How to make a modern video player work on late 90s early 2000s X11 technology?

[DiTBho]

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xp200 # telnet 192.168.1.10
login toor
password ########

macmini-2009 # export DISPLAY=192.168.1.5:0.0
macmini-2009 # mpv sample.mp4

Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "192.168.1.5:0.0".
[vo/xv] Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
[vo/sdl] No supported renderer
[vo/x11] Warning: this legacy VO has bad performance. Consider fixing your grap>
[vo/x11] Shared memory not supported
[vo/x11] Reverting to normal Xlib
[vo/x11] Shared memory not supported
[vo/x11] Reverting to normal Xlib
[vo/x11] X server image format not supported, use another VO.
Could not initialize video chain.
: 00:00:00 / 00:00:40 (0%)
(mpv stderr message)

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media-video/mpv    X alsa cli -drm -egl iconv libmpv -lua -uchardet zlib -aqua -archive -bluray -cdda -coreaudio -debug -dvb -dvd -gamepad -jack -javascript jpeg -lcms -libcaca -mmal -nvenc -openal -opengl -pipewire -pulseaudio -raspberry-pi -rubberband sdl -selinux -sixel -sndio -test -tools -vaapi -vdpau -vulkan -wayland xv -zimg
"USE flags" used to emerge "media-video/mpv"
(anything missing?)


Hi everyone,
I've been busy "reviving" an old Tektronix XP200 X11 terminal, trying to get the most out of it.

The XP200 uses pseudo-colors, and "Geany" has serious problems with modern GTK2 libraries and the like: sure it runs, but the colors are all a mess, to the point where you can't use it for anything.

Xedit and Nedit works fine because they use "OpenMotif 2," which directly handles pseudo-colors.

I can't play a video. It seems the version of X11 running on the Xterminal is missing some vital support.

Check the stderr; MPV complained a lot before it ended.

Any idea? 

[DiTBho]

anyone?