[NTLUG:Discuss] xine question

[Stuart Johnston]

Fred James wrote:
> Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
>> * Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> [060528 14:39]:
>>  
>>
>>> Thank you for your reply - I did that and followed as much of it as I 
>>> could with Googles.  I finally just reinstalled the OS (xine included) 
>>> but the result is the same - sound but not picture (mpg files).  I have 
>>> included the screen output from a session below, in case anyone can 
>>> point me toward a clue.
>>>    
>>>
>> I don't understand most of the messages you included; maybe someone who
>> understands them can help you.  One thing you could try would be to go
>> into "setup" and to the "video" tab, and change "video output" setting
>> to something other than auto or xv.  If you get video working using
>> another video output, then you'd know that the problem is with the video
>> output, and not with xine's ability to handle the file you are giving
>> it.  (And remember to set the "video output" back to auto or xv,
>> assuming that's what you want.)
>>
>> By the way, is this problem happening for all video files, or just
>> certain ones?
>>
>>  
>>
> Lance Simmons
> Thank you for your reply
> (1) Set up - Video Tab, has the message: "There is no configuration 
> option available in this user experience level", whether opened as a 
> user, or as root.
> (2) The symptoms are the same with all the files I have tried - though 
> those are all mpg or mpeg.
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
> Regards
> Fred James

Have you tried using another program such as mplayer to see if you get 
the same result?

With mplayer you can change the video output driver from the command line:

mplayer -vo x11