mplayer is not compiled with libaa support

[felidae]

Binary package hint: mplayer

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

Package information:
mplayer:
  Installiert: 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu10.1
  Kandidat: 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu10.1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu10.1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu10 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages

mplayer -vo aa video.avi should bring me a window whith an ASCII encoded video. Instead, I receive

$ mplayer -vo aa libhid_demo.avi
MPlayer SVN-r29237-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing libhid_demo.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
AVI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO: [FMP4] 1232x624 24bpp 25.000 fps 1467.4 kbps (179.1 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: Lavf1d.51.10.0
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

Exiting... (End of file)
$

the result of ldd `which mplayer`:

 libdirectfb-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.2.so.0 (0x00178000)
 libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x001f5000)
 libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x009e7000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0x00224000)
 libXv.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXv.so.1 (0x00792000)
 libXvMC.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXvMC.so.1 (0x00110000)
 libXvMCW.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXvMCW.so.1 (0x0063e000)
 libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00d25000)
 libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00731000)
 libXxf86dga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1 (0x00b80000)
 libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x0023d000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0x006db000)
 libcaca.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcaca.so.0 (0x002e5000)
 libvga.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvga.so.1 (0x004f7000)
 libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0x0038d000)
 libesd.so.0 => /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 (0x009b8000)
 libaudio.so.2 => /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2 (0x005a6000)
 libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x00115000)
 libpulse.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 (0x00d94000)
 libjack.so.0 => /usr/lib/libjack.so.0 (0x00205000)
 libopenal.so.1 => /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 (0x0083e000)
 libfaac.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfaac.so.0 (0x00cab000)
 libx264.so.67 => /usr/lib/libx264.so.67 (0x00427000)
 libmp3lame.so.0 => /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 (0x005c0000)
 libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x007f0000)
 libsmbclient.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsmbclient.so.0 (0x00dd4000)
 libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0x00c66000)
 libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x00706000)
 libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x004c9000)
 libgif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgif.so.4 (0x009dd000)
 libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00b87000)
 libcdda_interface.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcdda_interface.so.0 (0x00558000)
 libcdda_paranoia.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcdda_paranoia.so.0 (0x00168000)
 libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00644000)
 libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00569000)
 libfribidi.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00596000)
 liblzo2.so.2 => /usr/lib/liblzo2.so.2 (0x00798000)
 libspeex.so.1 => /usr/lib/sse2/libspeex.so.1 (0x006df000)
 libtheora.so.0 => /usr/lib/libtheora.so.0 (0x00737000)
 libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libogg.so.0 (0x004ed000)
 libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x051f1000)
 libavutil.so.49 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavutil.so.49 (0x006c3000)
 libavcodec.so.52 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavcodec.so.52 (0x055e3000)
 libavformat.so.52 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libavformat.so.52 (0x01267000)
 libpostproc.so.51 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libpostproc.so.51 (0x0071c000)
 libswscale.so.0 => /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libswscale.so.0 (0x0095b000)
 libxvidcore.so.4 => /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4 (0x07d95000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0x00988000)
 liblirc_client.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblirc_client.so.0 (0x00633000)
 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00b16000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0x03be3000)
 libdirect-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.2.so.0 (0x009c4000)
 libfusion-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.2.so.0 (0x006fc000)
 libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00172000)
 libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00b34000)
 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x007bf000)
 libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0x06321000)
 libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0x00176000)
 libslang.so.2 => /lib/libslang.so.2 (0x01362000)
 libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00cbd000)
 libx86.so.1 => /lib/libx86.so.1 (0x0063a000)
 libaudiofile.so.0 => /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0 (0x00b52000)
 libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x007dc000)
 libpulsecommon-0.9.19.so => /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.19.so (0x00d28000)
 libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00c8e000)
 libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 (0x006d4000)
 libwrap.so.0 => /lib/libwrap.so.0 (0x007e5000)
 libsndfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsndfile.so.1 (0x0274a000)
 libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x02be9000)
 librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0x00828000)
 libsamplerate.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsamplerate.so.0 (0x03472000)
 libcelt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcelt.so.0 (0x00c4e000)
 libtalloc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libtalloc.so.1 (0x00d74000)
 libwbclient.so.0 => /usr/lib/libwbclient.so.0 (0x00831000)
 libcap.so.2 => /lib/libcap.so.2 (0x0072a000)
 libresolv.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv.so.2 (0x00d00000)
 libnsl.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1 (0x0145c000)
 libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x049c8000)
 libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3 (0x01473000)
 libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x08707000)
 libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0x0078e000)
 libldap_r-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/libldap_r-2.4.so.2 (0x02ddb000)
 liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2 (0x00d14000)
 libexpat.so.1 => /lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x08d5b000)
 libdirac_encoder.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirac_encoder.so.0 (0x01525000)
 libfaad.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfaad.so.0 (0x015b9000)
 libgsm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgsm.so.1 (0x00d7f000)
 libopenjpeg.so.2 => /usr/lib/libopenjpeg.so.2 (0x015f9000)
 libschroedinger-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libschroedinger-1.0.so.0 (0x089e9000)
 libvorbisenc.so.2 => /usr/lib/libvorbisenc.so.2 (0x085eb000)
 libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0 (0x02ee2000)
 libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x01618000)
 libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x007ba000)
 libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x009ae000)
 libFLAC.so.8 => /usr/lib/libFLAC.so.8 (0x02059000)
 libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x0162a000)
 libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x009b3000)
 libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 (0x01633000)
 libgnutls.so.26 => /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26 (0x07ab8000)
 liboil-0.3.so.0 => /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0 (0x04fe0000)
 libtasn1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3 (0x051a2000)
 libgcrypt.so.11 => /lib/libgcrypt.so.11 (0x0164d000)
 libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00c61000)

