Playing MPEG Video Files with MPlayer

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∟Playing MPEG Video Files with MPlayer

This section provides a tutorial on how to play a MPEG video file with MPlayer.

The next test is to use MPlayer to play a MPEG video file:

C:\temp>\local\mplayer\mplayer tracking.mpg
MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
    T7200  @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap font
   description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf

Playing tracking.mpg.
MPEG-ES file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG1  720x480  (aspect 1)  30.000 fps  1158.0 kbps
=====================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try adding the scale filter, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-...
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
=====================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720x480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.50:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [directx] 720x480 => 720x480 Planar YV12