uniacid Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 when ever I play an avi with xine the color is in black and white like so :/ how can I fix this? might it be because of my video card? this is how its supposed to look like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 hmm...that's strange. Does this happen with all avi files or only this one? Also, do other file-types wor properly (mpg, etc)? Your distro/version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 I'm runnin Red Hat 8. it happens with any file on xine, my mpg's work since I use mplayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 did you try to logoff/restart? could be that you didn't do that after installing xine. I am using RedHat 8.0 as well, but I didn't get anything like that and I use xine for all video-files. Btw, did you install the "divx4linux" rpm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessimat0r Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Xine is poor. Use mplayer instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 can you back that up? I'm a newbie myself, and I've tried both mplayer and xine and found xine to be MUCH better. I've read "xine is crap"/"mplayer is crap" but so far I haven't seen any reasons supporting any of those comments. Would you mind stating few of them here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessimat0r Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 From my past experience, Xine on my Linux PDA (as can be found in Opie Mediplayer 2) is buggy, and very slow. Mplayer, on the other hands, is much more optimised, uses less cpu, memory, etc. Mplayer also supports a loads more formats ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 yea I just installed divx and still get the same problem, when I try Mplayer by right clicking the file and choosing open with> movei player I get this error but when I goto open with> other> and type in mplayer it works except I don't get a control panel just the screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessimat0r Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Use the console to launch mplayer, use 'mplayer <file> -quiet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 Use the console to launch mplayer, use 'mplayer <file> -quiet' its the same as if I right click on the file and choose open with> other> and type in "mplayer", I want to have a control panel and also be able to change the display size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 How about do the gmplayer command? If not work, then try to do the mplayer -vo x11 -gui and see what happen. If it works, then try to do gmplayer -vo x11.. BTW: What kind of video card do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 BTW: What kind of video card do you have? look at my sig :p ATI Radeon 9000 Pro no drivers for it :/ only vesa but no 3D support also have your read my pm I sent you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 lol, mezz doesn't like PMs... https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...ST&f=30&t=50628 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 look at my sig :pATI Radeon 9000 Pro no drivers for it :/ only vesa but no 3D support Well, I disabled the viewable of avatar, signature and faces.. Did you try those commands that I suggested to try? also have your read my pm I sent you? pagal already answered.. It's gone, if it's relating to *nix question. Then, please post in here forum, not in my Inbox of PM.. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 21, 2002 Author Share Posted November 21, 2002 not yet been too busy to get on linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 ATI Radeon 9000 Prono drivers for it :/ only vesa but no 3D support Just saw this @ /. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/11/21/1623...2.shtml?tid=104 hope this helps :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 21, 2002 Author Share Posted November 21, 2002 ATI Radeon 9000 Prono drivers for it :/ only vesa but no 3D support Just saw this @ /. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/11/21/1623...2.shtml?tid=104 hope this helps :) :o :D I hope this works, Imma try it out today soon, thx :D and hey does anyone know how many cd's slackware is? I dl'd it this morning and at the time I only saw 1 cd (8.1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 There is only one CD with Slackware 8.1. Also, I wouldn't recommend using it since I couldn't get any devices to work in it. My video card was detected, but it wouldn't install the sound, video, nor network card drivers during the install. Stick with Red Hat 8.0 or if you think it's the distro causing the trouble, give Mandrake 9.0 a try. Once I'm done my projects for Semester 1, I'm going to reload my system and instead of dual-booting Windows 2000 and Mandrake 9.0, only Mandrake 9.0 will be installed. Also, this will be after I give Longhorn a test! I got enough stuff working on Mandrake-Linux 9.0 that I can use it without Windows now, thanks to haloscan's aid with the Java! Another thing I suggest you to experiment is to change the video output type. Generally, it's on vesa or OpenGL, but maybe you'll have to use another for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Opposite here, I recommend for anyone to get Slackware if they want to learn Linux. Slackware is not baby Linux distro like Mandrake, SuSE, Redhat and etc. For anyone who don't want to learn Linux, just do the click-mouse-done then grab the baby Linux distro that will do the all work and less flexible. Do try Slackware, Webgraph's cheap box isn't same as your nor mine box. Many of my friends use Slackware and they have no problem with it. People need to try many different Linux distro as they can to find which one they like the best. I still think, Slackware is one of best Linux distro that I ever had tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Well what was your hardware situation with it, mezz? And why would Mandrake be listed as the best distro according to LinuxWorld? When I mentioned about not recommending Slackware, I was pointing out that message to those who are new to Linux. When one starts out something, you don't expect them to learn how to do every damn thing in the console right away! When starting, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSe are used to help transfer Windows users to the Linux environment. Once they are familiar with doing some of the stuff in the console, then Slackware, Debian, or Gentoo can be a consideration. And about the systems, all distros require about the same amount of resources. It's just that Mandrake might happen to include more software than Slackware or some other distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted November 23, 2002 Author Share Posted November 23, 2002 well I want to learn linux, but I tried slackware last night and it wouldnt load my vid card driver :/ Im gonna get rh8 back on to try out the new ati driver also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irasnyd Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 I am using Mandrake 9.0. I tried out the new Linux driver with my Radeon 9700. Its nice, much better on the desktop, but OpenGL wasn't that fast in UT2003. I was getting maybe 15fps....but I dont use Linux for gaming anyways :-p I tried to install the driver onto Mandrake 8.2, but I didn't have any luck. irasnyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 (edited) Well what was your hardware situation with it, mezz? I don't need to list my machines. Few of them are brand new. And why would Mandrake be listed as the best distro according to LinuxWorld? I never said that Slackware has the better pick up the hardware by automatic. Linux distro is Linux, so whole hardwares will work on any of them. Unless, it's binaries then it will be depend on what Linux distro. All I said is to do try Slackware, since he arleady downloaded it. The users need to taste many things. The rest left that I leave out, it's our own opinions. well I want to learn linux, but I tried slackware last night and it wouldnt load my vid card driver Well, that's not Slackware issue. That's XFree86's XF86Config configure issue. Those baby Linux distros create the nice GUI that will configure the XF86Config for you. Not in BSD, Slackware, Gentoo Linux and etc, but there have simple GUI and CLI made by XFree86 that will gen the XF86Config nice thought. Unless, you are taling about new driver made by ATI, then blame to ATI for not release the source or create binaries for Slackware. Edited November 23, 2002 by mezz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Mezz, not with Mandrake 9.0 and the latest NVidia drivers. Even some tweaking needs to be done in Mandrake 9.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 Huh, the source code of hardware will work without question on any of Linux distro, peroid. Do not look for the excuse, they need to tweak blah blah, I already knew. I don't care, they just will work on any of Linux distro as long they release the source code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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