Public bug reported: When run first time, smplayer reports it can't identify smplayer version and asks you to choose a version. Choosing the latest version does not work. The smplayer front end does not work with the mplayer back end. Some of the basic controls (play/pause/seek) work but the video does not embed/reparent in the player window or appear anywhere else (but you can hear audio).
ii mplayer 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg movie player for Unix-like systems ii smplayer 0.7.0-1ubuntu2 complete front-end for MPlayer By the way, to get another chance to choose, delete the lines in the [mplayer_info] section of ~/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: smplayer 0.7.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 1e1a99f31ec2933306456e1f141c45d8 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 Date: Thu May 16 23:18:44 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: smplayer UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-03-03 (74 days ago) ** Affects: smplayer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181073 Title: incompatible with mplayer version To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/smplayer/+bug/1181073/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs