[MPlayer-users] option flip causes black screen and hanged system

[Nico Sabbi]

Razvan RADU wrote:

>Hi
>I know that u guys talked about this problem earlier in the list ...
>but from the messages in the archive I couldn't understand very much,
>so I'm asking a question in newby style and I would appreciate a newby
>style answer...
>
>Problem: I'm runnig mplayer unde MoviX 0.8.3, I don't know if you've
>heard of it, it's minimal linux distribution designed only for playing
>movies..and it's basicaly based on the great Mplayer ..
>Thing is that the -flip option, used on the command line, or as an
>option in the conf file, or as and video filter option, with any movie
>format and in any situation I could think to test, causes my system to
>crash, remaining hanging with a black screen !
>
>Thank you
>
>  
>


current score: 3 identical messages ; don't you believe it's too much?
And by the way, how can we help if you don't even post a log?
What's going wrong ?