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

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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 <pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu>
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
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FATAL: Couldn't initialize video filters (-vop) or video output (-vo) !

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vo: uninit!
vo: uninit ...

Exiting... (End of file)