Hi,
> managed to reproduce this problem (using SID+dmo on my x1250 based
> motherboard). I think the issue is with libswscale (not libavc*).
>
> Mostly because vlc complains:
>
> swScaler: pal8 is not supported as output pixel format
> [0x8bcc4bc] swscale scale error: could not init SwScaler and/or
> allocate memory
>
> Not to mention, the problem goes away by doing "sudo dpkg
> --force-depends -P libswscale0" (i.e. removing the dmo package) and
> then "sudo dpkg -i libswscale0_4%3a0.5.2-6_i386.deb" (i.e. installing
> the SID package).
>
i install this, i think the same that you describe, but no luck.
ii vlc 1.1.5-3
multimedia player and streamer
ii vlc-nox 1.1.5-3
multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
ii vlc-plugin-notify 1.1.5-3
LibNotify plugin for VLC
ii vlc-plugin-pulse 1.1.5-3
PulseAudio plugin for VLC
ii libswscale0 4:0.5.2-6
ffmpeg video scaling library