[MPlayer-users] re: "cant generate tables" plus: no sound, ever!

[specialist33]

More experiementation shows that "cant generate tables" pops up every 
few frames during playback of AVI's. Example

Cache fill:  4.23% (354989 bytes)    AVI file format detected.
VIDEO:  [DIVX]  200x152  24bpp  25.000 fps  546.3 kbps (66.7 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 8000 Hz, 1 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 625->16000 (5.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 8000Hz/1ch/16bit -> 8000Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 1 ch, 8000 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 8000Hz 1ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [null] 8000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 8000Hz/1ch/16bit -> 8000Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
[mpeg4 @ 0x40e10270]looks like this file was encoded with 
(divx4/(old)xvid/opendivx) -> forcing low_delay flag
VDec: vo config request - 200 x 152 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 200x152 => 200x152 Planar YV12
Cannot generate tables.
Cannot generate tables. 0.337 ct:  0.020    6/  6   0%  0%  0.0% 5 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.201 ct:  0.040   11/ 11   0%  0%  0.0% 9 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.175 ct:  0.052   14/ 14  45% 54%  1.4% 11 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.127 ct:  0.068   18/ 18  35% 53%  1.1% 14 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.139 ct:  0.084   22/ 22  28% 57%  0.9% 17 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.100 ct:  0.096   25/ 25  25% 55%  0.9% 19 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.077 ct:  0.104   27/ 27  23% 57%  0.9% 20 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.083 ct:  0.116   30/ 30  21% 60%  0.8% 22 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.074 ct:  0.128   33/ 33  19% 61%  0.8% 24 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.027 ct:  0.139   36/ 36  18% 60%  0.8% 26 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.027 ct:  0.145   38/ 38  17% 62%  0.7% 27 0 1%
Cannot generate tables. 0.007 ct:  0.149   40/ 40  16% 61%  0.7% 28 0 0%

Packages I've installed:

mplayer-common
mplayer-gui

lame-libs-3.93.1-1
lib-fame-0.9.0-1 (may be irrelevant?)
libpng2-1.0.9-1

mplayer-codecs-extralite


...all other dependencies were OK so I apparently had uptodate-enough 
versions already. I already had a later version of libpng I think (? I 
had a .so.3 and .so.2 was req'd), but it seemed OK when I added the one 
above.

Runing as root or as ordinary user makes no difference - still get the 
"cant generate tables" message.

I've also now noticed that when attempting to playback anything from 
ordinary MP3's to MPEG's to AVI's, I get no sound (this is on a laptop 
with integrated speakers; there's no independent volume or anything). No 
idea whether that's a co-incidence (previously I'd only been trying to 
get an mpgs to work, then got sidetracked by the fact that most had been 
encoded with LMLM4 which mplayer doesn't support according to the LMC guys).

When I try to move the volume control in the GUI, it won't let me drag 
it (just jumps back to zero by the looks of things).

Output from running against an ordinary MP3:

MPlayer 1.0pre3-RPM-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Tualatin 997.1 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with Runtime CPU Detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with 
--disable-runtime-cpudetection.
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /home/adam/.mplayer/config
[cfg] read config file: /home/adam/.mplayer/gui.conf
Reading config file /home/adam/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1400x1050 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local 
display)
Reading /home/adam/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/home/adam/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 61 audio & 169 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/adam/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (mplayer should be setuid 
root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/adam/.mplayer/input.conf: No such 
file or directory
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
SKIN dir 1: '/home/adam/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'
Cannot generate tables.
Cannot generate tables.

Playing /personal/mp3/radiohead - no surprises.mp3.
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)    Audio file detected.
Clip info:
  Title: No Surprises
  Artist: Radiohead
  Album: OK Computer
  Year:
  Comment:
  Genre: Unknown
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16000->176400 (128.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [null] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Video: no video
Starting playback...

On Tuesday, 23 December 2003 at 12:35, specialist33 wrote:
 > > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read 
DOCS/bugreports.html]

I'd already read FAQ and much of docs. As I said, couldn't find any 
suggestions.

 > > A dialog box pops up with this error whenever I start mplayer or 
try to
 > > play anything on a fresh, from-scratch install of mplayer using the
 > > latest (1.0pre3) RPM's from
 > > http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/linux/mplayer-rpms/mplayer.html
 > >
 > > The RPM's installed fine (no errors) and I've never had mplayer on 
this
 > > machine before (Mandrake 8.2 with some updates).
 >
 > > Checked FAQ's....no mention.
 >
 > > Any ideas?

 > Which packages have you installed? What are your locale settings?
 > Have you tried the command line version?