From: datastream <dat...@ir...> - 2002-07-31 05:36:17
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I just installed slack 8.1, and installed the latest version of xine, then downloaded some episodes of a tv series that i like, and when i play them, everything is in black and white. no matter what is playing, xine shows everything in black and white. I don't know if this is some sort of problem that has to do with slack 8.1 (because everything was fine on 8.0) or anything like that. Anyone know how to fix it? - Matt |
From: Mike M. <mel...@pc...> - 2002-07-31 06:03:27
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, datastream wrote: > I just installed slack 8.1, and installed the latest version of xine, then > downloaded some episodes of a tv series that i like, and when i play them, > everything is in black and white. no matter what is playing, xine shows > everything in black and white. I don't know if this is some sort of problem > that has to do with slack 8.1 (because everything was fine on 8.0) or > anything like that. Anyone know how to fix it? Was the TV show in question made a long time ago, like in the fifties? If so, those shows are supposed to be in black and white, so this would not be a problem with xine. Similarly, when "Schindler's List" hit the theatres years ago, some moviegoers complained angrily to theatre owners as something was clearly wrong with the projector since the movie was only coming through in B&W. :) Seriously, if you are only seeing black and white, that sounds like the color planes (the U and V of YUV) are not being decoded and/or transmitted to the video display. Just as basis information, what video (like MPEG-4, DivX, Cinepak) and file formats (like ASF, AVI) is this show coming through in? Thanks... -- -Mike Melanson |
From: datastream <dat...@ir...> - 2002-07-31 06:21:27
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haha, no its not a fifties show :P Some of the episodes are .avi and some are .mpg/.mpeg - its not just these particular episodes either though - i tried downloading some other stuff and i got the same results. and the episodes aren't in one specific format - some are divx while some are mpeg-4. Mike Melanson writes: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, datastream wrote: > >> I just installed slack 8.1, and installed the latest version of xine, then >> downloaded some episodes of a tv series that i like, and when i play them, >> everything is in black and white. no matter what is playing, xine shows >> everything in black and white. I don't know if this is some sort of problem >> that has to do with slack 8.1 (because everything was fine on 8.0) or >> anything like that. Anyone know how to fix it? > > Was the TV show in question made a long time ago, like in the > fifties? If so, those shows are supposed to be in black and white, so this > would not be a problem with xine. Similarly, when "Schindler's List" hit > the theatres years ago, some moviegoers complained angrily to theatre > owners as something was clearly wrong with the projector since the movie > was only coming through in B&W. > > :) Seriously, if you are only seeing black and white, that sounds > like the color planes (the U and V of YUV) are not being decoded and/or > transmitted to the video display. Just as basis information, what video > (like MPEG-4, DivX, Cinepak) and file formats (like ASF, AVI) is this show > coming through in? > > Thanks... > -- > -Mike Melanson > |
From: Mike M. <mel...@pc...> - 2002-07-31 06:32:06
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, datastream wrote: > haha, no its not a fifties show :P Well, it is important to systematically rule out such possibilities-- Even I have gone through hardware troubleshooting guides and not needed to go any further than "Step 1) Is the device turned on?" :) > Some of the episodes are .avi and some are .mpg/.mpeg - its not just these > particular episodes either though - i tried downloading some other stuff and > i got the same results. and the episodes aren't in one specific format - > some are divx while some are mpeg-4. Okay, next question: Are you using a monochrome video adapter? I do not really have much to go on here, so I am still systematically eliminating the most obvious problems I can think of...:) Maybe you should tell us a little more about your system, like what video hardware it uses. Thanks... -- -Mike Melanson |
From: datastream <dat...@ir...> - 2002-07-31 06:40:26
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Well, I have a voodoo3 peice of crap in this box. See, the thing is, I built this new computer, and I used my video card from my older box because i wanted to play quake on the older one (quake has issues with voodoo3 cards or something) but I was always able to play files with xine perfectly fine when i had this voodoo3 card in the old box. Oh, and I have no idea what a monochrome video adapter is. - Matt Mike Melanson writes: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, datastream wrote: > >> haha, no its not a fifties show :P > > Well, it is important to systematically rule out such > possibilities-- Even I have gone through hardware troubleshooting guides > and not needed to go any further than "Step 1) Is the device turned > on?" :) > >> Some of the episodes are .avi and some are .mpg/.mpeg - its not just these >> particular episodes either though - i tried downloading some other stuff and >> i got the same results. and the episodes aren't in one specific format - >> some are divx while some are mpeg-4. > > Okay, next question: Are you using a monochrome video adapter? I > do not really have much to go on here, so I am still systematically > eliminating the most obvious problems I can think of...:) Maybe you should > tell us a little more about your system, like what video hardware it uses. > > Thanks... > -- > -Mike Melanson > |
From: Michael R. <mr...@us...> - 2002-07-31 14:22:58
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Hi Matt, > Some of the episodes are .avi and some are .mpg/.mpeg - its not just > these particular episodes either though - i tried downloading some > other stuff and i got the same results. and the episodes aren't in > one specific format - some are divx while some are mpeg-4. Does the problem go away when you launch xine with 'xine -VXShm'? (Be warned, though: You might get a new problem: stuttering display since XShm is slooow.) If this fixes it, either the XFree driver or your card is doing wrong. Maybe your card does full colour hardware scaling only up to a certain resolution/colour depth? Michael -- printk("Cool stuff's happening!\n") 2.4.3 linux/fs/jffs/intrep.c |
From: datastream <dat...@ir...> - 2002-07-31 17:12:02
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Same thing :-\ Still B&W Michael Roitzsch writes: > Hi Matt, > >> Some of the episodes are .avi and some are .mpg/.mpeg - its not just >> these particular episodes either though - i tried downloading some >> other stuff and i got the same results. and the episodes aren't in >> one specific format - some are divx while some are mpeg-4. > > Does the problem go away when you launch xine with 'xine -VXShm'? > (Be warned, though: You might get a new problem: stuttering display > since XShm is slooow.) If this fixes it, either the XFree driver or > your card is doing wrong. Maybe your card does full colour hardware > scaling only up to a certain resolution/colour depth? > > Michael > > -- > printk("Cool stuff's happening!\n") > 2.4.3 linux/fs/jffs/intrep.c > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! > http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 > _______________________________________________ > xine-user mailing list > xin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xine-user |