How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Pretty much what the title says. I have it installed, but no matter where I look, I can't see to find the icon for it.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I believe it is command line only. Install KMplayer for an icon.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Better remove it, it is not optified and takes 18MB space in root.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

And it s not available in extras. You shouldn't install extras-devel and extras-testing repository if you don't know how to launch an application from xterm.

Ya, this is a disclaimer, but as the current maemo player can't read not encrusted subtitle, i can understand that you require mplayer.

If you know how to use a terminal, launch it ... go to your movie folder (by using cd). And type 'mplayer mybeautifulmovie.avi'

That's it

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Khertan, thanks a lot for the disclaimer, as many people unfortunately do not warn users on -testing and -devel. :-(
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=343619

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Mind showing me an example of how to use cd?

It would also be nice if somene can link me to a guide for using x terminal.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Maybe, this will help.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/01...-the-terminal/

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Is gmplayer optified?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

There isn't gmplayer included, and no mplayer isn't optified

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I created a very simple front end "SiB" for MPlayer on N900 which works quite similar to GMPlauncher which came with the pre-N900 MPlayer. It scans folders for video files and stores individual resume positions.

Even if MPlayer is not optimised for the N900 yet I still prefer it over the Media Player as it supports subtitles and can be controlled via keyboard.

If you like to try you can find it on extras-devel, but please don't go there if you don't know what your doing and don't want to break your shiny new gadget!

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

yep, mplayer worked and i was even able to play *mkv file i have on my HTPC server.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Hmm.. Mplayer is alot faster at loading the video file for me than the standred Player. I have a flv file that the standerd player shows the 4 dots for like over a minute before playing. Mplayer just starts it right up.

I guess i can remove the devel version once an optifed version comes out.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

When will the mplayer (finalized version) be available for the general public on N900? I am looking for a video player that can play movies along with separate subtitle file (.srt) and also be able to play .flv Flash videos.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

How do I get SiB to see hidden folders?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Go to "Folders"->"Add folder...". Then, in the file explorer window you have to long press an empty space and select "Show hidden files".

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

when trying trying to install SiB I get

Conflict with application packages: libqt4-maemo5-network(4.6.0~git20091218-0maemo1)

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I have installed SIB player and Mplayer Movie Player. But i am not able to get SIB player started. It opens with a blank screen and closes after few secs.

Is there something else that needs to be done to make SIB player work?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I think this is related to the latest QT4.6 updates. Who is the developer of SIB?

Best regards,
Corwin

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

had the same problem before the update to PR1.1

because i had to use the NSU (OTA didn't work for me) the phone became reflashed and the problem is gone since then.

i think you need the PR1.1 installed to use SiB.
if you're having problems try KMPlayer instead.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I also installed Sib and it didn't launch.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

There is a thread about it where I posted the cause (QT-Update from today has a removed method which is used in SiB (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...928#post482928)). This is unfortunate but should hopefully not be a problem. It is also neither the developers nor Nokias 'fault', just what happens on the 'bleeding' edge (and that name has a reason ;) ).

I also asked plastik (the developer) if he could have a look at it :) So hopefully it will work again soon.

Best regards,
Corwin

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Thinkin it was an issue only I was having, I
1. Tried installing SiB and Mplayer in all possible seq
2. flashed my phone...hoping that wud fix it
3. bricked my phone in the process... :eek:
4. fixed it by reading few posts here (luckily had enough battery).
5. reinstalled Mplayer & SiB.
Just came back to check if any one replied...

So thanks a lot...i wouldnt have stopped if i hadnt read ur post :)

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

try using KMPlayer while SiB isn't properly working

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

So MPlayer is an application to run media files from xtram? and KMPlayer is the MPlayer UI?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

yep. KMPlayer and SiB are GUIs and launch mplayer. :)

while SiB is only mplayer - KMPlayer can use the default player (gstreamer/osso), mplayer and nnp. (you have to choose which one you like to use from a dropdown-menu)

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Whats wrong with SiB?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

that's what's wrong: ^^

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Well since you mention it. I tried to install SiB and it wouldn't install because of a bunch of qt4 libs. I looked for them and didn't see them in any of the repositories.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I am happy with SiB, have not tried out KMplayer if you used both witch one do/did you prefer?

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

there is a poll for this one anywhere. ^^

mhm... i have to say i prefered SiB because the gui was not so overloaded like the one of KMPlayer.

but since the playback of some files differs (depending on the video-container) either on SiB or KMPlayer i like to change them to look where my video runs smoother.

both GUIs have ups and downs. just try both of them and decide for yourself. ;)

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

I keep it simple (thus why I was prone to try SiB) I use Gstreamer for everything unless it flat out doesnt work and then I try MPlayer.

For me Gstreamer plays my H264/AAC files way better than MPlayer, even my medium quality encodes tend to lag a bit and get out of sync on MPlayer. So its just a backup to cover the odd job files like MPEG2 that Gstreamer wont play.

At some point I think the extra codec pack will have it so that one player handles everything without need to pick one.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Same here, I am also attracted by SiBs simplicity. Does the job for me :)

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

lol. All of this just flew over my head. How do I access Mplayer? Is it something I need to download and install? If so, from where and how? I've noticed some choppiness in certain videos when using the default media player which I'd like to avoid. Please excuse my noobery.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

do you know how to change the playback speed on mplayer?????

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

@ViciousXUSMC

Do subtitles work for you on SIB? Because for me, that is the main reason to use the command line version of MPlayer.

Mplayer does indeed tend to stutter. For that reason I usually start up CPUFreq and overclock to 900 Mhz. Usually that does the trick for mplayer but occasionally, especially after long breaks, the audio gets out of sync and I restart.

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

hey guys u can use mplayer using midnight commander just go to the location and just click on video :D

Re: How to access Mplayer on the N900
 

Thanks fro nice discussion even i was don't know anything about dat.

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sorry for bringing an old thread..but i tried your method, and it is not working..no matter how long i press, there is no "Show hidden files" option..

how exactly do i do that?i'd appreciate it if someone can help me..