[MPlayer-users] cvidix and nvidia

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

Hello,
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:33:56PM +0100, jan wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi there!
> 
> I have my Linux (debian) box running with Riva TNT graphics card.
> 
> I've instaled drivers drivers from www.nvidia.com in order to have Xv
> video output support.
> 
> I'd love to check text console video playing, however after my attempt
> in text console with:
> 
> mplayer movie.avi -vc divxds -vo cvidix -vf format=uyvy
> 
> i got:
> 
> vo_cvidix: No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones!
> vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

Please provide _full_ logs (with -v option).
> 
> however when i typed:
> 
> mplayer -vo help
> 
> i got:
> 	xv	X11/Xv
> 	x11	X11 ( XImage/Shm )
> 	...
> 	xvidix	X11 (VIDIX)
> 	cvidix	VIDIX
> 	...
> 	tga	Targa output
> 
> so there is cvidix available .... what's wrong ?

cvidix is here, but there is no _VIDIX_ driver (or it cann't use your
card, so as I wrote, provide _full_ logs please. Don't truncate output.)

> My second question is about nvidia official drivers:
> 
> After i switched to nvidia drivers i've noticed little slow down when im
> moving with windows over my desktop, but i've noticed significant
> slowdown when im scrolling text in Multi-Gnome-Terminal or Vim.

Same here with nVidia Vanta :(

> 
> Did anybody has such an experience with official nvidia drivers ?
> I'd really like to have my MGT as i did before with old open source X11
> drivers.

Just use mplayer -vo xv :)

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry Baryshkov
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