[MPlayer-cvslog] r23805 - trunk/configure

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 06:40:14PM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 17:15 +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:25:59PM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> > > If it's always enabled on Linux then IMO it should not have the highest
> > > vo priority. Now MPlayer always prints error messages about failing to
> > > open /dev/mga_vid. I think it should have default priority below xv at
> > > least.
> > 
> > I disagree.  The vo driver priority has been carefully tuned to select
> > the optimal choice.
> 
> More like it's never been an issue except for those few people who have
> created the device.

No, the vo drivers are ordered by speed.  This has been done on purpose.
Trust me, I was there back in the days.

> >   If you dislike the error, disable the driver..
> 
> You mean compiling MPlayer with --disable-mga? Do you really think it's
> acceptable to have MPlayer print 4 lines of nonsense errors by default,
> and anyone who doesn't want that should change build options manually?

Absolutely.  This is how all of the binary packages work.

Diego