Re: mplayer has no vedio?

[Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
>
> > Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
> >
> > > yufan wrote:
> > >
> > > > when i use mplayer to open a media file,there is no edio on the
> > > > screen(even no gui!) but i can hear the audio. what's wrong with that?
> > >
> > > try launching the file as:
> > >
> > > $ gmplayer mediafile
> > >
> > > -M
> >
> > gmplayer is the graphical version of mplayer.
> sure .. but since he said he was only getting sound and no video/gui, it 
> sounded like the media was just playing in the console .. gmplayer would 
> give him the GUI if that's what he was after ..
>
> -M

My thoughts exactly.  Many people hear of mplayer but never hear about 
gmplayer.  Many don't even know that it exists.  I also t

gmplayer does allow an easy method to configure the browser in 
comparison to editing a config file by just clicking the wrench.

For many, this is the only way that they can understand how to 
configure the player.
--
Robin Laing