divxPlayer closing right after being launched

[membrax]

Hi Folks, hi free people !

Ever experienced divxPlayer (can be grabbed here http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/) promptly closing right after having been launched ?

It then gives you an error message like this one :
/usr/local/bin/divxPlayer: line 6:  6011 Segmentation fault        /usr/local/bin/divxPlayer.bin $@

One of the many different ways to settle this issue :
1) go to this directory /home/user_dir/.divxPlayer
2) delete the file DivXPlayer.dbf
3) relaunch the divxPlayer application --> it works !

... any other solution is welcome !

[KernelPanic]

I'm sure somebody here can help.

But.... I'd rather recommend to you mplayer.

[Ice-9]

Hi MeMbR@X    
Great post, thanks, but it isn't entirely correct.

divxPlayer isn't listed for dowload anymore, only the divx codec.
You're just lucky that I had downloaded it before and mailed it to you    

Welcome here btw.

 

quote: I'm sure somebody here can help.

But.... I'd rather recommend to you mplayer.

He just posted the fix for the problem.

[ December 04, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

[membrax]

... last issue with this :

each time that the divxPlayer is launched it rewrites this %

[Ice-9]

one word :
synaptic

[voidmain]

If you are using RedHat there is an easy way to get MPlayer (and other things) installed. It's apt-get and synaptic package managers for RedHat. Here are instructions on how to set it up, and even uses MPlayer as the example program to install:

http://voidmain.kicks-ass.net/redhat/redhat_8_apt-get_must_have.html

[Ice-9]

He already uses synaptic void main    
In fact, I'm on irc with him atm talking about him not being able to start gmplayer.  

[membrax]

Hi void Main,

indeed I already use Synaptic.
When trying to get the packages it connects and then skips some packages with as error msg : Cannot Fetch Package   etc etc.

I guess I'd better wait the latest version which is 0.90.10 being compiled and so available.
CSV file are available only since a few hours, not yet compiled.

Greeetz,

[flap]

...but if you want to get the divx player working for the moment:
delete the file (DivXPlayer.dbf) as you mentioned, run the player again, and go into options. Disable the splash screen and the "Check for new versions at startup" option.

[membrax]

Hi flap !

just did what you advised me and ... yeehaaaa, it really works as it should have worked since the beginning.

Thank you very much pal !

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by membrax:
Hi void Main,

indeed I already use Synaptic.
When trying to get the packages it connects and then skips some packages with as error msg : Cannot Fetch Package   etc etc.

I guess I'd better wait the latest version which is 0.90.10 being compiled and so available.
CSV file are available only since a few hours, not yet compiled.

Greeetz,

Hmmmm, are you behind a proxy? That is do you have to enter proxy settings in your browser before you can browse the net? Synaptic not downloading MPlayer would not be a problem with MPlayer. What Linux distro and version are you running?

[choasforages]

try downloading it from source. and hacking the .spec file more to your likeing, infact, i can mail you srpm that i hacked up.
for the "normal" srpm/*the one that i didn't hack up*/
http://psyche.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=354

[ December 05, 2002: Message edited by: choasforages ]

[KernelPanic]

quote:Originally posted by Ice9:
Hi MeMbR@X      
Great post, thanks, but it isn't entirely correct.

divxPlayer isn't listed for dowload anymore, only the divx codec.
You're just lucky that I had downloaded it before and mailed it to you        

Welcome here btw.

 

He just posted the fix for the problem.

[ December 04, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

I realised that but had better thinggs to do than edit the post. I hoped my stupidity would go unnoticed....