On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:49AM, Douglas Kosovic said: > Hi Fred, > > > i have 1 bigger and 1 smaller problem that i don't have a clue how to > > solve because i don't understand the underlying code At All in, say, > > AGServiceManager.py. > > > > bigger: > > regardless of how the node services come up (TV or not TV) in my > > ServiceManager, i still have to set my VideoService VICs from Composite1 > to > > S-Video every time i change venues. > > It should now be fixed with the new VideoService.py and > VideoProducerService.py I posted in another email. > hi Doug.
thanks. i'll grab and test sometime today. > > i have a hunch that this error message is related to that... > > ///////// > > INFO:ServiceManager:Using services dir: > /home/aguser/.AccessGrid/local_services > > INFO:ServiceManager:__DiscoverResources > > config: invalid value for input: (null) > > valid choices for "input": "Television", "Composite1", "S-Video", > "Composite3" > > config: invalid value for input: (null) > > ///////// > > That's just harmless stderr output from /usr/bin/v4lctl. I think I'm going > to modify Config.py in the > /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/AccessGrid/Platform/unix directory, so that > it provides more userfreindly feedback, which includes redirecting the > stderr of /usr/bin/v4lctl to /dev/null. > LOL! that's about as user-friendly as you can get. > > smaller: > > same issue as above with VideoProducerServices, plus i cannot see my > > video streams in the VIC. > > the obvious solution is to use VideoServices rather than > VideoProducerServices. > > Do you mean with VideoProducer, the vic video thumbnail is muted (there is a > mute toggle button next to each of the video thumbnails in vic)? If that's > what you mean, then that's a feature rather than a bug. > i don't believe that it's muted. i'll check it more thoroughly and get back to you. cheers. --fred

