[MPlayer-users] vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
Kalin Mintchev
kalin at el.net
Wed Oct 1 23:26:51 CEST 2003
?!?!
should i just write to the developers list?...
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Adam Nielsen wrote:
>
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > at some point i got the messages about the laptop being to slow.
> >
> > That just means the video couldn't be decoded fast enough. It can be caused
> > by a slow CPU, a slow video driver or even adjusting the A/V sync too
>
> is there a definition what is a slow CPU for mplayer?! i was reading
> somewhere on line that people run mplayer on a lot "slower" CPUs then mine
> PIII 750...
>
> > quickly.
> >
> > > i have xv enabled by default in the config.
> >
> > You didn't say what happened when you tried the x11 driver instead of the xv
>
> well, i'd like to use the xv. when i use x11 i can see 'some' video. it
> freezes all the time and at the and it crashes with this message:
>
> MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: exit_player
> - MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
>
> then it goes on to suggest to recompile the player etc. etc....
> i have to explicitly kill it - otherwise it hangs and i don't get cl..
>
> comparing the xvinfo output with the example in the docs under video
> everything seems to be ok. the only difference i see is that i have one
> "supported visuals" and it's 33 (0x21) not 34 or 35 (0x22, 0x23) as on
> the example - i'm not aware what these are - and the number of image
> formats is 6 (not 7) - if that matters. here is my xvinfo output...
>
> Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
> number of ports: 1
> port base: 50
> operations supported: PutImage
> supported visuals:
> depth 24, visualID 0x21
> number of attributes: 5
> ..................
>
> maximum XvImage size: 1024 x 1024
> Number of image formats: 6
> id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
> guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
> bits per pixel: 16
> number of planes: 1
> type: YUV (packed)
> id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
> guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
> bits per pixel: 12
> number of planes: 3
> type: YUV (planar)
>
> ............................
>
> > driver.
> >
> > > do i need a special savage driver for this card on my laptop to be able to
> > > actually use mplayer for video. if that's the case where can i get it?!
> >
> > You probably wouldn't be able to use the xv extension at all if you didn't
> > have the special driver (e.g. xvinfo would say "no adaptors present.")
>
> which one is the "special" (magical?!) driver...
>
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Adam.
>
> thanks Adam....
>
> >
>
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