[MPlayer-users] Re: any suggestion to have mplayer "alwayson",waiting for commands?

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 02:07:16PM +0200, justin case wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > > > it is all problematic..
> > > > > when i use -loop 0 it loops but reinitializes mplayer on
> > every loop with
> > > > > ugly flashing - nothing i would want to have standing around in
> > > > my living
> > > > > room :(
> > > >
> > > > -fixed-vo
> > >
> > > tried that. seems not to work with -vo vesa:vidix. thats wlso what the
> > > manpage assumes.
> >
> > Ah... :( Is there fbdev:vidix or something?
> 
> there is, but i am stuck to using -vo vesa:vidix, since i depend on
> vesa-output to satisfy my vga-tv input. didn't get it to display properly
> with fbdev.

You might just need to set the right timings with fbdev. Maybe try
640x480, 59.97 Hz (standard VGA mode 12h) or actual NTSC timings? I
don't know what you should use if your TV is PAL tho...

Rich