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On 04/23/12 02:27, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan: |
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>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it |
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>> on google. I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer |
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>> to this and I can't find it. |
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>> |
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> [...] |
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>> So far I am |
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>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing: xv doesn't seem |
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>> to work anymore. On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on |
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>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked. I haven't changed any hardware |
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>> in this computer recently or ever. When I run mplayer I see this in the |
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>> output: |
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>> |
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>> [VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available. |
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>> [VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read |
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>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv! |
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>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. |
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>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11. |
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>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. |
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>> |
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>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution. I use |
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>> xorg-x11. I found out that xvinfo can be emerged. I did so and it said |
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>> this: |
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>> |
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>> X-Video Extension version 2.2 |
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>> screen #0 |
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>> no adaptors present |
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>> |
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>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for |
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>> years. I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere. I hadn't |
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>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the |
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>> packages there. |
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>> |
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>> My video card info from lspci -v: |
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>> |
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>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL |
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>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) |
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>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647 |
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> [...] |
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>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module. Everything that can be is |
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>> built with the xv USE flag on. Is there anything else I |
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>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer? |
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>> |
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> |
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> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl? |
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> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC? |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> Florian Philipp |
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mplayer -vo gl runs fine, as long as I don't maximize it, like I usually |
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do. xine is the same. vlc seems to work well, but I prefer mplayer. |
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It's what I've always used, and would like it back if I can figure this |
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