On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:28:06 -0600 Matthew Goeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I'm curious why you're using CVS versions? I am quite successful > > using > > 0.9.21 and 0.9.22 with similar hardware. > > > > I don't exactly remember. But, i think it was because I had to use the > CVS of the fusion patch (for some reason -- I wish I could remember). Hmm, which kernel? I know the fusion patch for 2.6 isn't in the 0.9.22 tarball. > > I see you're attempting to play '2 fast, 2 furious'. Perhaps the > > computer is objecting to a request to play such an awful movie? Maybe > > you > > should try something that doesn't involve riced up cars and Vin Diesel? > > (sorry, it's a cheap shot, but i had to take it) > > > > That's a good call!!. Unfortunately, that movie was only selected > since it appeared at the top of my list (instead of my undying love for > crappy acting) You should check out the Sejun Suzuki classic "Branded to Kill" some day. SS worked for a company in japan that had actors and crew on salaried contracts, and wrote scripts by committee. He had no film experience when he was hired, and in fact had only seen five or six movies. He believes that every shot has the right to be treated as a work of art in and of itself, and that outside of that, it didn't matter, for example, if two people talking to each other in a scene were actually both sitting down, or even in the same room, or if perhaps one of them was sitting at a bar and the other one was standing outside, as long as one of them was facing to the right and the other was facing to the left - people would understand that they were having a conversation. He was extremely efficient. Most movies were shot in a week, and editing took him one day. He takes the best version of each shot and splices them all together in order, and applies soundtrack. The leading man in most of his movies, Jo Shishido, had noticed that most successful actors in japan have some sort of physical feature that sets them apart, and had his cheek bones enhanced by a plastic surgeon. (This is still largely true - One of the best actors in japan in the last 10 years is Takeshi Kitano - who's face is paralyzed on one side from a motorcycle accident. You may recognize him from Spike TV's "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge" game show, called Takeshi's Castle in japan.) He'd made something like 60 movies in 11 years working for this company when he cranked out "Branded to Kill". After it was released in 1967 he was called in for a meeting, where he was told "Your movies make no sense, and make no money. You're fired." -- he successfully sued for breach of contract. BtK is so inexplicable as to be pure art. I was never able to say "Huh?" with such conviction. More than a cult classic, people have been ripping it off ever since, sometimes a couple shots, sometimes entire scenes. > > More seriously, I see that your mplayer is an old version and > > appears to > > have been compiled with runtime cpu detection, or at least on a > > different > > cpu than the one you're running it on. > > > > This would indicate, perhaps, that your mplayer isn't compiled > > against > > the version of directfb you're running. > > > > well, mplayer was just whatever was current in the portage tree. I > don't think anything is wrong with my mplayer because it works fine > from the command line. Well, it's just a guess, because mplayer has to link against directfb when it builds, and unless you built it after directfb, it's not linked against the version of directfb you're running. Which wouldn't prevent it from working, but might prevent it from working perfectly. Are you sure you don't have muliple versions of directfb floating around your system? > > > > I also have to admit some ignorance as to what the linux-fusion > > package > > is supposed to be. I just applied the fusion and mga kernel patches > > included with the directfb source. > > > > > > the linux-fusion package I was talking about was just the linux fusion > patch -- sorry for the confusion. Yeah, I figured that out. Did you apply the matroxfb-g400-clock patch and the matroxfb-full-memory patch? (I forget if both of these exist for 2.6, I know the irq patch isn't required since about 2.4.22) More to the point, what does your directfbrc look like? And the mplayer options in your freevo config? I wish i could be more specific, yesterday i installed a new motherboard in my freevo system and it's not actually plugged in at the moment, so i can't ssh into it and poke around. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
