[olug] MPLAYER Blue screen.

[Adam Lassek]

Install the lsof utility (if you don't have it already) and run:

lsof | grep /dev/rtc

this will tell you what process is using that device.

On 10/1/05, Don E. Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> Well this is interesting. Video out from MPLAYER is now working again.
> I'm not sure what did it. I do have one request though... How does one
> find out what process is using a device? For example, the message output
> below says that /dev/rtc is not available and to make sure that user has
> read permission. I did and user does. How does one proceed from there to
> find out what processes may be holding the device?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don
> --
> "Global warming is just a theory: this is Intelligent Defrosting!"
>
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>
> On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 10:35 -0500, Don E. Kauffman wrote:
> > I'm trying to understand why mplayer is giving me a blue screen lately
> > when it was working before. Below are the messages I get when I run from
> > the command line. I 'm sorry i don't have messages to compare it with
> > when It was working. I get audio but no images.
> >
> > I enjoy playing video clips that friends send me so I'd like to get this
> > working if I could.   I'd like some help debugging this.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Don K.
> >
> > dekauff at kauff-peach:/windows/D/Movies> mplayer ikea2_1.mpeg
> > MPlayer 1.0pre7-RPM-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
> > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6,
> > Stepping: 1)
> > Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
> > CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
> > Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
> > To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
> > --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
> >
> >
> > 73 audio & 180 video codecs
> > Playing ikea2_1.mpeg.
> > Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)    MPEG-PS file format detected.
> > VIDEO:  MPEG1  320x240  (aspect 8)  25.000 fps  460.8 kbps (57.6
> > kbyte/s)
> > ==========================================================================
> > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 96.0 kbit/6.80% (ratio: 12000->176400)
> > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> > ==========================================================================
> > vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local
> > display)
> > ==========================================================================
> > Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> > VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
> > Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
> > Opening video filter: [scale]
> > The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> > VDecoder init failed :(
> > Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder
> > libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
> > Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
> > ==========================================================================
> > Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le ->
> > 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
> > AF_pre: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
> > AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
> > Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le ->
> > 44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
> > Starting playback...
> > VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
> > VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> > Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> > VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12
> >
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