RE: [xine-user] Black screen on playback, part 2 :(

[Derrik P. <dp...@ds...>]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:

> > Ok, first of all thank you to everyone who responded.
> > I have tried various settings with the ldm script, to
> > no avail. I now get a green screen on playback (didn't
> > get that before...), and about 1.5 seconds' worth of
> > sound from the DVD, and that's it. If I then press
> > play again, it doesn't respond. Also, autocal quits
> > with "Failed getting YOffset values...exiting:
> > Input/output error"

If it still does this, you have the wrong firmware. Which board do you
have? Is it a Sigma-branded board, or a Creative-branded one? If it's a
Creative-branded board, you will need to extract the firmware from
Creative's drivers and try the images you get (I usually get 2 microcode
images from enc2dev.vxd).

> > I have also tried the various microcodes (I get three
> > : microcode0.bin microcode1.bin and microcode2.bin)
> > and it doesn't seem to make any difference, except
> > that microcode1.bin seems to be the most reluctant to
> > load...). Should I just 'wipe the slate clean' and
> > start new ?!? If so, with what package should I start,
> > etc. ? At this point, I'm at a loss...

If you're extracting firmware from Creative's drivers, use the Sigma
drivers. If you're using the Sigma drivers, try Creative's. That's the
best advice I can give you. Autocal _will_ go through, and playback _will_
work, if you get the right firmware (btw, calibration going through does
_not_ imply that the firmware image will work - I have a Creative-branded
board, and both firmware images will calibrate it, but only one of the two
will then proceed to play video). If your Xine window stays black, flip
the aspect ratio (with the 'A' key) until the aspect ratio is correct and
the overlay gets painted correctly. If you get the key color and no video,
you still have the wrong firmware image.

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