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Date:      Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:24:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com>
To:        Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com>
Cc:        Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>, Daichi GOTO <daichi@ongs.gr.jp>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Watching DVD's in -stable 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0108070919320.66935-100000@digital.csudsu.com>
In-Reply-To: <200108071546.IAA14183@mina.soco.agilent.com>

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I know that Jim Mocks laptop is a Vaio with an ATI chipset, and his works
with vlc in full screen mode

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Darryl Okahata wrote:

> Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> wrote:
>
> > Daichi GOTO wrote:
> >
> > > > > But my built vlc can not run. It starts with core and down
> > > > > immediately. Did you meet the same situation?
> > > >
> > > > Nope, 0.2.81 works great (whether installed from the port or from
> > > > source).
> >
> > The Xv problems are more likely though.
>
>      Yes.  If you're seeing vlc start up (a window appears), and then
> coring, it's probably caused by missing XVideo support.
>
>      I've noticed that a lot of cards don't support XVideo in 4.1.0.
> For example, XVideo appears to be supported only in newer ATI video
> cards like the Radeon.  Most ATI cards don't support XVideo and can't be
> used with vlc to view DVDs.  This includes all cards that use the "ati"
> driver; ATI cards that use the "r128" or "radeon" drivers are OK (I
> think).
>
> [ My laptop has an ATI Rage Mobility-P chip, which is only supported by
>   the "ati" driver.  I can't use vlc.  ;-(  ]
>
> --
> 	Darryl Okahata
> 	darrylo@soco.agilent.com
>
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