SMPlayer - a new frontend for MPlayer

[rvm]

Update for windows: smplayer_update_0.1.9.zip (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer_update_0.1.9.zip)

This version should be able to load idx/sub subtitles.

Meanwhile I've been developing for version 0.1.11 something that I think it could be very interesting.

There are still a lot of options (filters and so on) missing in smplayer. You can pass options to mplayer in the preferences dialog, that allow you to do things that smplayer can't do right now. But there's a problem, those options are global. If you for example add there a crop filter, that filter will try to be applied to all videos you open.

To fix that problem, now you can set additional options for mplayer that will only be used for the current file. That options will be saved, so they'll be used when you open the file again.
And also I've added the possibility of choosing an alternative demuxer, audio codec and video codec.

Tomorrow I will compile this version and upload a binary for windows.

Meanwhile I'll show you some screenshots, so you can get a better idea of what I'm trying to explain:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1857/smplayeradvanced1er5.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smplayeradvanced1er5.jpg) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6416/smplayeradvanced2gr0.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smplayeradvanced2gr0.jpg) http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6518/smplayeradvanced3pt0.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smplayeradvanced3pt0.jpg)

[rvm]

The sourceforge shell server is still down, so I can't update the web page...

Here you can get the binary update for windows: smplayer_update_0.1.11.zip (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer_update_0.1.11.zip)

The source code of version 0.1.12: smplayer-0.1.12.tar.gz (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer-0.1.12.tar.gz)

Changes in 0.1.12:
* Added a reset button in demuxer / video & audio codec selection. Clicking that button will select the original option. Useful if you don't remember which one was it.
* Changes in fullscreen mode. Now fullscreen is a global setting. This allows to view all videos in the playlist in fullscreen mode, without switching to window mode everytime a video finished.
* Also added in the preferences a new option: "Start videos in fullscreen". If checked all videos you open will be played in fullscreen.

[Henrikx]

@rvm
PM in your Forum
German Translation 0.1.11
http://www.mytempdir.com/1218070

[Henrikx]

German Translation smplayer 0.1.12
smplayer_de_0.1.12.7z
http://www.mytempdir.com/1218105

[rvm]

I've just upload the binary update for windows: smplayer_update_0.1.17.zip (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer_update_0.1.17.zip)

In this version I have added a video equalizer, it's a little bit ugly right now but I expect to improve it.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8633/equalizerlj7.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=equalizerlj7.jpg)

So I removed the menu options to change contrast, brightness and so on (but of course key shortcuts still work).

In version 0.1.18 the shuffle button in playlist should work. I will compile this version in windows tonight, and I wish it doesn't make me problems, because I had to use non-Qt functions...

[rvm]

Version 0.1.18 available for windows: smplayer_update_0.1.18.zip (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer_update_0.1.18.zip)

In this version I've made some improvements on the playlist. Now the shuffle button should work.

This is exactly how it works (or should): if shuffle is on, items in the playlist will be played randomly. After each item is played a green check mark will appear, so the user (and the program) know which files have been played and which ones are left.

The next item button will choose a random file too, but the previous button will simply play the file above the current one.

When all files have been played, all the check marks are deleted. If the repeat button is on, then it will start to play again a random file.

Another improvement is that now the playlist saves some settings into the configuration file, like the size of the window.

[SealTooGreat]

Personally i've been using different audio settings for movies(video&audio) and audio only files. Is it possible to implement this extra feature, for example, if i load audio only file, smlpayer would automatically recognize and apply audio settings for audio only file, but for movies it would apply audio settings for the movies.
BTW link for v0.1.18 doesn't seem to work.

[rvm]

Edit: smplayer_update_0.1.20.zip (http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/temp/SMP/smplayer_update_0.1.20.zip)

The changelog for this version:
Version 0.1.19
* In playlist, the Add->Files and Add->Directory update the last directory used for playlist.
* Added some icons in Preferences dialog.
* Added icons for playlist's repeat & shuffle buttons (they are ugly: I did them myself...)
* Added two new buttons in playlist: up and down. You can use them to move items up and down in the list.

Changelog for version 0.1.20 (I'm compiling it right now in windows):
Version 0.1.20
* Now if the directory for screenshots is empty, the option -vf-add screenshot will not be passed to mplayer. This lets smplayer to work with old versions of mplayer which don't have that filter.
* More improvements in the playlist: added a play button (will play the selected item). Added a popup menu (right click), with 3 options: play, remove selected and edit. The last option lets you edit the name that will be shown in the playlist for the selected file.
With this, I think the playlist is almost finished.

