Fwd: Re: CFT: vlc 2.0.8 (with two PRs applied)

[Juergen Lock]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:08:27PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 07:58:23PM +0200, Florent Peterschmitt wrote:
> > Le 29/08/2013 19:46, Juergen Lock a écrit :
> > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 06:10:01PM +0200, Florent Peterschmitt wrote:
> > >> Reading a video with new xorg, is not possible. The first "picture" is
> > >> displayed and VLC hangs on.
> > >>
> > > Is this using intel kms?  radeon kms?  Seems at least radeon kms doesn't
> > > do xv with all cards yet, and vdpau even less so:
> > > 
> > > 	https://wiki.freebsd.org/AMD_GPU
> > 
> > I don't use any of them, but It's an ATI card.
> > 
> Hmm maybe you are and don't know it?
> 
> > However, I *can* read videos with these outputs:
> > 
> >  * SDL
> >  * X11 (XCB)
> > 
> > It's the Xvideo output that makes VLC hanging, and Xvideo was chosen for
> > the "predefined" output.
> > 
> > Hum, do you know why VLC does choose this one by default?
> > 
>  Because it's supposed to work if it's available, if it doesn't work
> it's a video driver bug.
> 
And I forgot to say it reduces cpu load compared to x11 and sdl.

 Best,
	Juergen