@forslund I see a similar type of error on a RPi install.
In the mycroft-audio log;
20:38:18.888 - main:load_services:111 - INFO - Loading mopidy
20:38:18.928 - main:load_services:111 - INFO - Loading mpg123
20:38:18.942 - main:load_services:111 - INFO - Loading mplayer
20:38:18.993 - main:load_services:117 - ERROR - Failed to import module mplayer
SyntaxError(‘invalid syntax’, (’/home/pi/mycroft-core/.venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/py_mplayer/init.py’, 799, 29, ’ except Exception, e:\n’))
20:38:18.999 - main:load_services:111 - INFO - Loading vlc
20:38:19.337 - main:load_services:132 - ERROR - Failed to load service. NameError(“no function ‘libvlc_new’”,)
Checking some requirements, show everything is OK;
pi@pi_ai:~/mycroft-core/scripts/logs $ source /home/pi/mycroft-core/.venv/bin/activate
(.venv) pi@pi_ai:~/mycroft-core/scripts/logs $ pip install py_mplayer
Requirement already satisfied: py_mplayer in /home/pi/mycroft-core/.venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: pyee in /home/pi/mycroft-core/.venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from py_mplayer)
You are using pip version 9.0.1, however version 10.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the ‘pip install --upgrade pip’ command.
(.venv) pi@pi_ai:~/mycroft-core/scripts/logs $