Re: Xvideo, gmplayer and xawtv goofiness
Marty <martyb <at> ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> My graphics driver is ATI with a Radeon 7500 on stock sarge. If I run
> gmplayer with xvideo enabled, subsequently xawtv displays no video, only a
> black screen. I have to restart xawtv with the "-noxv" option (turning
> off xvideo)
> I can sometimes run both apps successfully if I start xawtv before gmplayer.
Check the log from gmplayer ( or use mplayer which has a verbose output)
when you start it after xawtv. It should not be able to access xvideo.
You can download xvattr from marillat repository. And send the output from
xvinfo and xvattr. My geforce card (using nv driver) for example show only one
'overlay' port for its 'adaptator' (that s some sort of chip on the card i
guess). So i can only have one application bound to xvideo (it binds to the
port).
I guess some card support more than one xv port as some audio card support
more than a hardware channel (thus removing the need for esd or such).
Btw you should use xvideo for xawtv or to play dvd. Usually divx don't really
need it.
If you found you have more than one xv port and you cannot use more than a xv
app this should be a shortcoming of the driver. Please report the bug as
wishlist.
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