2.0.81 problems with RH 7.1

s_bulterman at wxs.nl s_bulterman at wxs.nl
Sun Jul 29 23:18:02 CEST 2001


There's a workaround for Xv extension for xine with 3Dfx cards but this
breaks
the ability to play 3D games like Q3A, Q3TA, UT, UNREAL, tuxracer etc....

If you want to get this work around let me now......
Don't have a url handy but could send the files......

Another happy 3Dfx user, while the fun lasts......

"Robert J. Hansen" wrote:
> 
> > > ... Can anyone give me a pointer on what's going on here, and how to get
> > > VLC working?
> >
> >    The xvideo plugin is failing to allocate XvImages, though the X
> > server reported XVideo was supported. You can switch to x11 output by
> > using the "-V x11" flag, or you can try to investigate why XVideo does
> > not work properly ; do you know of any other applications using XVideo
> > which work on your system ?
> 
> Well, xine doesn't work with XVideo, either--something, IIRC, about how
> the Voodoo3 XVideo support isn't what it should be.
> 
> With -V sdl I get the same set of errors--unable to allocate shared
> image data, etc., etc.  With -V x11, everything works fine, if a tad bit
> slow--that would surprise me, given the power of this rig, if it weren't
> for the fact that I suspect the problem is in the (much older) video
> card.
> 
> Thanks, guys.  :)

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Thanks in advance,
Stefan
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