[MPlayer-users] Re: vo=Xv and non-standard-resolution -> strange output

[Christoph Lampert]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Marcel Hild wrote:

> On Mit, Dez 19, 2001 at 05:03:21 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Marcel Hild <hild at b4mad.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > if rescale or crop an odivx clip from let's say 384x288 to 362x266
> > > then i get a strange (diagonal shifted) output when using Xv, with x11
> > > it's no problem...
> > 
> > Erm, what do you mean by "(diagonal shifted)" output?
> 
> the picture is drawn from the lower left corner to the upper right with
> a certain angle... and the colors are messed up. anyway, the output is
> just broken, but you can try yourself:
> 
> mencoder -x 362 -y 266 -o test_r.avi test.avi 
> (test.avi is at 384x288)

Your Xv may have problems with resolutions that are not multiples of 16. 
(or at least 8). Easiest solution: Don't use them. 

gruel

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Christoph Lampert, gruel at gmx.de