XVideo stopped working on Fedora 10

[Pizuz]

Hi,

I'm about to file a bug for this. Right now I'm using a mobilityRadeon 9700 with the open source radeon driver. However, after upgradiong to Fedora 10 I noticed that Video playback was pretty slow and after looking closer it came to my mind that Xvideo might be off entirely. I tested it with VLC, MPlayer and Totem with the same result. Even stranger is the fact that none of them even seem to notice it (MPlayer always complained if there was no Xv available).

Does this hapen to anyone else?

EDIT: Okay, I should be a little more precise. Apparently thedriver seems to be using TexturedVideo by default, instead of Overlay. Is there a way to change that behavior?

[CrystalCowboy]

Try adding the following lines to the "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
Option "TexturedVideo" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"

The Phoronix.com forums are a good resource for info on this sort of thing, but I can't find the exact thread I was looking for at present.

Try the "xvinfo" command to see what's going on.

[Pizuz]

Arent those options for the fglrx driver?

[tsorvoja]

Though this is relatively old thread I'll have a comment:

I have noticed this also with Ati Radeon 9600. Solution appreciated if available. Thanks!

[Pizuz]

Already filed a bug against it:

Kernel Mode Setting breaks video overlay, so the easiest option is running Linux with the 'nomodeset' option.