Re: mplayer restarting openbsd

Greg Holloway <[email protected]> Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:31:34 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.x11,gmane.os.openbsd.ports
Organization Delta Controls
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>i am using the standard sound and video output.
>i have a single filter: vf = pp=ac

>$ mplayer -nosound	# kill X
>$ mplayer -vo xv	# same
>$ mplayer -vo x11	# plays the file
>$ mplayer -vo xover	# file playing, no video output
>$ mplayer -vo gl	# file playing, no fullscreen
>$ mplayer -vo gl	# file playing, no fullscreen, stuttering

I had similar problems with mplayer a few years ago.  It turned out to be related to the X driver I was using for video (openchrome).  I'm thinking the same thing might have happened to you, as the -vo xv screws up, but the -vo x11 does not.

Greg