[MPlayer-advusers] xvidix broken on Radeon

[Sascha Sommer]

Hi,

On Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2008, Christian Ohm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Monday, 29 September 2008 at 16:26, Christian Ohm wrote:
> > I used to use the xvidix VO until it broke quite some time ago, I don't
> > remember when exactly, but it was months ago (I seem to remember it was
> > spring then, but I don't know if it was this year or the last). I assumed
> > it would get fixed eventually, and just used cvidix instead. Now I
> > upgraded my graphics card, from a Radeon 9600XT to a X800 GTO, and cvidix
> > doesn't work (I haven't yet gotten the console to support my 1600x1200
> > resolution, I guess that's the problem). Unfortunately xvidix still
> > doesn't work (with current mplayer svn).
> >
> > With the 9600, xvidix usually showed a green window, but some switches
> > between fullscreen and windowed usually made the movie show (sometimes it
> > worked on first start, and sometimes the movie wasn't quite where the
> > window was). I tested some older mplayer revisions then, but the problem
> > was always there, so I assumed a problem with some X update (though I'm
> > not sure if that really was the cause, I didn't really investigate
> > further).
> >
> > Now with the X800, I don't even get an image of the movie, either green
> > as before, or some random noise (sometimes not in the window, as the
> > movie before; as I haven't tested xvidix before exchanging the graphics
> > card, I cannot say if this is specific to the X800).  The noise is just
> > on the screen, a Gimp screenshot just gets the green colour key, and -vf
> > screenshot an image from the movie. If an image of that is useful, I can
> > make one once the batteries for my digicam are recharged.
> >
> > I am using Debian unstable (32 bit) on an AMD X2 3800+, updated at least
> > every few weeks. The current kernel is 2.6.26.3, before that I used
> > mostly 2.6.22.12-ck1.  Currently installed are xserver-xorg-core
> > 2:1.4.2-6 and xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4, though as I said,
> > the problem appeared months ago, with some older version. lspci
> > information for the X800:
> >
> > Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc R480 [Radeon X800 GTO
> > (PCIE)] (Secondary) [1002:5d6f]
> >
> > I don't think the following is relevant, but just in case:
> > libc6                                             2.7-13
> > gcc                                               4:4.3.2-1
> > binutils                                          2.18.1~cvs20080103-7
> > depth of root window:    24 planes
> >
> > The attached log was done without the ~/.mplayer directory, with some
> > switches between windowed and fullscreen. One line caught my eye:
> > "[radeon] DVI port has no monitor connected", since I have a display
> > attached to the DVI port.
>
> No answers in two weeks... Does xvidix work for everyone else? Is there
> some information missing? I can also test patches, and to a limited extend
> hack on the code, but I have absolutely no idea where to start here.
>

Xvidix on radeon seems to be broken indeed. I'll try to find out why and when 
it broke. Unfortunatelly I do not know if your new card will work with vidix. 
It is also possible that 
a) newer cards no longer contain the overlay unit
b) newer cards require different programming.

Regards

Sascha