[MPlayer-users] "selected video_out device incompatible with this codec"

[Corey Hickey]

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>[SNIP]
>Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
>VDec: vo config request - 480 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
>Couldn't find matching colorspace - retrying with -vop scale...
>Opening video filter: [scale]
>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 MMXEXT for IDCT transform
>libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for motion compensation
>VDec: vo config request - 480 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
>VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
>Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
>VO: [xv] 480x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12
>Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2)
>[SNIP]
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Actually, mplayer is using xv. Look for the 'VO: [xv] 480x480 => 640x480 
Planar YV12'
line above. That's using xv hardware scaling to display a 480x480 video 
as 640x480. The "Sorry"
message only refers to the mpegpes passthrough output (for hardware 
decoding, which you probably
don't have).

-Corey