[MPlayer-users] OSD problem (bug) stops (loops?) mplayer

[Paul TT]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:25:32 +0200
Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:02:46PM +0200, Paul TT wrote:
> > i can't use anymore OSD, in this way: just when a movie is playing
> > fine, when i hit, for example, 'o', or some other key, which should
> > write something on the OSD  -for example, 'v', or 'd', or... you
> > understood, no?- mplayer stops, the movie stucks to the current
> > frame, the OSD doesn't show up, mplayer use 99.9% or less (little)
> > of the CPU. i can only stop it with a ctrl-c.
> [...]
> 
> > i don't think it's a font problem, or font rendering problem, since
> > i can read/use perfectly subtitles from a mkv file, for example.
> > 
> > the same problem it's here when i start mplayer as:
> > mplayer -osdlevel X file.avi
> > with X >= 2
> 
> compile mplayer with --enable-debug, start it with
> gdb --args mplayer -osdlevel 3 file.avi
> (type "run" in the command prompt that comes up then),
> wait until it hangs, then press CTRL+C and type "bt" on the prompt
> and send us the output.

a strange thing happens, then.
compiled with --enable-debug, it works as expected. OSD, i mean.
what's the trick? gosh :(

PS i tried to recompile it again without debug and the problem is again
there....

what the heck?!?!?!?!?!?