[MPlayer-users] VESA vs. SVGA

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Robinson,!

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:23:34 -0500 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html &
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html if you still have questions or problems]
> 
> Nick Kurshev wrote:
> 
> >> I've switched to -vo vesa to support a new TV-out card, and am pleased to
> >> see it's a LOT faster than -vo svga. However, the black bars above and
> below
> >> the movie are filled with garbage - what looks like text characters from
> >> before the screen switch. Clearing the screen before playing the movie,
> and
> >> using the -quiet switch, don't really do anything to change this.
> >> ...
> 
> > It seems that you have LCD with 3rd VESA BIOS.
> > Indeed VESA passes corresponded flag to int 10h, but your BIOS
> > ignores that.
> 
> Hmmmmmmmm, I don't see where it's doing that, but I'll take your word for
> it. However, I do see a function paintBkGnd that looks like it's supposed to
> clear this area. The only problem is, it isn't being called from init(),
> because I have DGA. If I modify the source to force the call, this area IS
> cleared, but it's cleared to some weird purple and green stuff. I've seen
> this while messing around with SVGALib to write a user interface, so maybe I
> can fix it.
> 
Fixed
> Regards,
> Chad
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Best regards! Nick