What does the 'primary-layer=2' mean? I already use the other two settings.
I've not seen anything about dfbmga in the freevo_local.conf. So i used directfb instead for the freevo.conf. I also didn't know that i can tell something about pal or ntsc in the freevo.conf
I did the circular build of sdl. Did you use the emerge build? i fetched the CVS version the second time.
I will try the two things you pointed me on and than if it didn't do the trick i will start from scratch because i can't remember every single step.
BTW: Which kernel do you use for the best G450 framebuffer support? I tried 2.4.21, but that one is seriously broken with G450 FB.
So i stayed with the 2.4.20 provided by gentoo.
How about 2.4.22? Any experiences?
mark wrote:
I'll take a shot at it. I recommend you use DirectFB 0.9.19. You need this is /etc/directfbrc, amend it if your on NTSC
matrox-crtc2 matrox-tv-standard=pal primary-layer=2
and this in freevo.conf
display = dfbmga geometry = 720x576 tv = pal
During freevo startup what is the output? Do you see messages from DirectFB
On Gentoo I had to build libsdl then DirectFB then libsdl again due to circular dependencies. I didnt need to set environment variables but others have.
I needed to patch mplayer with the latest dfbmga-update patch (this even applies to 0.91). But since your mplayer runs okay standalone thats probably not your problem
Try to provide more detail about the steps you have followed.
Mark
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:17:45 +0200 Kai Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi!
I would be very pleased to get some help with my problem. I've found alot snippets on the freevo wiki pages and links here and there, but nothing completely focused on using freevo on dfbmga. So here comes my story...
I've read alot about setting up freevo the best way on my configuration. The main problem is to get the Matrox G450 up and running correctly on tvout. The best way seems to be the directfb library and the directfb patches found in the mplayer sources. They enable the system to play very nice movies with mplayer on the tvout (which is by the way the y-cable on the second head of the g450). And all of this without playing around with framebuffer tweaking for proper PAL display settings (timing, resolution, etc.).
The final step i thought was to fetch the SDL library from CVS. I did that and the 'ldd /../libSDL.so' tells me that she seems to use the directfb library if told so.
But how do i really get freevo to use the dfbmga (directfb on mga fb combination) output? I only found the display parameter directfb in the freevo configurations. This way i still get the output on my first head, my monitor, and not on the second, my tv. When i insert the mplayer parameters for dfbmga, which give me nice video on the tv as i would like, into the freevo configuration, my monitor gets black when i try to play a movie, but nothing happens. the mplayer logfiles tell nothing bad, the mention the driectfb settings and so on, but the vt stays dark.
I remember some SDL environment settings to control some settings of the SDL library, but i've not found anything about this with google. Is this the way i need to go? Or am i completly wrong?
I'm kind of stuck with this. How can i tell the sdl to use my dfbmga output :-(
-- #kai
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