[MPlayer-users] ass subtitles, vo gl and amd video

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

Hi wm4!

 On 2013.09.24 at 11:18:28 +0200, wm4 wrote next:

> All that sounds like there aren't any issues in mplayer or mpv, just
> that 1. different libass versions with different bugs (up to mplayer's
> completely retarded builtin copy, which is slightly modified compared

But mplayer doesn't use internal libass by default. So even if you
update it in tree, it'll still build with system-wide libass
0.10.1 (which is latest release), unless user fiddles with configure
switches. Quite unlike mpv which builds with fresh git libass checkout
by default and ignores system one.

> to official libass, you should fix that), and 2. your OpenGL driver is
> severely broken.

It (fglrx) has known glitches, yes. A hugest glitch that's been around
mplayer lately is inability to switch desktop if mplayer (or mpv etc)
that uses opengl driver is opened in fullscreen - desktop will switch,
but mplayer window will still cover the whole screen (and it's unrelated
to -fstype); in addition, even staying on the same desktop it's
impossible to make a screenshot of fullscreen opengl mplayer, you'd
always get something like normal or distorted desktop with empty mplayer
window on it.

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Vladimir