Re: OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer

> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it
>> on google.  I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer
>> to this and I can't find it.
>>
> [...]
>> So far I am
>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing:  xv doesn't seem
>> to work anymore.   On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on
>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked.  I haven't changed any hardware
>> in this computer recently or ever.  When I run mplayer I see this in the
>> output:
>>
>> [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
>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv!
>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers.
>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11.
>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
>>
>>
>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution.  I use
>> xorg-x11.  I found out that xvinfo can be emerged.  I did so and it said
>> this:
>>
>> X-Video Extension version 2.2
>> screen #0
>>  no adaptors present
>>
>>
>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for
>> years.  I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere.  I hadn't
>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the
>> packages there.
>>
>> My video card info from lspci -v:
>>
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647
> [...]
>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module.  Everything that can be is
>> built with the xv USE flag on.  Is there anything else I
>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer?
>>
>
> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl?
> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC?
>
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
>