Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 04/23/12 02:27, Florian Philipp wrote:
>> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
>>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it
>>> on google.  I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer
>>> to this and I can't find it.
>>>
>> [...]
>>> So far I am
>>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing:  xv doesn't seem
>>> to work anymore.   On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on
>>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked.  I haven't changed any hardware
>>> in this computer recently or ever.  When I run mplayer I see this in the
>>> output:
>>>
>>> [VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
>>> [VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read
>>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!
>>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.
>>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11.
>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>>
>>>
>>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution.  I use
>>> xorg-x11.  I found out that xvinfo can be emerged.  I did so and it said
>>> this:
>>>
>>> X-Video Extension version 2.2
>>> screen #0
>>>  no adaptors present
>>>
>>>
>>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for
>>> years.  I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere.  I hadn't
>>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the
>>> packages there.
>>>
>>> My video card info from lspci -v:
>>>
>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>>      Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647
>> [...]
>>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module.  Everything that can be is
>>> built with the xv USE flag on.  Is there anything else I
>>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer?
>>>
>>
>> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl?
>> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Florian Philipp
>>
>
> mplayer -vo gl runs fine, as long as I don't maximize it, like I usually
> do.  xine is the same.  vlc seems to work well, but I prefer mplayer.
> It's what I've always used, and would like it back if I can figure this
> out...

Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver?


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