Video stops on window dragging

breakerfall · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject: Video stops on window dragging

I think this belongs more in DE rather than multimedia because I think it's a cause of the Desktop Environment.

I only found 1 other example in searches. But as a general enquiry, is it normal for video feed to pause whilst moving / resizing a window? This used to happen in KDE and since the re-install it also happens on xfce-4. This happens with TV card input, MPEGs, AVIs, any kind of video feed. Whilst resizing, the sound continues and once you release the mouse button, the video jumps to the point it should be at.

I'm guessing it's an issue that lies with xfree, just want it confirmed.

Thanks.

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

I'm not totally sure about this, but i would suspect it has something to do with the video driver you're using with mplayer/xine.
xvidix has given a somewhat similar problem to me, so i would sugest you try to change to the xv driver and see if the problem still remains.

breakerfall · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:16 pm Post subject:

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

Well assuming you're using mplayer from the cli i think it's -vo xv if you're using some sort of gui there should be an option somewhere.
With xv it's normal for your video to have some flickerings when moving the window but it should be running continuously.

breakerfall · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject:

Ah right - I don't think that will be the problem at all then - considering the problem isn't limited to mplayer.

I thought a lot more people would have a similar problem - obviously not. Wonder what's causing the problem then. :/

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

breakerfall · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:02 pm Post subject:

Okay thanks for clarifying. I followed your instructions and the same thing happens, regardless. One thing to note - I was wrong about audio. It seems that when re-sizing moving another window, the sound also stops along with the video. The video basically pauses and continues where it left off.

It is just with the TV Card alone where the sound continues, obviously because of the line out and sound decoder being seperate from the video feed.

After checking, it seems that mplayer was running the vx driver as default (it used that without me adding the -vo vx switch). Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks again.

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

breakerfall · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject:

No worries - appreciate the replies, regardless.

Thanks again