[MPlayer-users] Problem playing DivX video with Neomagic

[Stefan Recksiegel]

> aolution yet. In my XF86Config file I hve Option "extern_disp" so that by 
> default my laptop displays to an external monitor and it appears to be this 
> that is causing the problem. When I remove it and use xv it works fine, even 
> when I switch to the external monitor etc while it is playing but if I start 
> up with the external display as the defult it doesnt work no matter what I 
> try. The reason i use extern_disp is that iot allows me to get refresh rates 
> higher than 60Hz on my monitor but if I swtitch to the external monitor after 
> the refresh gets reset to 60hz by the BIOS. I guess this is  problem with the 
> chipset but was wondering whether anyone had any clues.

I would guess that the chipset reserves an extra bank of video memory for
the external display when you use extern_disp to be able to use refresh rates
different from the 60Hz for the internal LCD. And that memory is then not
available anymore to be used as off-screen YUV-buffer for XV.

Stefan