (works best with fs=on), and sets the colorkey to a shade
of black instead of the default bright green. Note that you don't want
to use solid black (0x000000), as then any console windows or other
black areas on your screen will then be transparent when over the video.
Also note that color keying is relevant for overlays, so it probably
doesn't do anything if you are using DIVE output.
5) As discussed previously, if you are getting jerkiness or lags in the
video, but you have a fast connection, you should set/boost your cache
and/or cache-min values. Note that this causes a delay before it starts
playing video...
Regards
Pete