can't play avi file

[Darlene Wallach]

Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 06:46:44PM -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> 
>>I know. I prefer to install - and format the partitions. I have a
>>lot to backup before I install so I don't install as often as I
>>should as you can see.
> 
> 
> A suggestion -- next time you install, put /home on its own partition, and
> put all of your data there. Then, next time you reinstall, make sure not to
> format that partition.
> 

I have /home on its own partition. I just figure that by formatting
the /home partition when I install a Fedora Core distribution it
cleans everything up e.g. any fragmented areas, and lets me have a
clean slate.

> 
>>>2. Install mplayer from livna.
>>
>>I have mplayer installed. mplayer won't play the avi file either.
> 
> 
> Do you have the right codec installed? See another recent thread on this.
> 

Here is the output from running mplayer:
[begin output from mplayer]
$ mplayer 2005-SS-FP.V01.2005-04-12.HDV_low.avi
MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.4 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, 
Model: 8, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote 
control.

Playing 2005-SS-FP.V01.2005-04-12.HDV_low.avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO:  [XVID]  1280x720  24bpp  25.000 fps  800.3 kbps (97.7 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
  Software: MEncoder 1.0pre7-3.3.5
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 96.0 kbit/6.25% (ratio: 12000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found!
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0


MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events
- 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 0x6a)!
[end output from mplayer]

I don't see an error about a missing codec. I don't know what the
aspect, X11 error, and the Xlib messages mean.

Darlene