error: Failed to recognize file format. Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

[Condobloke]

I was not loading a file. I simply opened sm player with a doube click

I am running Linux mint 22.3, Cinnamon.

the error:

/usr/bin/mpv --no-quiet --terminal --no-msg-color --input-ipc-server=/tmp/smplayer-mpv-12849 --msg-level=ffmpeg/demuxer=error --video-rotate=no --no-config --no-fs --hwdec=no --sub-auto=fuzzy --no-input-default-bindings --input-vo-keyboard=no --no-input-cursor --cursor-autohide=no --no-keepaspect --wid=71303218 --monitorpixelaspect=1 --osd-level=1 --osd-scale=1 --osd-bar-align-y=0.6 --sub-ass --embeddedfonts --sub-ass-line-spacing=0 --sub-scale=1 --sub-font=Arial --sub-color=#ffffffff --sub-shadow-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-size=0.75 --sub-shadow-offset=2.5 --sub-font-size=50 --sub-bold=no --sub-italic=no --sub-margin-y=8 --sub-margin-x=20 --sub-codepage=ISO-8859-1 --sub-pos=100 --volume=55 --cache=auto --screenshot-template=cap_%F_%p_%02n --screenshot-format=jpg --screenshot-directory=/home/condobloke/Pictures/smplayer_screenshots --audio-pitch-correction=yes --volume-max=110 --term-playing-msg=MPV_VERSION=${=mpv-version:}

INFO_VIDEO_WIDTH=${=width}

INFO_VIDEO_HEIGHT=${=height}

INFO_VIDEO_ASPECT=${=video-params/aspect}

INFO_VIDEO_FPS=${=container-fps:${=fps}}

INFO_VIDEO_FORMAT=${=video-format}

INFO_VIDEO_CODEC=${=video-format}

INFO_DEMUX_ROTATION=${=track-list/0/demux-rotation}

INFO_AUDIO_FORMAT=${=audio-codec-name}

INFO_AUDIO_CODEC=${=audio-codec-name}

INFO_AUDIO_RATE=${=audio-params/samplerate}

INFO_AUDIO_NCH=${=audio-params/channel-count}

INFO_LENGTH=${=duration:${=length}}

INFO_DEMUXER=${=current-demuxer:${=demuxer}}

INFO_SEEKABLE=${=seekable}

INFO_TITLES=${=disc-titles}

INFO_CHAPTERS=${=chapters}

INFO_TRACKS_COUNT=${=track-list/count}

METADATA_TITLE=${metadata/by-key/title:}

METADATA_ARTIST=${metadata/by-key/artist:}

METADATA_ALBUM=${metadata/by-key/album:}

METADATA_GENRE=${metadata/by-key/genre:}

METADATA_DATE=${metadata/by-key/date:}

METADATA_TRACK=${metadata/by-key/track:}

METADATA_COPYRIGHT=${metadata/by-key/copyright:}

INFO_MEDIA_TITLE=${=media-title:}

INFO_STREAM_PATH=${stream-path}

--audio-client-name=SMPlayer --term-status-msg=STATUS: ${=time-pos} / ${=duration:${=length:0}} P: ${=pause} B: ${=paused-for-cache} I: ${=core-idle} VB: ${=video-bitrate:0} AB: ${=audio-bitrate:0} /home/condobloke/Desktop/smplayer.desktop

Failed to recognize file format.

Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

Brian.

[smplayer-dev]

It seems you're trying to play /home/condobloke/Desktop/smplayer.desktop, that's not a video.

[Condobloke]

I would certainly hope it is not a video..

After installing sm Player, I have right clicked it in the menu, and chosen to put its shortcut on the desktop.
A double click on that icon produces nothing
A right click and open with sm player tries to play it as a file, which is what you are seeing, I guess.

In short, (error 2) it doesn't work. Either it is corrupted ....or whatever else

I downloaded this from the Linux Min 22.3 Software Manager, as a system package

I have just uninstalled it

Brian