[MPlayer-users] Re: Re: Display is cut in half using xv

[william GODOIS]

how to cancel this emailing list?
Thanks.

On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 23:58, Dimitar Haralanov wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Dan,
> 
> Thanx, that did it!! Upgradeing was a breeze when I used the rpms, I restarted X and mplayer showed the full screen when using xv.
> 
> Thanx
> 
> Mitko
> 
> Dan8827 <dan8827 at snet.net> wrote:
> 
> >[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 11:54, Dimitar Haralanov wrote:
> >> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >> I have the Rage 128 Mobility... I have not been able to figure out whether 
> >> Mandrake 8 and Mandrake 9 have different drivers.
> >
> >> Has anyone else experienced this problem with Rage128 cards?
> >
> >I have a Rage Fury Pro card.  I'm running Redhat 8.0 and the GATOS ati.2
> >(official releases, not cvs) driver.
> >
> >Redhat 8.0 recently released an update to XFree86, and installing it
> >overwrote the GATOS driver.  I gave mplayer a try under the stock
> >driver, to see what I was missing, and I from what I remember, I ran
> >into this "half screen" problem.  (This would have been with xv.)  I
> >immediately went back to the GATOS drivers, and the problem went away,
> >so I can't give you too many specifics, mplayer output, etc.
> >
> >I have this half screen problem with xvidix, however, but have found a
> >work-around.  Normally I use -vo xv, but when I have a video that's too
> >much for my slow machine, I'll su to root, and play it with xvidix.  If
> >I do that, I get the "half screen" display.  However, by playing a video
> >as non-root and using -vo sdl, switching mplayer output to full screen,
> >then quitting, then using -vo xvidix as root, the half screen problem
> >goes away.  (Until I use -vo xv as non-root again.)
> >
> >Don't know why this happens, or why the work-around works, but it does.
> >
> >For those with ATI cards, more info on the gatos drivers here:
> >
> >http://gatos.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >-- 
> >dan8827
> >dan8827 at snet dot net
> >
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