[MPlayer-users] Flicker on fullscreen 1280x800

D Richard Felker III dalias at aerifal.cx
Thu Oct 21 21:33:47 CEST 2004


On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:01:32PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> Felix Dorner wrote:
> 
> >Hey,
> >
> >i fresh-compiled MPlayer1.0p5. i am using a 1280x800 notebook 
> >widescreen. when i go to a window size close to 800 (horizontal
> >value) or fullscreen mode, all movies start flickering. explaining
> >the way they flicker would best be done by a screenshot, however i
> >cant manage to get one. (xwd only delivers a blue rectangle instead
> >of a movie frame)
> 
> Not directly related to your problem, but FWIW and in case it would be
> useful at some later date, the blue rectangle is most likely due to the
> VO method you're using. If you experiment with different video-out
> methods, you should most likely be able to find one which will allow a
> valid screenshot to be taken; I've done so in the past myself.

and those vo's wouldn't exhibit the bug, since the bug is obviously
that the video card's bad overlay doesn't support the refresh rate or
resolution being used..

rich




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