Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why am I seeing only black screen in mplayer
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:06:17
Message-Id: 5D61913E-309E-47CF-9C7D-A51CD7187A06@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Why am I seeing only black screen in mplayer by Harry Putnam
1 On 20 Sep 2009, at 17:07, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Following my most recent update world of Sept. 13, mplayer only
4 > produces a black screen when playing quicktime .mov files.
5
6 Suggest playing one from the command line - mplayer gives a LOT of
7 output, some of which may be useful. You might have to use _something
8 like_ "-vo X11" (check the manpage / docs for full vo options).
9
10 Stroller.