MPlayer doesnt play any movies ?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 18:42 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Obviously Mplayer can't find the video device for which it is set up. 
> Enter the command
> 
> mplayer -vo help
> 
> to get a list of available devices. Then try them one after the other.
> The 
> command would be something like
> 
> mplayer -vo x11 /path/to/your/video.avi
> 
> where x1 is one of the devices from the list given by mplayer.

Just to add, once the OP found the working video device he can
right-click the video window, open Preferences and choose the correct
device on the Video tab.