On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:09:37AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote > On 20/04/12 09:39, Walter Dnes wrote:
> > 2) Nvidia drivers do not like the mplayer "xv" video output option at > > all. It hangs my machine, requiring Magic-Sysrq to shut down > > semi-gracefully. Don't use that option with Nvidia drivers. > > Hmm. Xv is the most stable option for most users. Before getting the Nvidia card+driver, xv was the only one that worked half-decently for me. This seems to be Nvidia-specific and maybe specific only to the closed source Nvidia driver. I don't know about the Nouveau driver, because I never could get Nouveau working to test it. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>