mplayer works, gmplayer doesn't

[Michael Hennebry]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Julian Weißgerber wrote:

> On Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 05:58:32, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> gmplayer only produces audio, a control thingie,
>> and an error message where the video should be:
>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out(-vo) device.

I remembered wrong.
When I got the error message, I didn't get audio,
but I did get an inoperable control thingie.

Sometimes, the video window wouldn't show at all.
In those cases, I got audio and a control thingie.

Sorry about the misinformation.


> Try selecting another video output driver in gmplayer's preference's video
> tab. x11 should always work, although it's slower than xv and causes tearing.
> Depending on your video card/drivers xv or opengl may be better choices.

x11 didn't work.
I'll try the others when I get home.
Is there a reason the failure would be specific to gmplayer?
I was under the impression that they both drove the same backend.
Can I use -vo instead of the tab?

Even with mplayer,
there was colored flicering crud at the bottom of the window.

I also tried kmplayer.
Wheeee!
No vertical hold.

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