Re: "mplayer -vo xvidix" problems with sudo
Could it be the difference in $PATH between the 2 commands?
On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:38, Oleg wrote:
> Hi
>
> The only way I can get mplayer to work as well as or better than its Windows
> counterpart on my hardware is by using "-vo xvidix" option that requires
> superuser privileges, so I added
>
> oleg ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/mplayer *
>
> to /etc/sudoers. Now "sudo mplayer -vo xvidix file_name" starts (no
> permission problems), but fails with these errors:
>
> ------------ errors when running with sudo----------------
>
> 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!
> -------------------end----------------------------
>
> Surprisingly, however, after doing "su" instead of using sudo, everything
> works fine (output below). Why the different behaviour with sudo compared to
> su?
>
>
> Thanks
> Oleg
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------output when running as root ---------------------
>
> No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones!
> [genfb] probe
> Error occured durint open: No such device
> [mach64] Found chip: 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X
> [mach64] Video memory = 2Mb
> [mach64] Planar YUV formats are supported :)
> vosub_vidix: Using: BES driver for Mach64/3DRage cards by Nick Kurshev and
> Michael Niedermayer
> ==========================================================================
> Opening Video Decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> VDec: vo config request - 220 x 160, Mpeg PES
> [PP] Sorry, postprocessing is not available
> Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale...
> SwScale: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling)
> Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> VDecoder init failed :(
> Opening Video Decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0
> libmpeg2: Using MMX for IDCT transform
> libmpeg2: Using 3DNOW for motion compensation
> VDec: vo config request - 220 x 160, Planar YV12
> [PP] Sorry, postprocessing is not available
> Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xvidix] 220x160 => 220x164 Planar YV12
> vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bits/pixel (":0.0" => local
> display)
> [xvidix] image properties: 220x160 depth: 12
> vosub_vidix: using 1 buffers
> [xvidix] window properties: pos: 402x302, size: 220x164
> Disabling DPMS
> stat: 1
> Detected video codec: [mpeg12] drv:1 prio:0 (MPEG 1 or 2)
> ==========================================================================
> AO: [oss] 44100Hz Stereo Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
> ao2: 44100 Hz 2 chans Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
> audio_setup: sample format: Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (requested: Signed
> 16-bit (Little-Endian))
> audio_setup: using 2 channels (requested: 2)
> audio_setup: using 44100 Hz samplerate (requested: 44100)
> audio_setup: frags: 16/16 (4096 bytes/frag) free: 65536
> Start playing...
> *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes
> [xvidix] window properties: pos: 402x302, size: 220x164
> *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes0%
> *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 224x160x12bpp YUV planar, 53760 bytes0%
> A: 2.0 V: 2.1 A-V: -0.095 ct: -0.019 31/ 31 11% 1% 1.4% 0 0 0%
> *** free_stream() called ***
> Successfully enabled DPMS
> vo: uninit ...
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