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christianpurefoy

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 136

mplayer pacman install problem

after typing:

pacman -S mplayer

everything went fine, but I can't get mplayer to open... for example- 'exec mplayer' simply closes the terminal window

is there something else i need to install to get it working?

thanks-o!

paranoos

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From: thornhill.on.ca

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 442

Re: mplayer pacman install problem

mplayer is a commandline program.
if you want a gui to come up, run gmplayer.

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: mplayer pacman install problem

gmplayer & exit will close the window down once gmplayer is brought up..

christianpurefoy

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 136

Re: mplayer pacman install problem

ah-ha! works like a dream! thanks

kozaki

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From: London >. < Paris

Registered: 2005-06-13

Posts: 673

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Re: mplayer pacman install problem

mplayer --help is your friends then

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