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From: Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:34:49
Message-Id: 4F95762E.7090500@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer by Michael Mol
1 On 04/23/12 09:27, Michael Mol wrote:
2 > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> On 04/23/12 02:27, Florian Philipp wrote:
4 >>> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
5 >>>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it
6 >>>> on google. I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer
7 >>>> to this and I can't find it.
8 >>>>
9 >>> [...]
10 >>>> So far I am
11 >>>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing: xv doesn't seem
12 >>>> to work anymore. On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on
13 >>>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked. I haven't changed any hardware
14 >>>> in this computer recently or ever. When I run mplayer I see this in the
15 >>>> output:
16 >>>>
17 >>>> [VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
18 >>>> [VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read
19 >>>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!
20 >>>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.
21 >>>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11.
22 >>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
23 >>>>
24 >>>>
25 >>>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution. I use
26 >>>> xorg-x11. I found out that xvinfo can be emerged. I did so and it said
27 >>>> this:
28 >>>>
29 >>>> X-Video Extension version 2.2
30 >>>> screen #0
31 >>>> no adaptors present
32 >>>>
33 >>>>
34 >>>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for
35 >>>> years. I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere. I hadn't
36 >>>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the
37 >>>> packages there.
38 >>>>
39 >>>> My video card info from lspci -v:
40 >>>>
41 >>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
42 >>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
43 >>>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647
44 >>> [...]
45 >>>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module. Everything that can be is
46 >>>> built with the xv USE flag on. Is there anything else I
47 >>>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer?
48 >>>>
49 >>>
50 >>> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl?
51 >>> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC?
52 >>>
53 >>> Regards,
54 >>> Florian Philipp
55 >>>
56 >>
57 >> mplayer -vo gl runs fine, as long as I don't maximize it, like I usually
58 >> do. xine is the same. vlc seems to work well, but I prefer mplayer.
59 >> It's what I've always used, and would like it back if I can figure this
60 >> out...
61 >
62 > Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver?
63 >
64 >
65
66 Is this the information you want? If not, how do I find out the
67 information on the video card. I know almost nothing about hardware
68 except what software can tell me...
69
70 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
71 Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
72 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647
73 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
74 Memory at ffa00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
75 I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
76 Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
77 Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
78 Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
79 Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
80 Kernel modules: i915

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>