Mplayer clashing with xmms or other programs = mplayer not working

[krazibon3]

Heya

I've installed mplayer via yum and it works a treat and also managed to set up my beautiful OS on a new HD in a couple of hours when it took me a month or so when i first started using linux. Now i've read somewhere that
mplayer sometimes refuses to work because it clashes with a couple a programs like xmms. I solve this problem by logging out and logging back in again. Just wondering if someone has a solution to this problem or point me to the right direction to fix this? That is without logging out and logging back in again.

I'm sorry if this a repeated post., but any help would be apprecicated.

you have to give us more information. what does "clash" mean? I assume you mean you can't play two files at the same time? is there an error message?

[krazibon3]

Sorry for the late reply i jwas just waiting for the right time for it to crash on me. Here is wat i get in console when i try to load an .avi file.

Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/mike/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/mike/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/mike/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /home/mike/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/mike/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device
Can't init input joystick

Playing [Lunar] Samurai 7 - 11 [4A6A8717].avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [XVID] 640x360 24bpp 23.976 fps 839.7 kbps (102.5 kbyte/s)
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16000->192000 (128.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
================================================== ========================
vo: X11 running at 1600x1200 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 360 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 640x360 => 640x360 Planar YV12
[mpeg4 @ 0x85a2968]vop not coded: 0.008 3/ 3 0% 0% 0.0% 2 0 99%
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 0.0% 2 0 99%


MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: flip_page
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x5c)!

If i logged out and logged back in again this won't occur

[imdeemvp]

now have you installed the codecs?

this thread here may help you: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21630

[krazibon3]

yeh i grabbed every codec available. I can watch my files but sometimes i get that error message. If i log out and log back in again the problem disappears.

[imdeemvp]

well that weird....which kernel are you using?

[Shadow Skill]

Have you tried it in other players capable of handling such an avi, like totem, or videolan to see if those break as well? This is one strange error indeed I haven't experienced that sort of problem with Mplayer ever, you might also want to try uninstalling all of the codecs and mplayer and then reinstall them. I know on Windows codec conflicts can produce some rather strange effects like a brutally slow system for example.

[krazibon3]

I'm using 2.6.8 its happened on the previous kernel as well. I like this kernel as it doesn'tseem to freeze nor lag the computer to much. It might just be the windows media files but i'll give other video formats ago and see how it goes from there.

[imdeemvp]

what happens if you try playing under ogle, my personal choice for dvd playback is ogle and for music i like zinf and of course xmms

to install ogle open terminal and as root type: yum -y install ogle_gui and see if you get same results some people had more problems with mplayer then ogle and i know this is not what you need for a solution i just want you to try it to see if you get same issue.

[krazibon3]

no harm trying it out thanks mate