[arch-general] clipped video output with multihead

[Mauro Santos]

On 18-12-2011 11:40, Ralf Madorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 01:10 -0300, Sébastien le Preste de Vauban wrote:
>> When I play a video with mplayer2 (also happens with tvtime)
>>
>> MPlayer2 2.0-379-ge3f5043 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
>> 162 audio & 361 video codecs
>>
>> I get the following display problem on screen 2
> 
> Linux isn't the best choice for video. Thanks to Robin we've got Ardour3
> video timeline http://rg42.org/wiki/a3vtl (so I won back hope I already
> had lost) but this is a little bit OT, regarding to your request.
> 

OP was asking for help with playback, not editing.

> Did you try several video players with different backends? I usually
> install all video players that are available.
> 
> Linux is bad regarding to audio and video containers and even if Linux
> is used for some tasks by professional film studios, it's impossible to
> use it for professional serious basics such as NLE or even for consumer
> usages like playing common Internet videos or transforming container
> formats.
> 

Come again? VLC and mplayer have always been able to happily play
everything I've thrown at them while many windows players crap
themselves out because they either don't know how to handle the
container, video or audio.

> Try another Linux video player, perhaps with another backend, what ever
> your problem playing videos might be.
> 
> 2 Cents,
> 
> Ralf
> 
> PS: I experienced tries solving video issues as much too time consuming,
> that seldom had success. Trying several media players/backends always
> was the better way for me to go. YMMV.
> 
> 


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Mauro Santos