[MPlayer-users] nvidia/cvidix "Can't find chip" -- NOVIRUS

[Joe Neeman]

After changing nvidia_vid.c and recompiling, I have almost the same results 
as Corey.

>Actually, it seems that simply switching to a text console and back is
>all that is needed to make xvidix show something (garbled or otherwise).
>My running mplayer -vo cvidix was just incidental.
>
>After further testing, the results seem to be the same for me with or
>without the patch.
>
>
># mplayer -vo xv
>result: works fine      /*same for me*/
>
># mplayer -vo xvidix
>result: green screen         /*same for me*/
>
># mplayer -nocolorkey -vo xvidix
>result: black screen              /*same for me*/
>
># mplayer -vf scale=640:480 -nocolorkey -vo xvidix
>result: (bigger) black screen              /*same size black screen (but 
>the movie was 640:480 already)*/
>
><switch to text console, then back to X>
>
># mplayer -vo xvidix
>result: garbled video              /*this one works fine for me :)*/
>
># mplayer -nocolorkey -vo xvidix        result: garbled video               
>     /*this one works too*/
>
># mplayer -vf scale=640:480 -nocolorkey -vo xvidix
>result: works fine :)                     /*yes*/
>
># mplayer -vf scale=640:480 -vo xvidix
>result: works fine :)                    /*yes*/
>
><switch to text console>
>
># mplayer -vf scale=640:480 -nocolorkey -vo cvidix
>result: no video displayed                   /*same*/
>
>
>I meant to mention: I add vga=extended to my kernel boot parameters, for
>higher resolution text. I don't know if that changes anything for cvidix.

Actually,  I also tested them all with a non-640:480 video and the results 
were the same as with the 640:480 video.

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