hmm, on Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:31:34AM -0800, Greg Holloway said that > > >i am using the standard sound and video output. > >i have a single filter: vf = pp=ac > > >$ mplayer -nosound # kill X > >$ mplayer -vo xv # same > >$ mplayer -vo x11 # plays the file > >$ mplayer -vo xover # file playing, no video output > >$ mplayer -vo gl # file playing, no fullscreen > >$ mplayer -vo gl # file playing, no fullscreen, stuttering > > I had similar problems with mplayer a few years ago. It turned out to > be related to the X driver I was using for video (openchrome). I'm > thinking the same thing might have happened to you, as the -vo xv > screws up, but the -vo x11 does not.
the intel driver has been my primary suspect from the start. -f -- drinking kills brain cells, but just the weak ones...