Mplayer And Xvideo

mplayer says:
[VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
[VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read

but when I run xvinfo:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

and xdpyinfo lists:
XVideo

So I'm not really sure what xvinfo is telling me, but xdpyinfo says I have XVideo. Now, mplayer says I don't have Xvideo. So there is a capitialization difference, but I don't know if that's really significant.

Do I really have XVideo support? If so, why doesn't mplayer think I do have it? I'm using the mplayer from pacman, not one I compiled myself.

Do I need to compile it myself?

Is the capitilization really significant?

mplayer says:
[VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
[VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read

but when I run xvinfo:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

and xdpyinfo lists:
XVideo

So I'm not really sure what xvinfo is telling me, but xdpyinfo says I have XVideo. Now, mplayer says I don't have Xvideo. So there is a capitialization difference, but I don't know if that's really significant.

Do I really have XVideo support? If so, why doesn't mplayer think I do have it? I'm using the mplayer from pacman, not one I compiled myself.

Do I need to compile it myself?

Is the capitilization really significant?
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i, for some reason, also had a few problems with MPlayer, have you tried using kaffeine and getting all the w32 codecs and libdvdcss2 stuff? i did that with a simple 1 click install thing, now it plays .avi, .wma, .mpg etc etc, all the formats i could want. or you could try vlc media player?

mplayer says:
[VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
[VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read

but when I run xvinfo:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

and xdpyinfo lists:
XVideo

So I'm not really sure what xvinfo is telling me, but xdpyinfo says I have XVideo. Now, mplayer says I don't have Xvideo. So there is a capitialization difference, but I don't know if that's really significant.

Do I really have XVideo support? If so, why doesn't mplayer think I do have it? I'm using the mplayer from pacman, not one I compiled myself.

Do I need to compile it myself?

Is the capitilization really significant?
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this means that mplayer hasn't support yet for your GPU, regardless if you have XV support in the X Server

i, for some reason, also had a few problems with MPlayer, have you tried using kaffeine and getting all the w32 codecs and libdvdcss2 stuff? i did that with a simple 1 click install thing, now it plays .avi, .wma, .mpg etc etc, all the formats i could want. or you could try vlc media player?
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I have tried it, but it doesn't seem to work very well. I've always had best luck with mplayer.

I try codeine, and it does ok, but really, not as good as mplayer.

this means that mplayer hasn't support yet for your GPU, regardless if you have XV support in the X Server
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Thanks - I never would have figured that out. I suppose I should install the nvidia driver, but the instructions on what to do if a kernel upgrade invalidates it makes me nervous.

I have tried it, but it doesn't seem to work very well. I've always had best luck with mplayer.

I try codeine, and it does ok, but really, not as good as mplayer.
Thanks - I never would have figured that out. I suppose I should install the nvidia driver, but the instructions on what to do if a kernel upgrade invalidates it makes me nervous.
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It's easy to fix the nvidia drivers after a kernel update.
Download the driver and put it in a directory under home. I use nv.
To install the driver logout and do a console login there's a menu at the bottom left of the login screen.
Log in as root cd to the directory with the driver eg
cd /home/yourusername/nv
ls shows dir contets then for the latest driver
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12-pkg1.run answer yes/ok to all the questions
When the driver has finished installing type exit
Log in as normal user and type startx
Note if you just type your username and wait a few seconds it usually brings you to the normal log in screen without having to type startx.

After a kernel upgrade your system will boot to a console where you repeat the above

/Geoff