Can't get SDL plugin working

[blah]

so I just realized that I had older source.  I downloaded 
2.61 and I am now able to play by using dvd:/dev/dvd (which 
is very nice)

The window does say SDL output but when I start up its just 
blank.  If I hit y suddenly I have video and it prints on 
the console that it is unable to use the YUV stuff.  If I 
hit y again it goes back to black.  I am still not getting 
audio and frame rates are horrid.  I mean I don't expect 
perfection but I am able to play in software in windows 
just fine.  (its a 400mhz sony viao laptop - 128 megs of 
ram and a neomagic chip)  I'm going to go check right now 
to see if SDL supports my chip.

> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001, blah wrote:
> > After running configure it does list sdl as one of the 
> > options but I will try this with the --with-sdl switch 
> > now. 
> 
>    Check that the window says "SDL output".
> 
> > When I hit y it doesn't print anything.  What release 
> > of vlc should I be using here?
> 
>    0.2.61 is definitely recommended. If you grok CVS, the 
current CVS
> version is even better.
> 
> > I have tried ./gvlc dvd:/dev/dvd and it wouldn't give 
me any video at
> > all.
> 
>    Maybe it takes a little time to find the movie start. 
Or it can't
> access the DVD at all -- check that you have write 
permissions
> to /dev/dvd, that /dev/dvd is a symlink to your DVD 
device (try
> dvd:/dev/hdc or dvd:/dev/scd0 or whatever your device 
is). If not sure
> you have write access, you may try it as root (but I 
wouldn't advise
> doing this if you can bypass it).
> 
> -- 
> Sam.
> 
> 
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