On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:00:29 +0200 Kai Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the reason for firectfb 0.9.19? I think i have 0.9.18 the one > that is distributed in the gentoo ebuilds. > If you ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge DirectFB you'll get the latest. I saw it recommende in the archive I think. > What does the 'primary-layer=2' mean? I already use the other two settings. > I believe this may have come in with 0.19, it instructs directfb to run on the second head. > 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 you need to set these in freevo.conf. > I did the circular build of sdl. Did you use the emerge build? i fetched > the CVS version the second time. I copied the sdl ebuild to /usr/local/portage (my overlay directory) and changed it to point to an sdl snapshot. I could forward you the new ebuild, but I'm not a developer so I make no promises for its saneness. > > 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? I'm running 2.4.20-gentoo-r6, but I should say that I'm running a G400. I believe however that other than the kernel the setup should be similar. One more thing, I'm not sure if the vsync patch is needed, you may want to add -vo dfbmga:buffermode=triple to your mplayer args in local_config.py. But note this will only come into play when watching videos. I did patch my kernel but had to remove the define from /usr/include/.... so I dont think I'm using it. I'm not sure onb this though. Hope this helps Mark > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > >>With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > >>WITHOUT REBOOTING! 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