SMPlayer Support Forum

Hello,
I am running XP pro, and I can't play mp4 files with SMPlayer.
SMPlayer has built-in support for this, it is claimed.
Does anyone know what the cause(s) of this problem could be?

I can player mp4 files in windows xp without problems. Please send the mplayer log (options -> view logs) after trying to play a mp4 file.

Hi,

Mplayer log

C:/Program/SMPlayer/mplayer/mplayer.exe -noquiet -nofs -nomouseinput -sub-fuzziness 1 -identify -slave -vo directx, -ao dsound -nokeepaspect -priority abovenormal -framedrop -nodr -double -wid 2032234 -colorkey 0x020202 -monitorpixelaspect 1 -ass -embeddedfonts -ass-line-spacing 0 -ass-font-scale 1 -ass-styles C:/Documents and Settings/John/.smplayer/styles.ass -fontconfig -font Arial -subfont-autoscale 0 -subfont-osd-scale 20 -subfont-text-scale 20 -subcp ISO-8859-1 -vid 0 -subpos 100 -volume 73 -nocache -osdlevel 0 -vf-add screenshot -noslices -channels 2 -af scaletempo,equalizer=0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 -softvol -softvol-max 110 E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/From.Dusk.Till.Dawn.1996.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.mp4

MPlayer Redxii-SVN-r35425-4.6.3 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
Setting process priority: abovenormal

199 audio & 416 video codecs

Playing E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/From.Dusk.Till.Dawn.1996.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.mp4.
libavformat version 54.37.100 (internal)
libavformat file format detected.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
[lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
ID_AUDIO_ID=0
ID_AID_0_LANG=eng
[lavf] stream 1: audio (aac), -aid 0, -alang eng
VIDEO: [H264] 1280x720 24bpp 23.976 fps 873.8 kbps (106.7 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
major_brand: isom
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME0=major_brand
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE0=isom
minor_version: 1
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME1=minor_version
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE1=1
compatible_brands: isomavc1
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME2=compatible_brands
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE2=isomavc1
creation_time: 2012-10-20 13:03:58
ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME3=creation_time
ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE3=2012-10-20 13:03:58
ID_CLIP_INFO_N=4
Load subtitles in E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/
ID_FILE_SUB_ID=0
ID_FILE_SUB_FILENAME=E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/From.Dusk.Till.Dawn.1996.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.srt
SUB: Added subtitle file (1): E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/From.Dusk.Till.Dawn.1996.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.srt
ID_FILENAME=E:/From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)/From.Dusk.Till.Dawn.1996.720p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.mp4
ID_DEMUXER=lavfpref
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=H264
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=873800
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=1280
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=720
ID_VIDEO_FPS=23.976
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=MP4A
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=95944
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_START_TIME=0.00
ID_LENGTH=6470.40
ID_SEEKABLE=1
ID_CHAPTERS=0
Opening video filter: [ass auto=1]
[ass] auto-open
Opening video filter: [screenshot]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 54.73.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffh264
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 95.9 kbit/6.25% (ratio: 11993->192000)
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=95944
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Selected audio codec: [ffaac] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
==========================================================================
AO: [dsound] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=ffaac
[Mixer] No hardware mixing, inserting volume filter.
Starting playback...
Unsupported PixelFormat 61
Unsupported PixelFormat 53
Unsupported PixelFormat 81
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
[swscaler @ 012c0540]using unscaled yuv420p -> rgb24 special converter
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
VO: [directx] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
<vo_directx><ERROR>create surface failed: unknown error (0x88760168)
<vo_directx><FATAL ERROR>can't use overlay mode: please use -vo directx:noaccel
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.

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


Exiting... (End of file)
ID_EXIT=EOF

mplayer can't initialize the video driver (directx). Go to preferences -> general -> video and select another one.

It works well with wmp and ffdshow. I'd rather use SMPlayer.

With any of the other codecs in SMPlayer, it doesn't work well. CPU is 100%, my computer is a bit old.

But thanks. You really helped me.