Problems running mplayer/xmame/etc. after running multiple X servers
Hello all, I got the following (complicated?) problem: - I run SuSE 8.2, kde, 24 bits colours - Running (full-screen) mplayer works without any trouble, same for (full-screen) xmame(.x11) - For my work I start a second X server in 8 bit colour mode (don't get me started;): X -depth 8 :1&, and after a DISPLAY export I run kde on this server. - After closing my X server (when work is done), running mplayer/xmame.x11 (from my original 24 bit X-server+kde desktop) only gives me a black-screen; no image. Any thoughts on what might cause this, and how I can prevent this from happening? I don't wish to restart my X-server every time I've been working. :) Regards, Pieter Hulshoff
Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
Hello all,
I got the following (complicated?) problem: - I run SuSE 8.2, kde, 24 bits colours - Running (full-screen) mplayer works without any trouble, same for (full-screen) xmame(.x11) - For my work I start a second X server in 8 bit colour mode (don't get me started;): X -depth 8 :1&, and after a DISPLAY export I run kde on this server. - After closing my X server (when work is done), running mplayer/xmame.x11 (from my original 24 bit X-server+kde desktop) only gives me a black-screen; no image.
Any thoughts on what might cause this, and how I can prevent this from happening? I don't wish to restart my X-server every time I've been working.
Just a stab in the dark but try adding this to your ~/.mplayer/config vo=x11
On Thursday 15 January 2004 22:49, Avtar Gill wrote:
I got the following (complicated?) problem: - I run SuSE 8.2, kde, 24 bits colours - Running (full-screen) mplayer works without any trouble, same for (full-screen) xmame(.x11) - For my work I start a second X server in 8 bit colour mode (don't get me started;): X -depth 8 :1&, and after a DISPLAY export I run kde on this server. - After closing my X server (when work is done), running mplayer/xmame.x11 (from my original 24 bit X-server+kde desktop) only gives me a black-screen; no image.
Any thoughts on what might cause this, and how I can prevent this from happening? I don't wish to restart my X-server every time I've been working.
Just a stab in the dark but try adding this to your ~/.mplayer/config vo=x11
It works, but now my screen is not scaled anymore. From this change I deduct it's the xv extention that isn't working anymore (I normally run with -vo xv). Does this sound plausible? Can it be prevented? Regards, Pieter Hulshoff
Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
It works, but now my screen is not scaled anymore. From this change I deduct it's the xv extention that isn't working anymore (I normally run with -vo xv). Does this sound plausible? Can it be prevented?
Yes I concluded that the xv extension was the source of my problems when I tried playing any video media files using mplayer or xine. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find another (better?) fix yet. Another poster suggested reconfiguring X to use 16 bit colours instead of 24.. I'll try that when I have the chance.
On Friday 16 January 2004 19:58, Avtar Gill wrote:
Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
It works, but now my screen is not scaled anymore. From this change I deduct it's the xv extention that isn't working anymore (I normally run with -vo xv). Does this sound plausible? Can it be prevented?
Yes I concluded that the xv extension was the source of my problems when I tried playing any video media files using mplayer or xine. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find another (better?) fix yet. Another poster suggested reconfiguring X to use 16 bit colours instead of 24.. I'll try that when I have the chance.
Ah, but there's something special about my case: it works fine until I've started (and closed) a second X session. xv normally is no problem on my computer, but somehow having run a second X sessions ruins everything. Regards, Pieter Hulshoff
Torsdag 15 januar 2004 14:41 skrev Pieter Hulshoff:
Hello all,
I got the following (complicated?) problem: - I run SuSE 8.2, kde, 24 bits colours - Running (full-screen) mplayer works without any trouble, same for (full-screen) xmame(.x11) - For my work I start a second X server in 8 bit colour mode (don't get me started;): X -depth 8 :1&, and after a DISPLAY export I run kde on this server. - After closing my X server (when work is done), running mplayer/xmame.x11 (from my original 24 bit X-server+kde desktop) only gives me a black-screen; no image.
In my experience a lot can be solved by going for 16 bit
Any thoughts on what might cause this, and how I can prevent this from happening? I don't wish to restart my X-server every time I've been working.
YUP remove the hash-mark (#) infront of "#GUI = yes" in the MPlayer configfile
:)
Regards,
Pieter Hulshoff
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