[MPlayer-users] DVD playback problem

[Alan S. Anderson]

Hi,

I am new to mplayer also.  I had a similar issue.  In my case my Savage S3 
graphic card and X server was running with a depth of 24 planes.  I switch 
this down to 16 and now mplayer works just fine.  (Mandrake 9.1)

Use xdpyinfo to see what depth you have set and if not 16 give it a try.

Look for a DefaultColorDepth line in the screen section of your
XF86Config-4 file.  (usually /etc/X11).

Another weird hiccup I have see I started using mplayer with dvd's and 
Hauppauge TV card.  Now xawtv needs a -novx in order to not have a 
scrambled screen.   With out a -novx I appear to get a scrambled screen 
left over from the last mplayer session, audio is fine (its not the depth) 
   probably just another X server bug/side affect but weird all the same.



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.
> 
> - Asad
> 
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