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DrLlap

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Registered: 2024-10-20

Posts: 31

[SOLVED] MPlayer error on every video after update

Get an error when I try to start playing any video with mplayer

mplayer <some video>.mp4:

MPlayer SVN-r38542 (C) 2000-2024 MPlayer Team
226 audio & 468 video codecs
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing Rolling_issue.mp4.
libavformat version 62.3.100 (external)
libavformat file format detected.
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7faa9ccd92e0]Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured optimally without knowing the protocol
[lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
[lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang und
VIDEO:  [H264]  2560x1368  24bpp  15.000 fps  1047.1 kbps (127.8 kbyte/s)
X11 error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: ffh264vdpau
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 62.11.100 (external)
Selected video codec: [ffh264vdpau] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU))
==========================================================================
Clip info:
 major_brand: mp42
 minor_version: 0
 compatible_brands: mp41isom
 creation_time: 2025-05-20T08:38:45.000000Z
Load subtitles in ./
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatle, 96.0 kbit/3.40% (ratio: 12000->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch floatle (4 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts
Unexpected decoder output format Planar YV12
Too many buffered pts

FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).


Exiting... (End of file)

Looks there was a update to mplayer yesterday, this i my pacman.log

[2025-10-04T18:06:22+0000] [ALPM] upgraded mplayer (38542-5 -> 38542-6)

Both vlc and mpv work just fine.

Last edited by DrLlap (2025-10-06 00:08:11)

DrLlap

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Registered: 2024-10-20

Posts: 31

Re: [SOLVED] MPlayer error on every video after update

Ok, I had

vc=ffh264vdpau,ffmpeg12vdpau,ffodivxvdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffhevcvdpau

in my .mplayer/config. No idea what it is for or why I added it (maybe because I was having some issues with audio sync), but commenting it out fixes the issue