mplayer has no vedio?

[Robin Laing]

Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> 
>> Mostafa Z. Afgani wrote:
>>
>>> yufan wrote:
>>>
>>>> when i use mplayer to open a media file,there is no edio on the
>>>> screen(even no gui!) but i can hear the audio. what's wrong with that?
>>>>
>>>
>>> try launching the file as:
>>>
>>> $ gmplayer mediafile
>>>
>>> -M
>>>
>>
>> gmplayer is the graphical version of mplayer.
>>
>>
> sure .. but since he said he was only getting sound and no video/gui, it 
> sounded like the media was just playing in the console .. gmplayer would 
> give him the GUI if that's what he was after ..
> 
> -M
> 

My thoughts exactly.  Many people hear of mplayer but never hear about 
gmplayer.  Many don't even know that it exists.  I also t

gmplayer does allow an easy method to configure the browser in 
comparison to editing a config file by just clicking the wrench.

For many, this is the only way that they can understand how to 
configure the player.
-- 
Robin Laing