On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Fabrizio Ferraro wrote: > Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > >>> I can play recorded tv satisfactorily with > >>> mplayer -vo x11 -framedrop /path/to/the/file.ts > >>> > >>> but attempts to force x11 through local_conf.py result in an error that > >>> the video output is not suited to the card > >>> > >>> > >>> MPLAYER_VO_DEV_OPTS = 'x11' # e.g.: ':some_var=vcal' > > try with > MPLAYER_VO_DEV = 'x11' > in your local_conf.py > > BTW, which video card are you using in your system? > Looks quite strange you have no XVideo support, maybe you messed up > something in your xorg.conf file. > > Cheers, > izio >
thanks izio, that works the video card is whatever is built into the eeebox, some intel card. the xorg.conf is running vesa at present ( i think) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users