[MPlayer-users] Re: Re: Display is cut in half using xv

[Dimitar Haralanov]

I have the Rage 128 Mobility... I have not been able to figure out whether Mandrake 8 and Mandrake 9 have different drivers.

Has anyone else experienced this problem with Rage128 cards?

Thanx

Chris Frey <cdfrey at netdirect.ca> wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>That's just what kind of video card the Thinkpad had... Best to check
>what driver you're actually using.
>
>It's been working for me with the old driver, so I never got around
>to looking at the patches to see what changed between 8.0 and 9.0...
>just too busy.
>
>I thought it was only the Trident cards, but it might be worth a try
>with other drivers.  I don't know what video system the Latitude uses.
>
>Good luck!
>- Chris
>
>On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:49:25PM -0400, Dimitar Haralanov wrote:
>> 
>> This is Dell Latitude laptop running a Mandrake Linux 9.0 so, as far as I know, it is pretty much the same as RedHat.
>> 
>> Why should I copy the trident.o file. Is that a general file that works on any type of card or only for the Trident cards?
>> 
>> Thanx
>> 
>> Mitko
>> 
>> Chris Frey <cdfrey at netdirect.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >What kind of machine is it?  I've heard of this problem with an IBM Thinkpad
>> >playing DVDs, and the solution was to go back a version on the XFree86
>> >video driver.  i.e. copy the RedHat 8.0 trident.o into the RedHat 9.0
>> >install.
>> >
>> >This happened on Gentoo as well, so it was an X thing, not a distribution
>> >thing.
>> >
>> >Hope that gives you a lead,
>> >- Chris
>> >
>> >On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:12:51PM -0400, Dimitar Haralanov wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> Hi, I am new to Mplayer so please, excuse my lack of knowledge. I got the source for the player from the website and compiled it without any hitches.
>> >> 
>> >> However, the problem showed up when I tried to play some avi files. In fact any files that I tried to play had the same problem. The problem in question is that the display only displayed the left half of the image.
>> >> 
>> >> The only thing that was able to display the entire image was the gl output driver.
>> >> 
>> >> I am not sure whether the half screen is a problem with this release but the only information that I have been able to find on the subject was a message to this list a year ago with no responses.
>> >> 
>> >> Thanx
>> >> 
>> >> Mitko
>> >> 
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