MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

Hi,

I've just this evening upgraded my Nokia 770 to OS2007HE, and things are generally nice and shiny, but I'm having one or two problems - specifically with MPlayer and with UKMP (I don't know if these are related or not, so have posted about UKMP in a seperate thread).

I initially installed mplayer from the OS2007 repositories, and so an n800 version was installed. I ran this from the applications menu, but when I clicked a video and selected play, nothing happened. So, I removed this version of mplayer, and grabbed the .deb for the latest 770 mplayer. However, this gave me two further problems: a) there was no mplayer entry added to the application menu, and b) running mplayer from a terminal results in a segfault!

What's the secret to getting mplayer to work on OS2007HE on a 770?

Thanks,

James Frost

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

*bump!*

Same problem here. 770 with OS2007HE. Mplayer finds .avi files on my memory card (which I converted using the Java tool at medium quality), but does nothing when I select one and click Play (or Report)...

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

I suspect the problem is in the mp3 decoding. There should be some instructions on how to solve this in the forums. Try opening mplayer in xterm and have a look at what it says.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

I got the same problem :( the xterm said:
~ $ mplayer
Illegal instruction
~ $

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

Same here.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

N800 version of MPlayer will not work on 770. Even installing OS2007 on Nokia 770 will not magically add support for missing instructions to its CPU. I believe I have seen some reports about successfully using the latest 770 version of MPlayer with OS2007HE on Nokia 770, that's what you should try (I don't know what problems did the original poster have, not getting even a menu entry is very strange, probably his package manager got broken for some reason and screwed up everything).

What are the ideas about fixing this problem?

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

That makes sense, but I can't seem to find any specific instructions for getting MPlayer to work with OS2007HE on 770. Anyone?

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_...release_id=776

pick the mplayer_1.0rc1-maemo.18.n770_armel.deb one

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

What would you think about an unified mplayer package with both armv5te and armv6 optimized builds of mplayer binary bundled (named something like 'mplayer-armv5te' and 'mplayer-armv6')? And also a simple wrapper script 'mplayer' which would check /proc/cpuinfo and run either of these? A drawback would be a doubled package size.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

I'd vote for no. If you can't have same binary and check for cpu at runtime directly in mplayer then I'd keep one package per device. Maybe you can split package to two (mplayer-770, mplayer-800 or something like that) so you are not offered n800 version in application manager when doing package upgrade in 2007HE. Also maybe section 'installation' at http://mplayer.garage.maemo.org/ could mention n770 vs n800 choice.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

I like the idea of a unified package, as it would reduce the confusion level of new users attempting to install mplayer. The larger package size at initial install doesn't both me, but I think once the script runs and detects the cpu, it should also delete the unnecessary of the two binaries so as not to consume valuable storage space.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

THANKS! Indeed that one does work on my 770, although only from the command line. Is there any way to run this version of mplayer from the menus or an icon?

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

KMPlayer should work.

Re: MPlayer problems on OS2007HE
 

finally, are there anyone can make work mplayer on 2007he regularly??