Some files don't show video after first play

[poltsy]

[rvm]

It really sounds like a bug in mplayer.

What version of mplayer are you using?

Have you tried a newer build? Maybe the problem is already fixed.

[poltsy]

I'm using SVN-r31787-4.5.1. Searching for this on the mailing lists I found some talk about crashing when compiled with gcc-4.4 so I gave gcc-4.3 a try just to be sure but there's no change.

Think I'll put on my asbestos suit and go file a report.

[poltsy]

[Henkk]

[rvm]

I think it might be the problem with the -vid option that poltsy mentioned.

[planman]

I can confirm this using MPlayer SVN-r31774-4.5.0 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team.

Problem goes away if you disable 'Remember settings for all files (audio track, subtitles...)

Which is annoying as I love this feature.

[eris23]

0.6.9+SVN-r3575 still has problem, but -vid 1 works as temporary (but inconvenient) workaround

[rvm]

[santeesteve]

I just started getting that with some mkv and mov files, but have been seeing the same problems with some mp4 files for a couple months. Fixed the mkv problem by adding to (this is Linux) $(HOME)/.mplayer/config:

[extension.mkv]
demuxer=mkv


will add the .mov fix and see if trying mp4 works.

Edit: using the mov demuxer fixed the problems with mp4 files too:

[extension.mp4]
demuxer=mov