The result of mplayer -vo help:

MPlayer SVN-r29237-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Available video output drivers:
 xmga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid)
 mga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid)
 tdfxfb 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5
 3dfx 3dfx (/dev/3dfx)
 xv X11/Xv
 vdpau VDPAU with X11
 x11 X11 ( XImage/Shm )
 xover General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
 gl X11 (OpenGL)
 gl2 X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
 dga DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
 sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
 fbdev Framebuffer Device
 fbdev2 Framebuffer Device
 svga SVGAlib
 caca libcaca
 v4l2 V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
 directfb Direct Framebuffer Device
 dfbmga DirectFB / Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550
 xvidix X11 (VIDIX)
 cvidix console VIDIX
 null Null video output
 xvmc XVideo Motion Compensation
 mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card
 yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
 png PNG file
 jpeg JPEG file
 gif89a animated GIF output
 tga Targa output
 pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
 md5sum md5sum of each frame

Ergo: libaa missing -> That's a bug

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

You can always use medibuntu's version of mplayer (legal issues notwithstanding) http://packages.medibuntu.org/karmic/mplayer.html
Also, doesn't the libcaca output work similarly?

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

Debian marked it 'won't fix'
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404501

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mplayer - 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu14

---------------
mplayer (2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu14) lucid; urgency=low

  * cleanup --configure flags
  * drop VDPAU build hacks, Closes: #566868, LP: #530481, #532007
  * enable musepack support
  * enable libaa support, LP: #502767, #455535
  * enable enca support, LP: #115519
  * remove DEB_BUILD_CONFIGURE override hack
  * fix weird permission bits for mplayer.desktop and mplayer.xpm
  * reorganize binary packages to no longer install the gui version by
    default
  * refactor debian/rules to avoid sub makes
  * add patch to allow compilation with newer x264
  * use mp_msg instead of printf in debug help message
  * bump standards version
  * as no longer used, remove dependencies on debconf
  * Fix possible crashes with invalid SDPs, LP: #519579
  * add missing replaces
  * install manpages in the 'mplayer' package. and only there
 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:45:55 +0100