No Video?

icedfusion · 10-03-2006, 06:16 PM

Hi,
I have searched for this topic but it doesn't seem to be a problem alot of people have had.

I installed MPlayer, vlc and loads of codecs - but everytime I play any type of media I have no video - just sound.

I get either a black or blue window where the video should be.

Is there a way to debug this or is it more likely to be the onboard gphx not upto the job?

thanks

ice.

Brian1 · 10-03-2006, 06:37 PM

My guess without seeing any config files is your choice for video output. I would selcet video output type of xv. On the command line for mplayer one can use -vo xv to select that one for the video output driver. Never used vlc but guess it has the same.

Brian1

icedfusion · 10-06-2006, 04:01 PM

i tried using the mplayer -vo xv <filename> but the video still does not play. I can hear the audio ok and the video window scales to size - but alas no joy with a picture.
What config files would I need to look at to see what is going on?

Thanks

ice.

icedfusion · 10-06-2006, 04:26 PM

Well - I went into the VLC preference settings and set that to use the X11 output - and hey presto it worked....
Kudos for the help - would like to know what it is that I have done by choosing this setting???

Thanks

ice.

fragos · 10-06-2006, 05:01 PM

Mplayer works flawlessly as a standalone ap and frequently as a firefox plugin. I've found that videos that won't display in firefox will work if downloaded first. My mplayer configuration has been at XV. If I change it to X11 will mplayer no longer work as a standalone ap?