[MPlayer-dev-eng] PATCH: man page for -vo xvmc

[Ivan Kalvachev]

2005/12/20, Norman Ramsey <nr at eecs.harvard.edu>:
>  > > +.RS
>  > > +N.B. using the
>  > > +.B xvmc
>  > > +driver disables
>  > > +.I all
>  > > +video filters.
>  > > +Most video filters will make MPlayer crash; others (such as -vf pp=3D...=
>  > )
>  > > +will be silently disabled.
>  > > +.RE
>  >
>  > I'm not sure this patch is correct.
>  > At least MPlayer crashing shouldn't be documented but fixed :P
>  > And please make difference between abort and segfault.
>
> I'm afraid I don't know how to implement such a fix.
> What would constitute a 'difference between abort and segfault'?
> In at least one case (-vf screenshot), MPlayer ends and leaves the tty
> in an incorrect state (rawio).  I describe this behavior as a 'crash'
> but will be happy to provide a better description if instructed how to
> do so.

Leaving tty  in no-echo mode is just sign that somebody have missed to
call the right function for emergency exit.
This problem is not specific to xvmc but to any exit caused by fatal
error in the vo system.
Not sure I can track it atm...