[rvm]

New full packages for smplayer 0.2.0, with installer, are available:

You can get them here (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=185512).

The packages available are the following:
smplayer-0.2.0.tar.gz The source code.
smplayer_0.2.0_full_setup.exe The full package for Windows. Includes everything needed: smplayer.exe, shared libraries and a copy of mplayer. This time the version of mplayer is svn-r21703, taken from here (http://www.cccp-project.net/smf/index.php?topic=811.0) (I tested a little bit and it seems very good. It has support for SSA/ASS subtitles and even for fontconfig). The size of this package is about 9 MB.
smplayer_0.2.0_without_mplayer_setup.exe. Same as before but without mplayer. It's about 4 MB.

And additionally I've made a package with installer of mplayer svn-r21703: mplayer-svn-r21703-cccp_setup.exe. Useful if you want to use mplayer alone or with another program.

If you find any problem with the installation of any of these packages, please let me know.

Tomorrow I'll upload a src.rpm and a rpm for linux.

[Henrikx]

03.03.2007
smplayer_update_0.2.10 Windows/Linux
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php

[rvm]

smplayer 0.2.11 already available for windows, here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)

Main changes in the latest releases:


Version 0.2.11
* Some fixes in the new code for fullscreen. Now (at least in Windows) changing to fullscreen mode should be very smooth (no blinks). Compared to other programs, like vlc or mpui, I can say that smplayer gives the best switch from window mode to fullscreen mode. No blinks at all, no strange things visible for an instant.
* New info window (Options->View info).

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/51d7997554.jpg

Version 0.2.10
* Added a "compact mode". In this mode, the status bar and the control widget are hidden.

Version 0.2.6
* Added the postprocessing filter (-vf pp) with autoq. The autoq value can be changed in Preferences->Performance. By default: 6 (the highest). The postprocessing filter can be selected in Video->Filters->Postprocessing. This filter may "improve" the video quality.

Version 0.2.4
* Replaced the video equalizer with a better looking one.

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/8ca824b899.jpg

[Netuser]

Waoo it seems cool, let me try it :D

[Netuser]

I have 2 things to say :

-On vista it disable the Aero Mode :( : can you add option to keep aero ? liek in MPC if you choose in Playback Output option Default or VMR 9. It keep Aero ;)
-Also will be nice to make progress bar to appear in Fullscreen when mouse go down like in MPC and WMP.

A big thumb up fo ru dude , you are doing a great work for us :)

[rvm]

-On vista it disable the Aero Mode :( : can you add option to keep aero ? liek in MPC if you choose in Playback Output option Default or VMR 9. It keep Aero ;)

I don't have Window Vista and I don't even know what Aero Mode is (well, I've just read about it in the Wikipedia).

Searching in mplayer lists, this seems to be a problem of mplayer when using directx on Vista.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.cygwin/2430

-Also will be nice to make progress bar to appear in Fullscreen when mouse go down like in MPC and WMP.

Yes, I think this can be done.

[HeadBangeR77]

With all due respect to Lord Mulder's GUI for MPlayer, your application has won my heart. :)
Thanks very much and keep up the good work you're doing!

[sheppaul]

Aero seems to be using overlay mixer by default. That's the problem.

BTW, smplayer looks promising. ;)

[Netuser]

Kmplayer use Mplayer also no ? and it keeps Aero. May be you should look in it.

[rvm]

KMPlayer, according to what it says here (http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141) does not use mplayer:

To make a long story short, The KMPlayer has its own developing history since 2001. KMP was written by delphi from scratch and had nothing to do with MPlayer or etc.

BTW, could you test if using gl or gl2 as output driver also disables Aero? (yes, I know gl/gl2 have other problems... just to test it)

[Netuser]

I will check it tonght. Just ot save time whne i will be home where is that option to activate ?

[rvm]

Options->Preferences->General and as video output driver select gl or gl2 instead of directx.

Right now gl/gl2 has the problem that the image gets corrupt when the window is resized.

