I'm guessing the user has/had an nvidia graphics card. It sounds like a
known problem with a fairly easy workaround. See the following link:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=131221
In short, the XVideo settings get zeroed. I personally suspect the
culprit is actually nvidia-settin
can you please add what exact version of mplayer you were trying? if you
were using 1.0rc2, please try karmic, which ships rc3. That version has
a lot of code changes, very possibly it works now.
** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu)
I
Me too, I get blank video, but audio out.
DV type 1 and 2 in an AVI container files are very much video files,
from Sony (and others) digital video camcorders.
Gxine on the same system will play them, and I'm about to try vlc, but
mplayer would be my choice..
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mplayer unable to play DV avi fi
> Are you sure that mplayer is designed to support playing dv files?
Yes. If not, what is doing by adequately selecting the qdv video codec.
Just see these lines in my first post (mplayer output):
---> libavformat file format detected.
---> Selected video codec: [qdv] vfm: dshow (Sony Digital Vid
Are you sure that mplayer is designed to support playing dv files?
They're not really video files as such anyway. They're not on the list
of supported file formats when looking for a file with mplayer.
Have a look at these:
* bug #113107
* Has mplayer been compiled with DV support?
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