[SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

Inxsible · 2021-03-18 05:20:33

Hello,

I "upgraded" my desktop about a month ago and I have now discovered a new problem. I get a blue screen when playing any video in mpv or mplayer.
https://imgur.com/Qzp70wh

When using mpv, it just locks up the virtual desktop and I have to go to another desktop, and kill mpv. With mplayer, I can atleast hit Q to quit. I searched the forums and found this thread and sure enough when I use x11 as the video output, it works with both mpv and mplayer. However the op in the thread got his issue fixed by a reboot. No such luck with me.

Even after a reboot, mpv and mplayer still give me just a blue screen although the audio works. I don't remember doing anything special on my older desktop. Everything just worked. What could be the issue here? What is the difference between the various video outputs that mpv and or mplayer supports? Is one better than the other? Is/Are there any other specific packages that I need to have the default xv video output work in mpv and mplayer?

I am using the following 20-intel.conf file in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d which I was not using in my older desktop

Section "Device"
	Identifier "Intel Graphics"
	Driver "intel"
	# To avoid X freezing/hanging
	Option "NoAccel" "True"
	# To avoid tearing, unresponsiveness or corruption with Chromium
	Option "DRI" "False"
EndSection

As the comments in the file suggest, I can't get rid of any of the options in the config file as that would render the desktop unusable. In terms of drivers, I just have the xf86-video-intel driver installed.

Thanks for any pointers/comments.

Is there any hope to fixing this?

Last edited by Inxsible (2021-03-18 06:18:53)

jasonwryan · 2021-03-18 05:31:55

Have you tried removing the xf86-video-intel driver and just using kernel modesetting? It performs much better in 90% of cases.

And I'm sure you are just about to resize that image...

Inxsible · 2021-03-18 06:04:33

jasonwryan wrote:

Have you tried removing the xf86-video-intel driver and just using kernel modesetting? It performs much better in 90% of cases.
And I'm sure you are just about to resize that image...

Hi Jason.

I knew you'd have something to say about the image size. It's been a while for me on the forums. Let me enable kernel modesetting and see if that fixes many of my issues.

Last edited by Inxsible (2021-03-18 06:09:42)

Inxsible · 2021-03-18 06:17:50

jasonwryan wrote:

Have you tried removing the xf86-video-intel driver and just using kernel modesetting? It performs much better in 90% of cases.
And I'm sure you are just about to resize that image...

Good Sir, thank you for reminding me about this. Enabled i915 module in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf file. Rebuilt initramfs, removed the conf file for the video drivers, removed xf86-video-intel package. rebooted and all was well.

I was probably using this on my old desktop and maybe just forgot to copy the mkinitcpio.conf file over to the new install.

Thanks Jason. Have a nice day !

jasonwryan · 2021-03-18 06:35:11

Another satisifed customer! Next!

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#1 2021-03-18 05:20:33

[SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

#2 2021-03-18 05:31:55

Re: [SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

#3 2021-03-18 06:04:33

Re: [SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

#4 2021-03-18 06:17:50

Re: [SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

#5 2021-03-18 06:35:11

Re: [SOLVED]no video playback with mpv or mplayer

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