[MPlayer-users] radeonfb and -vo fbdev hanging machine

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Brian!

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 01:27:39 -0500 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I have a basic Radeon board:
> 
> 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5144
> 
> and am trying to use the fbdev output mode of mplayer using the
> mplayer (latest CVS) supplied version of the radeonfb.o frame buffer
> device.
> 
> I seem to be getting three pictures accross the screen in what looks
> like an interlaced fashion (one each for the R, G and B components?)
> instead of one nice looking picture on the screen.
> 
> I am simply using the switches:
> 
> -vo fbdev -bpp 16
> 
> I have my framebuffer at the fbdev mode of 1600x1200-76.  The
> particular video has the following attributes:
> 
> VIDEO:  [DIVX]  320x240  24bpp  29.97 fps  1844.6 kbps (225.2 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:3  fourcc:0x58564944  size:320x240  fps:29.97 ftime:=0.0334
> 
> Should I switch the fbdev to a 320x240 mode or will mplayer use the
> hardware scaling of video card to scale up to the fbdev resolution?
> 
> I am also seeing quite frequently my entire box hanging trying to get
> this to work.  Perhaps when the right combination of things is done
> such that I get a full-screen (is fbdev scaled with hardware if
> radeon_vid is loaded?) fbdev output it will stop hanging.
> 
Probably it's problem of -vo fbdev
Use -vo mga:/dev/radeon_vid it should work.
> b.
> 
> -- 
> Brian J. Murrell
> 
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Best regards! Nick