[MPlayer-users] DVD - Split Screen

[Pierre Lombard]

* Vince Turzo <vlt at pacbell.net> [2003-02-24 20:59]:

> I just downloaded and installed mplayer on a Toshiba Satellite 1805-S203
> laptop running Mandrake 9.0.  In trying to watch a DVD movie, mplayer
> started playing the DVD in fullscreen with audio, but the screen was split.
> On the left side was a well resolved image, and on the right side was the
> same image less well resolved with vertical lines showing in it.  Has anyone
> else encountered a problem similar to this or have any ideas on changes in
> settings or fixes?  By the way, the same thing happens when I try and play
> avi movie files encoded on a CD-ROM.  Thanks.  Vince

Try with -vo x11. If it works, then your Xv driver is probably broken.
(not mplayer fault => try/check a more recent X version as it may fix it)

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