I've got a clean install of r5f1 with 8776 nvidia drivers ( 7300 GS )installed. The problem I'm having is that I can't get some avi's to play properly. Within Myfrontend I just get a loading... screen. If I try to run it in X with:

mplayer -fs -zoom -quite -vo xv *filename* the only thing I see it complain about are:

xv: could not grab port 274
xv: could not grab port 275
xv: could not grab port 276

I see that it pics a codec and that it gets the audio figured out properly, but thats it. Just sits there. I've googled the could not grab port but haven't found anything that I could understand. Anyone got any ideas or some direction?

as an update, if I tell myth to use the internal player then it plays ok.

Do you know what format the video is in, as AVI is simply a container and the video can be in any format.

Also have your tried playing the file with xine, I find it is better at handling codecs etc.

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Girkers

Sure, off the top of my head, one was a Divx and one showed using some thing that started with an FF. I can double check if it will help.

still looking for a little help. If someone can tell me what logs or info they need to further me being able to use mplayer at all. Seems the only things I can play are through the internal player. Trying to play the same file through mplayer causes those errors. Could it be something with xv?

What do you get if you type in a terminal window?

What driver are you using in xorg.conf?

driver is nvidia (I also get the Nvidia splash screen when going into X)

Here are the results of xvinfo:

X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "NV17 Video Texture"
number of ports: 1
port base: 274
operations supported: PutImage
supported visuals:
depth 24, visualID 0x21
depth 24, visualID 0x23
depth 24, visualID 0x24
depth 24, visualID 0x25
depth 24, visualID 0x26
depth 24, visualID 0x27
depth 24, visualID 0x28
depth 24, visualID 0x29
depth 24, visualID 0x2a
depth 24, visualID 0x2b
depth 24, visualID 0x2c
depth 24, visualID 0x2d
depth 24, visualID 0x2e
depth 24, visualID 0x2f
depth 24, visualID 0x30
depth 24, visualID 0x31
depth 24, visualID 0x32
depth 24, visualID 0x33
depth 24, visualID 0x34
depth 24, visualID 0x35
depth 24, visualID 0x36
depth 24, visualID 0x37
depth 24, visualID 0x38
depth 24, visualID 0x39
depth 24, visualID 0x3a
depth 24, visualID 0x3b
depth 24, visualID 0x3c
depth 24, visualID 0x3d
depth 24, visualID 0x3e
depth 24, visualID 0x3f
depth 24, visualID 0x40
depth 24, visualID 0x41
depth 24, visualID 0x42
depth 24, visualID 0x43
depth 24, visualID 0x44
depth 24, visualID 0x45
depth 24, visualID 0x46
depth 24, visualID 0x47
depth 24, visualID 0x48
depth 24, visualID 0x49
depth 24, visualID 0x22
depth 24, visualID 0x4a
depth 24, visualID 0x4b
depth 24, visualID 0x4c
depth 24, visualID 0x4d
depth 24, visualID 0x4e
depth 24, visualID 0x4f
depth 24, visualID 0x50
depth 24, visualID 0x51
depth 24, visualID 0x52
depth 24, visualID 0x53
depth 24, visualID 0x54
depth 24, visualID 0x55
depth 24, visualID 0x56
depth 24, visualID 0x57
depth 24, visualID 0x58
depth 24, visualID 0x59
depth 24, visualID 0x5a
depth 24, visualID 0x5b
depth 24, visualID 0x5c
depth 24, visualID 0x5d
depth 24, visualID 0x5e
depth 24, visualID 0x5f
depth 24, visualID 0x60
depth 24, visualID 0x61
depth 24, visualID 0x62
depth 24, visualID 0x63
depth 24, visualID 0x64
depth 24, visualID 0x65
depth 24, visualID 0x66
depth 24, visualID 0x67
depth 24, visualID 0x68
depth 24, visualID 0x69
depth 24, visualID 0x6a
