[Phonon MPlayer] The correct vo device on windows?

[Ben Lau]

Thanks for reply

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Tanguy Krotoff <tkrotoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Ben Lau <xbenlau at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Seem that it should use directx as video out device on windows xp. I
>> have patched the phonon mplayer backend to check with WindowsVersion
>> to choose the correct vo device. Then it is working!  However, as I
>> don't have any Vista machine , I can not check is it work on Vista
>> too.
>
> Thanks for the patch. The direct3d video output driver is pretty new
> inside MPlayer, it was done in order to solve compatibility problems
> with Aero. If I remember well (I had a winXP in the past), it should
> work under this OS. It uses Direct3D 9 which is available under
> Windows XP.

The Direct3D 9 backend do not work well. I have tested with few XP
machines. All of them have installed DirectX 9 , but not all work .
Some of them can not play video at all , and some of them can not show
video in correct position... that is why I seek for phonon mplayer
backend.

>
> I will contact the developer behind direct3d driver about this.
>
> There is no need for you to change the code and recompile. MPlayer
> comes with a config file that you can edit:
> mplayer.exe
> mplayer/config
>
> add
> vo="directx"

great! thx.

> This will overwrite the defaults settings and use the directx video
> output driver
>
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