Amadeus W. M. wrote: >>========================================================================== >>vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local >>display) >>Xv: could not grab port 69 >> >> > >Right here. > > > >>Could not find free Xvideo port - maybe another process is already using >>it. Close all video applications, and try again. If that does not help, >>see 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. >>========================================================================== >>Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs Win32 LoadLibrary failed >>to load: wmv9dmod.dll, /usr/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll, >>/usr/local/lib/win32/wmv9dmod.dll IMediaObject ERROR: 0x84ec5c9 could >> >> > ^^^^^^^^^ >Right here! > > > >>In response to your final question, /usr/lib/win32 contains the sym link >>as follows: >> >>codecs -> /usr/local/lib/codecs >> >> >> > >No!! >As you can see, mplayer is not looking inside /usr/local/lib/win32/codecs/ >as you have it right now, but rather directly in /usr/local/lib/win32. >That is, all dlls must be in /usr/local/lib/win32. Forget about symbolic >links and all, just put the ..../codecs/* in .../win32 and it'll work. > > Okay, you're right. This did work. However, I could have sworn that I had tried putting the codecs (i.e. the actual files) in /usr/local/lib/win32/ before. Regardless, it works now. Thanks all for the help. > > > > >