xine is very slow and mplayer does not run the fs mode

Basel · 06-18-2005, 08:58 AM

Hi,

What is wrong with xine and mplayer?
I have tried both the xine package from the CD and compiling from source but it is still slow. MPlayer plays fine but it does not toggle the full screen mode. I have tried using -fs and -vm for MPlayer, the first has no effect while the second won't display nicely.

I am currently running Slackware 10.1 and a 32MB ATI card.

Thanks,

Basel Mahdi

acid_kewpie · 06-18-2005, 09:10 AM

sounds like you either just have a wholly pants PC, or you're not using a decent video output mode. on mplayer use "mplayer -vo xv file.avi" for example, to force the use of XVideo extensions. if it doesn't work, then you don't have xv suport, which would be why it's not done automatically for you.

Basel · 06-18-2005, 09:16 AM

I have just tried what you suggested and mplayer gave the same error you mentioned. But why on Slackware? both of the application were working fine on SuSE 9.1-9.3

acid_kewpie · 06-18-2005, 09:33 AM

your xorg / XFree86 configuration is the most likely cause. run "xvinfo" and you'll presmuably see "no adaptors present" or similar. if so, you can presumably enable this per video card. I thought is was an option in xorg.conf but i can't see one.

Basel · 06-18-2005, 12:42 PM

Thanks acid_kewpie for your help.
xvinfo gives "no adapters present" as you said. I will take a look at xorg configuration file later and I will let you know what happens.

Edit: I forget to mention that mplayer started to behave like this after I compiled kernel-2.6.11.11 but xine behaves the same on 2.4.29 and 2.6.11.11

Basel · 06-19-2005, 05:32 AM

What should I do now to enable the Xvideo support?

running mplayer -vo xv does not display anything as you can see from the code:

Code:

bash-3.00$ mplayer -vo xv Naruto_-_134_AonE.avi
MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel  (Family: 8, Stepping: 7)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Playing Naruto_-_134_AonE.avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO:  [DIVX]  640x480  12bpp  23.976 fps  880.8 kbps (107.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2439/release)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!
See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.


Exiting... (End of file)

Code:

bash-3.00$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 no adaptors present

However, using mplayer -vo x11 will play the file but in normal mode:

Code:

bash-3.00$ mplayer -vo x11 Naruto_-_134_AonE.avi
MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel  (Family: 8, Stepping: 7)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2


Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts.
Playing Naruto_-_134_AonE.avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO:  [DIVX]  640x480  12bpp  23.976 fps  880.8 kbps (107.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2439/release)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le -> 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [x11] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12
SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> BGRA special converter
[mpeg4 @ 0x85d1660]frame skip 8t:  0.000   1/  1 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
A:   1.1 V:   1.1 A-V:  0.028 ct:  0.095  27/ 27 44% 52%  2.0% 1 0

Here are my flag and graphical device sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

bash-3.00$ grep xvi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

Code:

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option     "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

#    Option     "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "vesa"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

acid_kewpie · 06-19-2005, 10:21 AM

ACK!!! you're using the vesa output??? good christ, that'll kill any half decent card. vesa 2.0 is thae standard that framebuffer use, it's an extemely basic fool proof method to display something graphical on any card less than 10 years old. it's a absolute last reosrt for X, and will never support XV at all. Even a 32mb card should run xv just fine. you need to find the right drivers for your card right away. I've never had anythign to do with ATI cards, but i'd assume that the radeon driver is what you want.

Basel · 06-19-2005, 01:40 PM

As I said earlier , this problem appeared only after I compiled kerner-2.6.11.11. Do you think I missed some modules? What do I need to do in this case?

acid_kewpie · 06-19-2005, 01:49 PM

well you're explictly using the vesa driver. installing a new kernel won't change your xorg.conf.... again i don't know about ATI's drivers, but NVidia's own kernel drviers need to be reinstalled after any new kernel is added.

Basel · 06-19-2005, 02:12 PM

Thanks again acid_kewpie for your help.
Do you know the location where the drivers are stored? Maybe I can get the drivers from SuSE 9.3 if I know their location on the file system.

egag · 06-19-2005, 03:32 PM

what graphics card do you use ?

egag

Basel · 06-20-2005, 08:21 AM

I am currently running Slackware 10.1 with a 32MB ATI card.

egag · 06-20-2005, 08:32 AM

i read that in your first post, but i meant the name ?
i think you've gotto choose another driver for X instead of the vesa.

---------
Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
---------

maybe try to change 'Driver "vesa" ' to ' Driver "ati" '
, and logout of X and restart it.
then see if it's any better...

egag

Basel · 06-20-2005, 08:44 AM

How do I restart X?

Basel · 06-20-2005, 08:47 AM

From SuSE 9.3 xorg.conf

Code:

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Rage 128 PF"
  BusID        "1:0:0"
  Driver       "r128"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "ATI"
EndSection

Should I just update Slackware xorg.conf? Do I need to do anything else?