On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 23:51 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 17:27:59 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 14:52 -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > > [...] > > > > Please try either player using the standard XPutImage driver--e.g. > > > disable Xvideo--and tell us what that does. Usually the video > > > output driver is called "x11" or "xshm". VLC should have GUI for this, > > > in Totem you can change the output in ~/.gnome2/totem_config for the > > > xine-lib version, or using the GNOME control center application for the > > > Gstreamer version. > > > > Andrew > > > > I tried with VLC first. In the video output module section the video > > output module field was "default". Which didn't work. The are many > > options, but the only one which works is "X11 video output". With this > > option I can play videos with VLC now! thank you very much! > > > > Regarding totem (I am running totem-xine), well, in totem_config there > > are many lines, all commented out. I can't figure out which line changes > > the video output, sorry... any suggestion? > > > > > > As you suggested in another email, I tried mplayer too: > > > > mplayer -vo x11 <file name> > > > > and all clips played fine! > > > > but when I do: > > > > mplayer -vo Xvideo <file name> > > > > I only get sound, no video... > > > > How can I define the correct video output for all applications? is it > > possible to do it in some configuration system file? > > I think you have to configure that separately for each multimedia > player, in either a "settings" menu or a configuration file. > > I am still puzzled that your Xvideo does not work; your Xorg.log and > output of xvinfo did not look so bad. If you can use Xvideo you will get > better video playback quality with less CPU usage. > > You could try to install the "xvattr" package and then run the following > command: > > xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRT -v 1
Florian, that was my problem! I discovered it googling before your email arrives. Thank you very much for your help! > Maybe that will activate Xvideo on your display. (I am only guessing > since I have no experience with ATI cards. However, I have a similar > issue with the Intel 855GM video card of my laptop: By default it > directs the Xvideo output to the external CRT display, even if there is > no external monitor connected. This means that I only see a blue square > on the LCD screen unless I use xvattr to change that. With my card the > relevant Xvideo attribute is XV_PIPE; maybe XV_SWITCHCRT does the same > for your card.) and it does. I wrote a script with the xvattr command. The only thing is that I have to run that scrip every time I boot the system. I have to learn how to ask the system to run it automatically... > You could also try to play around with other "suspicious" attributes > reported by xvinfo, e.g. > > xvattr -a XV_DEVICE_ID -v 0 > > etc. (See "man xvattr" for further details.) As I reported before, the XV_SWITCHCRT attribute was the problem. But I will study the man to learn more. Thank again for your help and time! Now I am happy with my Xvideo working correctly with the best regards Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
