[MPlayer-users] Radeon HW scaler issue

[john q public]

john q public wrote:
> RC wrote:
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>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:33:05 -0500
>> john q public <public at pitchblende.org> wrote:
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>>> when I use MPlayer in full screen mode I can never watch xawtv again
>>> until I reset the X  server.
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>>>       
>> This sounds like the xv issue which has been discussed over and over
>> again.  Check the archives for a workaround, or see if new versions of
>> xawtv have fixed this.
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> Ive seen "workarounds" like using x11 as a driver with soft scaling. Is 
> that what youre suggesting? Im
> sorry to "beat a dead horse" but my point was really that this wasnt 
> always an issue and I was curious as to what had changed. But Id better 
> read up before going further and I do apologize for not having 
> researched thoroughly first.
>
> Thank you
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OOOOOPssssssss oh no RTFM indeed. Well thank you for pushing back I have 
my answer. I can only do it as
root but I'm sure I can hunt down the device being used and correct for 
that.
anyway I have a radeon card so I can't vouch for everyone but this 
worked great (so far) for me:

$mplayer -vo xvidix <movie.file>

They say you can name the driver you are using on the command line but 
mplayer probed the hardware
successfully without any prompting. Xawtv worked without problems when I 
was through with the file.

Thanks again. I've been impressed with mplayer for some time and Im glad 
I can now use it without having to reset just to continue with another 
form of brainrot.