[MPlayer-dev-eng] xv fails with "Source image dimensions are too high"..

[Alexander Strasser]

Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:53:10PM +0100, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > Aurelien Jacobs wrote:
> > > 
> > > In the GeeXboX project,  we use :
> > >   vo=cvidix,vesa
> > > When no vidix driver fit the video card, MPlayer sucessfully fall back
> > > to vesa.
> > > 
> > > So vo=xv,x11 should work. If it don't, maybe there is a bug in vo_xv
> > > which prevent the next vo to be tried when xv fails.
> > 
> >   I don't think so. Also see Ivan's reply. If I am not mistaken
> > this is a global architectural issue and not one local to vo xv.
> 
> Umm, MPlayer should be able to fall back on other video outputs, if it
> doesn't work then that output driver is broken...

  Read what i (and others) wrote...  

  Alex (beastd)