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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:30:02AM +0200, Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 25 April 2011 23:38:04 Indi wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Indi wrote: |
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> > > ...using the directfb for vo gives |
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> > > sterling results, with the worst files playing happily in sync just like |
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> > > I always dreamed -- but only as root! |
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> > > |
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> > > Obviously there's a permissions issue somewhere... |
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> > |
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> > Oh jeepers, I've made a silly error -- the reason videos were playing so |
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> > well as root is that root had no .mplayer/config, :) |
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> > Apparently I just needed to clean up my config file and now it works |
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> > just fine again with x11 driver. Didn't realize defining a couple of audio |
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> > and video filters would impact performance that much but apparently it |
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> > really does, at least with avi and mkv files. Sorry for the noise! |
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> > |
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> > For other reasons though it might still be nice to know how to give a |
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> > user directfb permission. |
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> > |
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> > :) |
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> |
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> Just an idea. |
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> Not sure if it uses svgalib - in which case setuid it to root before you fire |
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> it up as a plain user. |
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> Alternatively, run strace as a plain user and see at what point it fails to |
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> access the files it needs. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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Thanks for the suggestions. |
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Was going to look into that just now but after updating the system |
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(and runing revdep-rebuild and python updater and --depclean) the |
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directfb driver doesn't display properly anymore for some reason. |
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Everything else seems fine, and videos are playing in sync with the x11 |
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driver and all that. I have a feeling from what Ive read STFW that this |
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is going to come down to my ATI Mobility 9600 chipset's incomplete kernel |
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support and may not be practically solvable to the point of being worth |
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pursuing. |
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I may pursue it anyway at some point in the future but for right |
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now it's been moved to the back burner for a bit. |
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^ caveat utilitor |
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'v-v' |