[MPlayer-users] Trying to view TV from an s-video input

[RC]

On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:41:16 -0600
Mark Zimmerman <mark at foresthaven.com> wrote:

>  WARNING: UNTESTED OR UNKNOWN OUTPUT IMAGE FORMAT REQUESTED
> (0x42475218)
>  This may cause buggy playback or program crash! Bug reports will
>  be ignored! You should try again with YV12 (which is the default
>  colorspace) and read the documentation!

I suggest you read the above closely...  

>  Format YUYV   (16 bits, 4:2:2, packed, YUYV): Packed YUY2
>  Format UYVY   (16 bits, 4:2:2, packed, UYVY): Packed UYVY

I believe you'll have much better luck with one of these outfmts...  If
not, you might also try adding "-vf scale" to your command-line,
perhaps mplayer isn't inserting it properly.