[MPlayer-users] Re: mplayer command line for picture quality

[Grant]

> > >> mplayer is compiled with nvidia support.  Will it automatically put
> > >> the nvidia driver to use when it's using xv?
> > >
> > >XV is XV.  It has everything to do with your X11 driver, and nothing to
> > >do with MPlayer.  What are you expecting MPlayer to do?
> >
> > I know that my Nvidia GeForce 6200 video card has special provisions
> > for DVD playback called PureVideo
>
> I don't really know what PV is, but the only things X11 can take advantage
> of are XVideo and XvMC acceleration. The former is implemented in the
> both the open nv driver and the one below...
>
> > and I'm trying to make sure mplayer is taking advantage of that if it
> > can.  I'm using the binary driver from Nvidia.
>
> ... and the latter is implemented only in the binary nvidia driver.

How can I get mplayer to use xvmc?  I'm using the binary nvidia
drivers, and I have xvmc compiled in to mplayer, but when I specify
-vo xvmc it can't initialize the video output.  -vo xv works great.

- Grant