[smok3]

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ seems to be down, any mirrors? (i got the update, but not the main thingy)

[rvm]

http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/smplayer/smplayer_0.2.0_full_setup.exe
http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/smplayer/smplayer_0.2.0_full_setup.exe
http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/smplayer_0.2.0_full_setup.exe

[Delerue]

Maaaann...! Pretty good job. I have to agree with HeadBangeR77: your work is one of the best.

I found two bugs (or unfinished things; last version 0.2.15): FLV search is broken and WMV9 videos can't change the audio track (tested with Adrenaline Rush).

Two things that aren't good: Every change in the GUI preferences makes the video and audio blink/jump; And HD videos have small subtitles (VobSub engine corrects this problem).

That's it.
Keep going! ;)

[rvm]

I found two bugs (or unfinished things; last version 0.2.15): FLV search is broken

Yes, I'm afraid seeking in flv videos doesn't work. But this is a mplayer issue.

and WMV9 videos can't change the audio track (tested with Adrenaline Rush).

I don't have any wmv with multiple audio tracks to test it, but mplayer doc says that audio switching only works with mpeg and matroshka (actually it also works with avi).
You may try to stop the video and play again. At least this works with ogm videos.

Two things that aren't good: Every change in the GUI preferences makes the video and audio blink/jump;

Unfortunately most of the changes require to stop the mplayer process and start it again (with new options).

And HD videos have small subtitles (VobSub engine corrects this problem).

I've just test it right now on linux and it seems good to me:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/157/hdyz3.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdyz3.jpg)

I'll test it later on Windows. But you can play with subtitle's size options in preferences.

[Delerue]

Yes, I'm afraid seeking in flv videos doesn't work. But this is a mplayer issue.

Well, MPUI can seek pretty well.

You may try to stop the video and play again. At least this works with ogm videos.

Yeah! Works stopping. But unfortunately, 'stop' function likes to freeze SMplayer (MPlayer still running...). Drang and drop videos using stop or not freeze sometimes too. :(

Unfortunately most of the changes require to stop the mplayer process and start it again (with new options).

Hmmmm... I told that because FFDShow plugins don't need to stop and play when we change something. But, yeah, VLC and MPUI need.


I've just test it right now on linux and it seems good to me:

I'll test it later on Windows. But you can play with subtitle's size options in preferences.

I don't know how to make a SS with subtitles printed. If I make a SS, only the video is printed. BTW, I try again with other videos. Same thing: high resolution videos shrink subtitles, and low definition videos don't.

[rvm]

I don't know how to make a SS with subtitles printed. If I make a SS, only the video is printed. BTW, I try again with other videos. Same thing: high resolution videos shrink subtitles, and low definition videos don't.

Go to the preferences dialog and select "directx:noaccel" as video output driver. This way you'll be able to make a screenshot of the video and the subtitles (with a external program).

[Delerue]

Go to the preferences dialog and select "directx:noaccel" as video output driver. This way you'll be able to make a screenshot of the video and the subtitles (with a external program).

This render doesn't work for me; no image in the screen. In fact, only 'directx' and 'matrixview' (can't be resized) work for me. :(

[rvm]

Uncheck the option "use software video equalizer"

[smok3]

just did a quick test on 0.2.15, few observations;
- there is an audio volume problem, audio starts at full volume and only after some short time it gets to the defined level.
- the positioner is not updated fast enough
- building a playlist with few huffyuv encoded files will crash the player sooner or later (probably a mplayer problem)

[rvm]

Well, MPUI can seek pretty well.

I downloaded a flv from youtube and seeking doesn't work either in MPUI.
Anyway I suppose the maybe MPUI uses the -idx option with those videos, but at least with the one I tried that options does nothing.

Yeah! Works stopping. But unfortunately, 'stop' function likes to freeze SMplayer (MPlayer still running...). Drang and drop videos using stop or not freeze sometimes too. :(

The first notice I have about this problem. It sounds as if smplayer has problems killing the mplayer process. Unfortunately I can't reproduce it. For me "stop" works.

just did a quick test on 0.2.15, few observations;
- there is an audio volume problem, audio starts at full volume and only after some short time it gets to the defined level.

Yes, I know. This is because mplayer doesn't have a "-volume" option for the command line, so the volume has to be set once the video has begun to play.

- the positioner is not updated fast enough

The time slider updates once per second. I think it's enough for most cases. Previously it updated more often and that gave problems when dragging it.

