[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer > 1.x doesn't recognize my radeon cardwith vidix

[justin case]

> > i use a radeon 7500 and the error-message is: can't find working vidix
> > driver. the dareon driver is probed, as i can see with -v.
> >
>
>
> just in case curious as I have the same video card as you and was
> trying this
> with a CVS build.
>
> (I never did make install and just ran from the build directory)
>
> ./mplayer -v -vo xvidix file.avi
>
> It failed for me at first
> vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver
>
> because it needed
> vidix/drivers/radeon_vid.so in /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix directory
>
> made directory  /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix and copied in
> vidix/drivers/radeon_vid.so
> as root
>
> ./mplayer -v -vo xvidix file.avi
> failed
> [radeon] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted
> needs root permission for the direct hardware access.
>
> it is not recommended to run mplayer as root
> instead need to use svgalib_helper
> I have not yet set this up myself.

the drivers are put to their according directory during make install, wich i
ran. beiing root is fine on that machine, since it is a keyboardless
machine, operated only via remote control, if i don't work on it.

under mplayer, latest cvs as well as any 1.X-rcX versions, i get with
mplayer -v -vo cvidix file_name.avi:
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...
vo_cvidix: No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option
for details)!
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/cyberblade_vid.so
[cyberblade] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mach64_vid.so
[mach64] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mga_crtc2_vid.so
[mga] probe
[mga] found 11 pci devices
[mga] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mga_vid.so
[mga] probe
[mga] found 11 pci devices
[mga] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/nvidia_vid.so
[nvidia_vid] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/pm3_vid.so
[pm3] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/radeon_vid.so
[radeon] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/rage128_vid.so
[rage128] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/sis_vid.so
[SiS] Can't find chip
vosub_vidix: Couldn't find working VIDIX driver
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x834ece0
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..

Exiting... (End of file)
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under mplayer 0.92.1 with mplayer -vo vesa:vidix i get:
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...
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/cyberblade_vid.so
[cyberblade] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mach64_vid.so
[mach64] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mga_crtc2_vid.so
[mga] probe
[mga] found 11 pci devices
[mga] No supported cards found
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/mga_vid.so
[mga] probe
[mga] found 11 pci devices
[mga] No supported cards found
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/nvidia_vid.so
[nvidia_vid] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/pm3_vid.so
[pm3] Can't find chip
vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/radeon_vid.so
[radeon] Found chip: Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]
vidixlib: /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/radeon_vid.so probed o'k
vidixlib: will use /usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/radeon_vid.so driver
vidixlib: Attempt to initialize driver at: 0x400d1fd0
libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory
libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory
[radeon] Video memory = 64Mb
[radeon] Set write-combining type of video memory
[radeon] Saved overlay colorkey settings
vidixlib: '/usr/local/lib/mplayer/vidix/radeon_vid.so'successfully loaded
VIDIX: Description: BES driver for Radeon cards
VIDIX: Author: Nick Kurshev
...
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this would actually be fine for me, but since i want to switch to alsa, wich
is not recognized, i am very frustrated slowly..