CarlJF Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Hi guys, I've change my video card some time ago and, since then, I'm unable to view the video part of any video file. I got the sound playing, but the video window only shows a big blue square. This is happening no matter the video file format (mpg, divx, xvid, mov, avi...) and no matter the software used (mplayer, xine, totem, kafeine...). I've tried to deinstall/reinstall all video players and all codecs with no results. When opening video file with mplayer, I get the following error message, before getting the sound and blue square: Fatal Error! Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device Any idea ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Try running XFdrake (from mcc of directly from a terminal as root) and select your graphics card, then restart the x-server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 try ffi's suggestion, and if that doesn't work please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and also check in the configuration section of your video players and see what options are available for video out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 (edited) Look for man mplayer. And probe mplayer -vo x11 -ao oss *.avi###(mpg) ....Lex Edited August 1, 2006 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlJF Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Thanks guys! I've tried to change the preferences in mpplayer and now it works. In the preferences menu of mplayer, under the video tab, I've changed the video driver from "xv" to "x11" and now it works in mplayer. Doesn't works with other viewers however but it doesn't bother me since I prefer mplayer anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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