No Video (DVD for the blind?)

redcane c2004856 at studentmail.newcastle.edu.au
Fri Jun 22 05:28:27 CEST 2001


I don't think mandrake comes with the xvideo extension installed. I've got it 
because I have the nvidia drivers, but it still complains when I load the RPM 
that libxv is missing.

On Friday 22 June 2001 03:14, you wrote:
> Sean,
>
> I am guessing here, but you probably just upgraded your version of X. I'll
> bet thats the problem. Did it work under 4.03? Unfortunately I haven't
> upgraded yet so I don't know what changes there are in 4.1. Maybe somebody
> else can help.
>
> Bruce
>
> Sean C Payne writes:
> > I running Mandrake 8.0 w/ XFree86 4.1 and sawfish and gnome.
> >
> > When I start vlc I get audio, but no video just a black window.  The
> > error message in the termianl is:
> > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
> >
> > Any ideas / suggestions as to what I either need to install or
> > configure?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Sean C. Payne




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