[rvm]

smplayer 0.2.18 available to download: here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)

Most important changes:

* Added a menu where you can select the number of audio channels you'd like to use: the options are:
- stereo (2 channels)
- 4.0 Surround (4 channels)
- 5.1 Surround (6 channels)

Note: through this option mplayer will try to use the requested number of channels but it might not achieve it. This is what the mplayer manpage says about it:

-channels <number> (also see -af channels)
Request the number of playback channels (default: 2). MPlayer
asks the decoder to decode the audio into as many channels as
specified. Then it is up to the decoder to fulfill the require-
ment. This is usually only important when playing videos with
AC3 audio (like DVDs). In that case liba52 does the decoding by
default and correctly downmixes the audio into the requested
number of channels. To directly control the number of output
channels independently of how many channels are decoded, use the
channels filter.
NOTE: This option is honored by codecs (AC3 only), filters (sur-
round) and audio output drivers (OSS at least).


This option is completely untested as I only have stereo speakers.

* Added a menu to select the stereo mode: stereo, left channel, right channel.

* Added in the preferences dialog an option to autosync audio/video. This is what the manpage says about it:

-autosync <factor>
Gradually adjusts the A/V sync based on audio delay measure-
ments. Specifying -autosync 0, the default, will cause frame
timing to be based entirely on audio delay measurements. Speci-
fying -autosync 1 will do the same, but will subtly change the
A/V correction algorithm. An uneven video framerate in a movie
which plays fine with -nosound can often be helped by setting
this to an integer value greater than 1. The higher the value,
the closer the timing will be to -nosound. Try -autosync 30 to
smooth out problems with sound drivers which do not implement a
perfect audio delay measurement. With this value, if large A/V
sync offsets occur, they will only take about 1 or 2 seconds to
settle out. This delay in reaction time to sudden A/V offsets
should be the only side-effect of turning this option on, for
all sound drivers.


* Added an option in the preferences dialog which allows to select a dvd chapter really fast. When checked that option smplayer will select the chapter by using a slave command instead of stopping the mplayer process and starting again. Unfortunately this option has some inconveniences: the cache is disabled (doesn't work with it) and it's not guaranteed to work (in linux it seems it works perfectly but in windows I tried with some dvds, with some of them it works, with others not).

* Added a "recent files" menu.

[Delerue]

I downloaded a flv from youtube and seeking doesn't work either in MPUI.
Anyway I suppose the maybe MPUI uses the -idx option with those videos, but at least with the one I tried that options does nothing.

I tested with more than 10 Youtube videos. All worked with MPUI, and none worked with SMPlayer (I'm talking about seeking).

The first notice I have about this problem. It sounds as if smplayer has problems killing the mplayer process. Unfortunately I can't reproduce it. For me "stop" works.

Hmmmm... I tested the lastest build right now and I can't freeze anymore. Good thing! ;)

[rvm]

I tested with more than 10 Youtube videos. All worked with MPUI, and none worked with SMPlayer (I'm talking about seeking).

I've just downloaded the latest mplayer snapshot, and I see that now seeking in flv videos works perfectly.

I suppose that MPUI includes a recent svn version of mplayer. (And I should have an old MPUI).

So you know the fix: either download a recent build of mplayer by your own (for instance here (http://esby.free.fr/CelticDruid/mirror/mplayer/)), or easier, configure smplayer to use the mplayer included in MPUI.

[Delerue]

I've just downloaded the latest mplayer snapshot, and I see that now seeking in flv videos works perfectly.

I suppose that MPUI includes a recent svn version of mplayer. (And I should have an old MPUI).

So you know the fix: either download a recent build of mplayer by your own (for instance here (http://esby.free.fr/CelticDruid/mirror/mplayer/)), or easier, configure smplayer to use the mplayer included in MPUI.

You're perfectly right. I'm deleting MPUI right now. ;)

What's the difference between versions of MPlayer with CPU names? Only the fact that each one uses the instructions of the CPU labeled (MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, etc.)? So, MPlayer-A64 means that this build uses MMX, MMX2, 3DNow!, 3DNow!2, SSE and SSE2?

Thanks, man.

[rvm]

They're optimized for different kind of processors. You should try to use the one for yours to get the best performance.

I think the ones with no processor indicator, are compiled with autodetection at runtime.

