Vlc - problems

[Samuel Hocevar]

[ message crossposted to the vlc mailing-list, more people read
  it and might be helpful as I don't have much time right now. ]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2000, gach at NO_BULSHITmega.ist.utl.pt wrote:
> I tried the binary, rpm, from your page and it worked, but very slowly
> and it would take over all the resources to the point that I couldn't
> even close it before the end of the .vob file.

   This sounds to me like an X11 problem, the display flushing taking
too much CPU time.

   Could you try with a smaller window, and see if you get the same
problem ? For instance with `vlc --width 300 --height 225'.

> I then downloaded the sources and compiled then but it plays
> complitely wrong, I only see some pink shadows if the movie. Can you
> help?

   This is quite strange. Could you be more precise about your CPU, your
X version, and your screen depth ? Also, which version of the vlc did
you compile, was it the same as the RPMs ? Does switching color off with
the `c' key help ?

   Also, if you tried the 0.1.99d tar.gz, beware that it is very buggy,
especially the plugins stuff. 0.1.99c didn't have this problem but was a
bit slower, you could try if as well.

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Regards,
Sam.
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