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nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 739 Location: USA

After 4 or 5 hours of continuous operation, with a couple idle times of 30 minutes or so, the sound gets corrupted, and finally deteriorates into a two-note loop which can only be fixed by rebooting. HardInfo says audio adapter SiS SI7012 (SiS AC'97 onboard sound). Not a show-stopper, but occasionally a pain.

jakfish · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 711

I'm giving 5.1.2 a whirl on some very old hardware--Sony Vaio Picturebook PCG-CV1N. Crusoe 600mhz CPU and 114 available RAM.

One thing I can't find, and maybe it's not a choice with this setup: I can't seem to find a module for temperature or for thermal so I can monitor temperature in a conky.

Can I do that in Wary 5.1.2?

Jake

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 739 Location: USA

I guess this is for ttuuxxx. I accidentally acquired a mp4 file and it played okay in MPlayer. But when I played it with VLC Plus Extras, it didn't show video while it played audio. Here is the YT video in question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTP6z3bHKOc
I am curious whether the general class of mp4 will play with VLC Plus Extras, or is this particular video an oddball. Or perhaps it is the method of capture, via tmp directory.

EDIT: A little more tinkering and it gets funkier. When I select VLC with the "Open With" dialog, the track plays correctly with video and audio. When I "Set Run Action" to VLC, only audio plays in VLC player, and the screen is black (blank),

EDIT2: Meh, something is going on with VLC, behaving sporadically. Only occasionally shows video; more typically a black screen. MPlayer working good. I uninstalled VLC and qt4 package, then re-installed, but no joy.

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 739 Location: USA

Answer to my own query:
In VLC, Tools > Preferences > Show settings-All > Video: uncheck 'Overlay video output'

Source: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36766

EDIT: Argh, this is not a satisfactory solution.