[rvm]

smplayer 0.2.20 windows update available here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)

Changes:

* Now the subtitles appear on the screenshots.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5097/subssh8.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=subssh8.jpg)
* Option to play a dvd from hard disc. This has always been possible, but I changed the preferences dialog a little bit to make it clearer.
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8775/dvdhdvt6.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dvdhdvt6.jpg)
* New option in preferences: fast audio track switching. Checked by default. The new thing is if you uncheck it. In that case for audio switching the mplayer process will be restarted. This is a little bit slower, but allows that audio switching works in ogm or wmv containers.

[Delerue]

smplayer 0.2.20 windows update available here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)

Changes:

* Option to play a dvd from hard disc. This has always been possible, but I changed the preferences dialog a little bit to make it clearer.

Thanks. But would be great if you write an option to play an entire directory (if there's a DVD files, play it; if there's multiple videos, insert all in the playlist), inside the 'open' menu (just like VLC does).

BTW, this new option don't work for me. I insert the directory and I don't know what to do after that.

[rvm]

After that you have to select Open->DVD

[Delerue]

After that you have to select Open->DVD

Doesn't work. :(

[rvm]

Could you post the mplayer log? (Options->View logs->mplayer)

[rvm]

smplayer 0.2.21 available for download (here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)).

Changelog:

* Playing a DVD from a folder: make things even clearer. Removed
the stuff in preferences and added "Open->DVD from folder". It'll ask
you for a directory where video_ts and audio_ts should be (it seems that
it also work if you select the directory with the *.vob and *.ifo files).
So now "Open->DVD" will only play real DVDs in your dvd drive.
* Added a Open->Directory option. It will add the files in the chosen
directory (not recursively) to the playlist (after clearing it) and start
playing the first item. To fix: it will start playing always the first item
even if the shuffle button in the playlist is on.


http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/e6b90d1e85.jpg

[Delerue]

smplayer 0.2.21 available for download (here (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php)).

Changelog:
[...]


Nice, man!

Unfortunately 'DVD from folder' still doesn't working for me. I tried with 2 different DVDs, and nothing, even if I try to point to the main folder or 'VIDEO_TS'; VLC does fine. Here is the log of the MPlayer:

Playing dvd://1.
ID_DVD_TITLES=3
ID_DVD_TITLE_1_CHAPTERS=25
ID_DVD_TITLE_1_ANGLES=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_2_CHAPTERS=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_2_ANGLES=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_3_CHAPTERS=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_3_ANGLES=1
ID_SIGNAL=11
stderr: libdvdread: Could not open D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS with libdvdcss.
stderr: libdvdread: Can't open D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS for reading
stderr: libdvdread: Device D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS inaccessible, CSS authentication not available.
stderr:
stderr:
stderr: MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: open_stream
stderr: - MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
stderr: Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
stderr: disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
stderr: - MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
stderr: It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
stderr: gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
stderr: DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
stderr: won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.

I would like to suggest one more useful thing. Make the mouse wheel controls the volume would be really really useful. I think this is the best shortcut to this function. MPC, Winamp, MPUI and Crystal Player can tell. :)

One more thing: is it normal that a paused movie can't be automatically resized?

Ah! And the last (I hope, hehehe) thing: DirectX without acceleration can't work here. So, no SS for me. Log:


Playing D:/Downloads/Filmes/Brick.avi.

Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)
AVI file format detected.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
ID_AUDIO_ID=1
VIDEO: [XVID] 672x352 12bpp 23.976 fps 718.6 kbps (87.7 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME0=Software
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE0=VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
ID_CLIP_INFO_N=1
SUB: Detected subtitle file format: subviewer
SUB: Read 1217 subtitles.
ID_FILE_SUB_ID=0
ID_FILE_SUB_FILENAME=D:/Downloads/Filmes/Brick.srt
SUB: Added subtitle file (1): D:/Downloads/Filmes/Brick.srt
ID_FILENAME=D:/Downloads/Filmes/Brick.avi
ID_DEMUXER=avi
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=XVID
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=718640
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=672
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=352
ID_VIDEO_FPS=23.976
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=85
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=158664
ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
ID_LENGTH=6597.01
Opening video filter: [eq2]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffodivx
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=128000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [dsound] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 672 x 352 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]

stderr: The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
stderr: Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
stderr: e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
stderr:
stderr: FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).

