[MPlayer-dev-eng] mplayer 1.4.0 release

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi,

On 4/6/19 22:18, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> On 2019-04-04 09:14 +0200, Erik Auerswald wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 11:51:58PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
>>
>>> I will have a look into the vo xv issues. Sounds like it could be
>>> a regression.
>>
>> There have been just a few commits to vo_xv.c since the release of
>> 1.3.0, but I did not see anything obviously problematic. An older commit
>> pertained to setting the background color (according to the commit log),
>> but I did not look at that patch. But then I do not know that code at all.
>>
>> It seems as if the borders are actually drawn, but not in black, but
>> using some other memory contents, sometimes from the video, sometimes
>> from the root window ("desktop"). It does not look as if unitialized
>> memory is copied.
>>
>> Since the commits since 1.3.0 pertained to formats: on the 18.04 system
>> MPlayer reports "VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12".
> 
> Did that line change compared to the version you didn't have the
> border drawing problems?

No, it did not.

More data points:

- Fullscreen black borders work with current SVN without an external
   monitor connected (Ubuntu 18.04).

- Maximising the video image results in wrong image content instead
   of black bars with current SVN (all tested systems and
   configurations).

Thanks,
Erik