[vlc] Re: Trying to get started

[Jason Luka]

Les  comp wrote:

>Jason,
>
>The VIA EPIA-M Mini-ITX MB has an integrated video display controller that
>is identified as "Castle Rock graphics with MPEG2 decoder" in the hardware
>manual and was simply identified as "VESA Generic" by Red Hat when
>installed.  Specific Linux drivers for the integrated video on the CLE266
>chip are available from VIA, but I have not attempted to install them (last
>time I attempted to upgrade my kernel, I made my system unbootable and had
>to reinstall 8-(  ).  I can review the Viarena Linux Support Forum to see if
>there is an easier way to get an optimized display driver  for this
>motherboard.
>
>Les
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jason Luka" <jason at geshp.com>
>To: <vlc at videolan.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:51 AM
>Subject: [vlc] Re: Trying to get started
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>>Les LaZar wrote:
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>>>>Man, I must be tired.  Okay, take three.  Run 'xvinfo'
>>>>
>>>>Jason Luka
>>>>
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>>>No problem.
>>>
>>>xvinfo reports:
>>>
>>>X-Video Extention V2.2
>>>screen #0
>>>no adaptors present
>>>
>>>Les
>>>
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>>>      
>>>
>>Okay, the xv video doesn't appear to be working.  It's about the
>>equivalent of DirectVideo in Windows.  This normally happens with ATI
>>video cards.  Is that what you have?
>>
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If it's going to risk crashing your system, I wouldn't try it.  Running 
vlc with the -V x11 switch should keep it from looking for accelerated 
video drivers.  The video won't scale or go fullscreen, but some of us 
have video chips that are like that.

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