Exiting... (End of file)

[rvm]

Unfortunately 'DVD from folder' still doesn't working for me. I tried with 2 different DVDs, and nothing, even if I try to point to the main folder or 'VIDEO_TS'; VLC does fine. Here is the log of the MPlayer:

Playing dvd://1.
ID_DVD_TITLES=3
ID_DVD_TITLE_1_CHAPTERS=25
ID_DVD_TITLE_1_ANGLES=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_2_CHAPTERS=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_2_ANGLES=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_3_CHAPTERS=1
ID_DVD_TITLE_3_ANGLES=1
ID_SIGNAL=11
stderr: libdvdread: Could not open D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS with libdvdcss.
stderr: libdvdread: Can't open D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS for reading
stderr: libdvdread: Device D:/Downloads/Step Into Liquid (Surf Video)/VIDEO_TS inaccessible, CSS authentication not available.
stderr:
stderr:
stderr: MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: open_stream
...


It seems to be a problem/bug with your version of mplayer.
I'd suggest you to try other builds. Here you can find some:

http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/mplayer/
http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
http://www.cccp-project.net/smf/index.php?topic=811.0

One more thing: is it normal that a paused movie can't be automatically resized?

It's a little bit ugly, but it seems that mplayer doesn't update the image in pause mode.

Ah! And the last (I hope, hehehe) thing: DirectX without acceleration can't work here. So, no SS for me. Log:


...
Opening video filter: [eq2]
...


Disable the software video equalizer (eq2). It's almost certainly because of that.

BTW, as of 0.2.20, subtitles appear on the screenshots made by smplayer (option Video->Screenshot).

[DSP8000]

I've got some problems with various builds of mplayer with your player.
Here's the log:
C:/Program Files/smplayer/mplayer/mplayer.exe -noquiet -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo directx -ao dsound -zoom -nokeepaspect -priority normal -wid 5505886 -colorkey 131586 -monitoraspect 1.33333 -subfont-autoscale 1 -subfont-text-scale 5 -subcp latin1 -subpos 100 -contrast 0 -hue 0 -saturation 0 -cache 2000 -osdlevel 1 -vf-add expand=osd=1 -noslices -vf-add screenshot D:/TEST_DVD/VTS_01_1.VOB

MPlayer dev-SVN-r22503-4.3.0 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz (Family: 15, Model: 1, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
MPlayer was compiled without cache2 support.
Setting process priority: normal
106 audio & 227 video codecs


also, what settings or cmd line options do I have to enable to be able to play DVD's on 550MHz PC?

[rvm]

MPlayer was compiled without cache2 support.

It seems that that mplayer doesn't support the -cache option.

Set the cache (Preferences->Performance) to 0.

[DSP8000]

Tnx. that fixed it. Now I'm using celtic's build.
Selecting system font for subtitles crashes sherpya's latest & celtic's latest builds.

[Sirber]

−mouse-movements

Permit MPlayer to receive pointer events reported by the video output driver (currently only derivatives of X11 are supported). Necessary to select the buttons in DVD menus.
Would that work in directx?

[rvm]

If you can't play dvds

I've realized that latest builds of mplayer don't play dvds if the dvd device ends with "/" (at least in Windows, I didn't test it in linux yet).
mplayer -dvd-device E:/ will fail, but mplayer -dvd-device E: will work.

I suggest you to download smplayer 0.2.22 (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php). This version will take care of removing those ending "/". So dvd playing must work (well, there's another problem, it seems that some recent builds don't have support for the option -cache, the work-around is to set the cache to 0 in the preferences).

Other improvements in this version: you may for instance drop a folder containing a ripped dvd (the folder which contains the video_ts, not the video_ts itself) and it will be played. Or you can also open such a folder in Open->Directory, it will be recognized and opened as a dvd.

[Delerue]

If you can't play dvds

I suggest you to download smplayer 0.2.22 (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/download_en.php). This version will take care of removing those ending "/". So dvd playing must work (well, there's another problem, it seems that some recent builds don't have support for the option -cache, the work-around is to set the cache to 0 in the preferences).

Still no donuts for me. Cache on, off, MPlayer build default, A64... Nothing. DVD from folder simply can't work.

[rvm]

In version 0.2.24 there are some bug fixes but the most important change: added the Slovak translation (here you can see some screenshots (http://www.phpbbplanet.com/smplayer/viewtopic.php?t=58&mforum=smplayer))