This mp3 file isn't recognized. I can't remember if I've ever played with mplayer. mpg123 plays it without trouble. Frederic Lochon lochon@roulaise.net here is output log: mplayer -v Eagles-Hotel_Californa.mp3 &> Eagles-Hotel_Californa.txt -- MPlayer CVS-020809-06:00-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!) CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon (Family: 6, Stepping: 5) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX Reading /home/lochon/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/lochon/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /usr/local/share/mplayer/codecs.conf: 38 audio & 104 video codecs CommandLine:get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/lochon/.mplayer/font/font.desc' '-v' '/mp3/Divers/Eagles-Hotel_Californa.mp3' font: can't open file: /home/lochon/.mplayer/font/font.desc Using MMX Optimized OnScreenDisplay Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (238 chars) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied Using usleep() timing get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/lochon/.mplayer/input.conf' Parsing input config file /home/lochon/.mplayer/input.conf Input config file /home/lochon/.mplayer/input.conf parsed : 2 binds Playing /mp3/Divers/Eagles-Hotel_Californa.mp3 Not an URL! File size is 5780608 bytes Checking for YUV4MPEG2 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 ASF_check: not ASF guid! DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 Checking for NuppelVideo DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 Checking for MOV DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 Checking for VIVO DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 Checking for REAL DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x83b3e20 sync_mpeg_ps: seems to be MP3 stream... MPEG Stream reached EOF ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) MPEG packet stats: p100: 4 p101: 3 PES: 4 MP3: 101 {ERROR5,c=232} sync_mpeg_ps: seems to be MP3 stream... MPEG Stream reached EOF ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video) MPEG packet stats: p100: 4 p101: 3 PES: 3 MP3: 101 Detected MPEG-ES file format! ==> Found video stream: 0 Searching for sequence header... OK! VIDEO: MPEG1 1955x3117 (aspect 4) 25.00 fps 48070.5 kbps (6008.8 kbyte/s) size restrictions for MP@ML or MPEG1 exceeded! (1968x3120) [V] filefmt:1 fourcc:0x10000001 size:1955x3117 fps:25.00 ftime:=0.0400 get_path('sub/') -> '/home/lochon/.mplayer/sub/' SUB: Detected sub file: /mp3/Divers/Eagles-Hotel_Californa.txt SUB: Could not determine file format ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 1955 x 3117 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) vo_debug: query(Mpeg PES) returned 0x0 (i=0) Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale... Opening video filter: [scale] SwScale params: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling) vo_debug: query(Mpeg PES) returned 0x0 (i=0) Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0 VDec: vo config request - 1955 x 3117 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) libmpeg2: Using MMX for IDCT transform libmpeg2: Using MMX for motion compensation vo_debug: query(Planar YV12) returned 0x437 (i=0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. video_out->init(1955x3117->4156x3117,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x32315659) VO: [xmga] 1955x3117 => 4156x3117 Planar YV12 VO: Description: X11 (Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in window using /dev/mga_vid) VO: Author: Zoltan Ponekker X11 opening display: :0.0 vo: X11 color mask: FFFF (R:F800 G:7E0 B:1F) vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display) aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! [xmga] x: -1438 y: -1047 w: 4156 h: 3324 [xmga] dcx: -1438 dcy: -1047 dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 4156 dh: 3324 aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found! Error in mga_vid_config ioctl(): Bad address FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver! Your mga_vid driver version is incompatible with this MPlayer version! VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family INFO: libavcodec init OK! libavcodec: CPU flags: mmx Detected video codec: [ffmpeg12] vfm:5 (FFmpeg MPEG 1/2) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound!!! Freeing 0 unused audio chunks Start playing... slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image slice below image FATAL: Couldn't initialize video filters (-vop) or video output (-vo) ! 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