depth 24, visualID 0x6b
depth 24, visualID 0x6c
depth 24, visualID 0x6d
depth 24, visualID 0x6e
depth 24, visualID 0x6f
depth 24, visualID 0x70
number of attributes: 3
"XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 0)
client settable attribute
"XV_ITURBT_709" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
maximum XvImage size: 2046 x 2046
Number of image formats: 4
id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x30323449 (I420)
guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
Adaptor #1: "NV05 Video Blitter"
number of ports: 32
port base: 275
operations supported: PutImage
supported visuals:
depth 24, visualID 0x21
depth 24, visualID 0x23
depth 24, visualID 0x24
depth 24, visualID 0x25
depth 24, visualID 0x26
depth 24, visualID 0x27
depth 24, visualID 0x28
depth 24, visualID 0x29
depth 24, visualID 0x2a
depth 24, visualID 0x2b
depth 24, visualID 0x2c
depth 24, visualID 0x2d
depth 24, visualID 0x2e
depth 24, visualID 0x2f
depth 24, visualID 0x30
depth 24, visualID 0x31
depth 24, visualID 0x32
depth 24, visualID 0x33
depth 24, visualID 0x34
depth 24, visualID 0x35
depth 24, visualID 0x36
depth 24, visualID 0x37
depth 24, visualID 0x38
depth 24, visualID 0x39
depth 24, visualID 0x3a
depth 24, visualID 0x3b
depth 24, visualID 0x3c
depth 24, visualID 0x3d
depth 24, visualID 0x3e
depth 24, visualID 0x3f
depth 24, visualID 0x40
depth 24, visualID 0x41
depth 24, visualID 0x42
depth 24, visualID 0x43
depth 24, visualID 0x44
depth 24, visualID 0x45
depth 24, visualID 0x46
depth 24, visualID 0x47
depth 24, visualID 0x48
depth 24, visualID 0x49
depth 24, visualID 0x22
depth 24, visualID 0x4a
depth 24, visualID 0x4b
depth 24, visualID 0x4c
depth 24, visualID 0x4d
depth 24, visualID 0x4e
depth 24, visualID 0x4f
depth 24, visualID 0x50
depth 24, visualID 0x51
depth 24, visualID 0x52
depth 24, visualID 0x53
depth 24, visualID 0x54
depth 24, visualID 0x55
depth 24, visualID 0x56
depth 24, visualID 0x57
depth 24, visualID 0x58
depth 24, visualID 0x59
depth 24, visualID 0x5a
depth 24, visualID 0x5b
depth 24, visualID 0x5c
depth 24, visualID 0x5d
depth 24, visualID 0x5e
depth 24, visualID 0x5f
depth 24, visualID 0x60
depth 24, visualID 0x61
depth 24, visualID 0x62
depth 24, visualID 0x63
depth 24, visualID 0x64
depth 24, visualID 0x65
depth 24, visualID 0x66
depth 24, visualID 0x67
depth 24, visualID 0x68
depth 24, visualID 0x69
depth 24, visualID 0x6a
depth 24, visualID 0x6b
depth 24, visualID 0x6c
depth 24, visualID 0x6d
depth 24, visualID 0x6e
depth 24, visualID 0x6f
depth 24, visualID 0x70
number of attributes: 2
"XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 0)
client settable attribute
"XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
maximum XvImage size: 2046 x 2046
Number of image formats: 5
id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x59565955 (UYVY)
guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 16
number of planes: 1
type: YUV (packed)
id: 0x30323449 (I420)
guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x3
guid: 03000000-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 32
number of planes: 1
type: RGB (packed)
depth: 24
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff

Well, I can only come up with a few things you could try...
Try forcing mplayer to use the correct port with I suspect it won't work, but...

You could try to see if you get some other errors that lead to something fruitful.

Maybe the nvidia drivers aren't installed correctly? From what I can find, if xvinfo shows ports available, then things should work.