[MPlayer-users] xv playback causes crash

[j.a.l]

Pierre-Thomas Mouly wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>my problem is that everytime when i try to play movies with xv mplayer 
>>causes a whole system hang up.
> 
> 
> I have the same kind of problem.
> But my system is different :
> 
> AMD athlon XP 1600
> 512Mb Ram
> EPOX 8HKA+
> GeForce 3 Ti 200 DVI
> Linux : Mandrake 9.1
> XFree : 4.3
> Mplayer : 0.90
> 
> Some of my bios settings : 
>   - Plug&play : disable
>   - ACPI : enable
> 
> The crash occured using xv, after 30mn while playing a divx.
> Then the system hangs. (Even the Alt-Syst-* keys are not working)
> 
> The same movie, using xine with xv, works.
> 
> Hope this details will help,
> Regards,
> Pete
>  
>

which xf86 drivers do you use ??? the default or one from nvidia ???. 
perhaps mplayer use some bugged feature from the drivers. ( that xine 
simply emulate. )

use the 2960 which is really stable ; get it from nvidia, they have a 
section for linux driver ( allways use the src and compil it by yourself 
). don't forget the kernel module too, ( and for newbie read the doc 
because install could be tricky ; ask in a diff list... )