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   alt.os.beos      Underrated early 90's OS, sad it died...      1,512 messages   

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   Re: New version of VLC on bebits   
   21 Jul 08 08:33:06   
   
   From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:31:00 -0600   
   §ñühw¤£f  broke the internets with:   
      
   > In message <20080719084246.5791a345.snuhwolf@netscape.net>, §ñühwø£f wrote:   
   > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:18:06 -0700 (PDT)   
   > > earlcolby.pottinger@sympatico.ca broke the internets with:   
   > >    
   > > > On Jul 18, 3:30 pm, §ñühwø£f  wrote:   
   > > >    
   > > > > And then it stopped having a decent picture and its back to looking   
   lik=   
   > > e its multiple images overlayed on each other.   
   > > > > Somethings weird since I cant even see the .avi files that came with   
   Be=   
   > > OS Pro of the crew throwing monitors off the rooftop :(   
   > > >    
   > > > Search for "VLC" and delete all references found in /boot/home/config/   
   > > > settings that will take back to the default setting of VLC.   
   > > >    
   > > Ok.   
   > >    
   > > > PS.  You do realize the latest version for BeOS is 0.8.6c ?  Make sure   
   > > > you have the latest version.   
   > >    
   > > I have that version installed in /boot/home/ in its own folder. I thought   
   r=   
   > > unning it from that folder would be sufficient.   
   > > Since I was dragging and dropping files into the new version.   
   > > I subscribed to the vlc mailing list so maybe theres still hope to get   
   this=   
   > >  working.   
   >    
   > Talking to myself again...that didnt do anything. VLC still shows a mangled   
   > picture but I did open some .mpeg and .avi files successfully wit hMedia   
   Player.   
   > Media player handles MPEG-1 and .avi files but not 'Intel-Indio Video 3   
   Codec'   
   > avi files...   
   >    
   >    
   Finally got it working by unchecking "direct draw" since this videocard only   
   supports "draw bitmap" and the rest defaults.   
      
   plus theres apparently some info here:   
   http://wiki.videolan.org/Main_Page   
   :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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