[MPlayer-users] DVD playback problem

Dominik Mierzejewski dominik at rangers.eu.org
Tue Jul 1 23:18:43 CEST 2003


On Tuesday, 01 July 2003, Asad Quraishi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I just installed mplayer using the Redhat 8 RPMS.  The install went fine
> and the application starts without any errors.
> 
> Once I try to playback the DVD however all I get is audio.  The video is
> green with lines through it that go outside of the video windows and
> scramble any other windows that are near it on the right hand side.
> 
> I am using RH8.0 - patched, with an S3 Savage/IX video card.
> 
> I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Sounds like your card (or its driver) has broken Xv support.
Try another vo and show mplayer -v output next time.

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