Recently bought a new laptop (Novatech own brand) so using the Intel AC97 sound controller if this is relevant.
Media Player works without a hitch on my other computer, both as standalone and through firefox. However, trying the exact same process of installation renders the following:
As Standalone -> On Opening a wmv file mplayer freezes - no action at all and eventually dies when wine tries to debug it.
As Plugin -> Similar to Standalone or plays but no sound and the volume displays a cross indicates not available.
Any ideas how I begin to diagnose what the problem could be? Have run it on the command line with --verbose with the following line repeated before the app dies:
err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x41277920 "x11drv_main.c: X11DRV_CritSection" wait timed out in thread 001d, blocked by 0022, retrying (60 sec)
Any help much appreciated.
PGR