[MPlayer-users] XVideo output fails unless Xine is also running

[Ben Liblit]

Arpi wrote:
> no, xine does use always teh first port.
> as some newer nvidia driver had problems wiht teh first port, teh SDL
> authors changed their code to use the last available port (instead of the
> first one) and we followed them. 

Sorry, I don't follow you here.  When Xine is running, MPlayer reports 
that it could not grab port 119.  It then falls back to port 120, which 
seems to work.  That suggests that both Xine and MPlayer initially 
attempt to grab the same port (119), and that for some reason Xine can 
use port 119 properly while MPlayer cannot.

But what you said above, if I understand it correctly, is that Xine 
always uses the first port while MPlayer uses the *last* available port. 
  That is inconsistent with my observation that they both start out 
trying to grab the *same* port (119).

Can you please clarify?