[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer and debian

[Stefan Lange]

Anup Rao wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 01:08:09PM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:
> 
>>Unfortunately my crystal ball is undergoing repairs so I don't know either.
>>Running with -vo xv might help. A description of your hardware might also
>>help.
> 
> 
> I assumed that the problem would be apparent from the output of
> mplayer that I posted. The configuration that worked used -vo sdl. 
> 
> -vo xv doesn't work, and xvinfo shows this:
> 
> % xvinfo			      [prime at synapse:~]
> X-Video Extension version 2.2
> screen #0
>  no adaptors present
> 
> 
> 

that's just a guess, but probably you updated your XF86 packages with 
newer versions that do not support XV. Go to http://gatos.sf.net and get 
their ati.2 drivers and install them. They should provide working XV.

regards
Stefan