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Title: Kino
Post by: keef on February 20, 2005, 10:30:19 am

hi

i have installed the new version of kino but could not get it to work--didnt seem to load the files.
i also installed the mplayer package.

i have uninstalled and reinstalled the original version of kino (0.2) and
now this refuses to play any video files at all although it does seem to load them.

i have tried deleting the conf. file with no effect . i have also uninstalled and reinstalled different versions of the program several times and rebooted a few times.

any suggestions appreciated

keef


c860 with sharp rom

Title: Kino
Post by: maslovsky on February 20, 2005, 04:44:30 pm

Exactly which kino and mplayer packages did you install?

Title: Kino
Post by: keef on February 20, 2005, 06:19:44 pm

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Exactly which kino and mplayer packages did you install?
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kin0 0.4.2    
mplayer-w100


keef

Title: Kino
Post by: freizugheit on February 20, 2005, 08:02:51 pm

If the GUI is not working, I suggest to use command line to activate mplayer.

Use terminal to check whether mplayer is exisisten by typing "which mplayer"

After that, use the following command to play the multimedia file:

- For audio: mplayer 123.mp3
- For video: mplayer -framedrop quiet 456.mpg

I hope the above will help.

Title: Kino
Post by: keef on February 21, 2005, 03:31:49 am

thanks i may try this.


for the moment i have reinstalled the earlier version which is now working fine.

maybe i should leave well alone?







keef

Title: Kino
Post by: ev1l on February 21, 2005, 05:26:54 am

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maybe i should leave well alone?

Absolutely not. I'll test the latest on my own. After trying to use kino in the train on my commute this morning, I could have litteraly murdered Maslovsky, but I know it usually gets better with upgrades, and if noone reports bugs, we'll never get rid of the Sharp media player.

Title: Kino
Post by: maslovsky on February 21, 2005, 10:03:41 am

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maybe i should leave well alone?

Absolutely not. I'll test the latest on my own. After trying to use kino in the train on my commute this morning, I could have litteraly murdered Maslovsky, but I know it usually gets better with upgrades, and if noone reports bugs, we'll never get rid of the Sharp media player.
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I wonder what was so wrong with kino2?

Title: Kino
Post by: bluedevils on February 21, 2005, 10:37:40 am

I have the same problem.  mplayer seems to run commandline (though it had troubles with console constantly trying to refresh).

Title: Kino
Post by: ev1l on February 21, 2005, 09:19:04 pm

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I wonder what was so wrong with kino2?
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It wrecks havoc on the power management preferences, including screen brightness and automatic dimming, it leaves zombie processes after closing, and only responds to the remote when it feels like it. It also misreports MP3 track length.