MPlayer FAQ

This page will attempt to answer all of the frequent questions we get in the #mplayer irc channel on irc.freenode.net.

Official MPlayer Frequently asked Questions: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html

MPlayer FAQ by relaxed: http://johnvansickle.com/faq

faq

[15:06] <Donvinzk> Hi,I amlooking for a way to automatically convert ogg to mp3 [15:06] <Donvinzk> I must give a directory and have everything in converted [15:06] <Donvinzk> is it possible to achievve such a thing with mplayer ?

• use main/TOOLS/aconvert script.

[08:34] <foxhacker> anyone know how to play mp4 files with sound? i can only see video but no audio

• check mplayer output for helpful messages.

• Requested audio codec family [faad] (afm=faad) not available. Enable it at compilation.

• your mplayer was not compiled with faad support. recompile it after installing libfaad package.

<pikko> Hi, im using a Mplayer windows gui. is there a way to make subtitles smaller? [08:37] <pikko> mpui its named

• answer: subfont-text-scale=3 in config

<GarySaved> What exactly is the name of the fonts mplayer wants? It can not find that CID whatever here. [06:59] <GarySaved> Or a package name I can request?

• symlink any ttf font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf

[13:18] <Enlight_uni> Hi folks, is there a way to "tell" mplayer (not gmplayer) not to exit when a file has been played and then wait for some new input? [13:18] <Enlight_uni> via a fifo or whatever

• http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt

Anyway to dump a dvd audio stream really fast?

• mplayer -dumpaudio dvd:// -speed 90 -vc null -vo null -benchmark

[05:26] <helloyo> i have a corrupt file that mplayer plays, how do i get a new "clean" version of the audio?

• answer: mplayer file -ao pcm

X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0 MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events

• <LunarCrisis> ah, looks like Option "LinearAlloc" "8192" in my xorg.conf is what I need