[ltp] Re: T21 -- RH 7.1 no MPEGs with xmms

[D. Sen]

Which model of the T21 do you have? Specifically, do you have the one with
1024x768 resolution capable graphics chipset or the 1400x1024?

Dirk Husemann wrote:

> >>>>> "FB" == Friedemann Baitinger <fb@baiti.net> writes:
>
>     FB> On 7 May 2001, Dirk Husemann wrote:
>     >> >>>>> "FB" == Friedemann Baitinger <fb@baiti.net> writes:
>     >>
> [...]
>     >> ... in any case: vlc (www.videolan.org) works quite nicely for
>     >> DVDs. You can enable the xvideo output plugin and it works on
>     >> my T21 with Tim's 1.1.15 driver.
>
>     FB> How did you accomplish this? I just installed vlc and compiled
>     FB> it with all kinds of different '--enable' settings and also
>     FB> started it with different 'vlc -V xxx' option but none of them
>     FB> worked on my T21 with standard RH 7.1. I constantly get the
>     FB> black window with some green messed up stripes. Please post
>     FB> your ./configure string and also how you start and run the
>     FB> binary.
>
>     FB> PS the version I am using is: vlc-0.2.73
>
> I've not tried 0.2.73 yet (will do so tonight), here's the configure
> invocation for 0.2.72:
>
>         ./configure  --prefix=/opt/vlc-0.2.72 --enable-esd --enable-fb\
>                 --with-sdl --enable-xvideo --enable-gnome
>
> I upgraded SDL to 1.2.x and am using the ALSA 0.9.x sound
> drivers. Invocation of the binary is as follows:
>
>         /opt/vlc-0.2.72/bin/gnome-vlc --overlay dvd:/dev/dvd
>
> where /dev/dvd is
>
>         lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Mar 28 22:03 /dev/dvd -> /dev/scd0
>
> I've configured my DVD/CD-ROM drive to use the SCSI emulation (xcdroast
> doesn't like the ATAPI CDROM driver and insists on accessing my drive
> via SCSI emulation).
>
> Most DVDs will play with that invocation. For some you need to specify
> a different start title/chapter (like the region code 2 007 DVD
> "Tomorrow never dies": there you have to start with title 10/chapter
> 1). Region code 2 DVD definitely play on my T21 with RH 7.0/1, region
> code 0 do as well, region code 1 I've not tested that much (there's a
> firmware patch available for the  Matshita (MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8175,
> ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive) DVD drive), at least one seems to work
> fine.
>
> Good luck!
>
>         Cheers,
>         Dirk
>
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