Re: XINE question

[csj <csj@mindgate.net>]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:27:03 +0800
"Paolo Falcone" <fallenlordx@edsamail.com.ph> wrote:

> Hello:
> 
>  I just backported XINE from unstable to Potato. When I tried to run XINE,
>  it didn't even proceed past the splash screen. Here's the output message:
> 
>  This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.3
>  (c) 2000, 2001 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team.
>  Built with xine library 0.9.3 [Thu 21 Feb 2002 15:44:02]-[gcc version 2.95.3 20010125 (prerelease)]-[Linux 2.4.17-xfs i686].
>  Found xine library version: 0.9.3 (0.9.3).
>  Display is not using Xinerama.
>  main: probing <Syncfb> video output plugin
>  load_plugins: video output plugin /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_vo_out_syncfb.so: init_video_out_plugin failed.
>  main: all available video drivers failed.
> 
>  My video card is S3 Trio 3D/2x, and I'm using XFree86 4.1 for Potato.
> 
>  I'm not really sure what to do (edit /etc/XF86Config-4, or buy a new video card,
>  or whatever voodoo incantation that needs to be done) to make XINE work. Just
>  need a decent VCD player for Linux.

Have your tried the other video output plug-ins? SyncFB is only for
Matrox cards. Xv is for cards which have Xv support. Not a very
informative statement, but "xvinfo" should tell you if you have it
(anything longer than five lines). XShm should be available on any
XFree86 4.1-based system

$ xine --help | grep video-driver -A1
  -V, --video-driver <drv>     Select video driver by id. Available drivers: 
                               Xv SyncFB XShm 

Then try xine -VXShm (etc.)