Re: [Freevo-users] Frame buffer, TV-out and NVidia
Everybody has been talking about framebuffer mode for sometime and I still do not know what it is. --- Wan Tat Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Jortan H wrote: > > > --- Wan Tat Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > On > Thu, 5 > > Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Jortan H wrote: > > > > > > No, I have a GF4 MX440 with TV-out, and I don't > have > > > to do anything to get > > > it working in framebuffer mode. Just make sure > you > > > have the composite > > > cable plugged in when you start up. Not sure > what > > > happens if you have > > > both a TV and a monitor plugged in though. > > > > > Thanks, I didn't know this. I tried and the linux > > startup text showed up on the TV. Until entering > frame > > buffer mode when the screen blanked out. I > understand > > that I have to use fbset to set frame buffer > geometry > > and timings. Does anyone know how to set this for > a > > PAL TV? I've searched the web for info on this but > > none of what I found worked... > > /Bjorn > > > I'm using RedHat booted via grub (but it's the same > with lilo). > Currently I boot into vesa framebuffer mode using > the following boot > options 'vga=0x314 video=vesafb:ywrap'. > This gives me 800x600-75 resolution and displays > fine on my TV (PAL-BG) > using a NVidia GF4 MX440SE w/TV out (composite). > > T.C. > > Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) > School of Computer Science, Univ. Science Malaysia, > 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Rm.625 Ofc Ph: > +604 653-3888 x 3617 > NRG Lab Admin: +604 659-4757 Rm.601-E Ofc > Ph: +604 653-4396 > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Web: > http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan > GPG Key : > http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan/tcw_gpg-20030322.asc > F'print : DCF2 B9B2 FA4D 1208 AD59 14CA 9A8F F54D > B2C4 63C7 > > > > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of > TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread > debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at > www.etnus.com. > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Frame buffer, TV-out and NVidia
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Jortan H wrote: > --- Wan Tat Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > On Thu, 5 > Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] Jortan H wrote: > > > > No, I have a GF4 MX440 with TV-out, and I don't have > > to do anything to get > > it working in framebuffer mode. Just make sure you > > have the composite > > cable plugged in when you start up. Not sure what > > happens if you have > > both a TV and a monitor plugged in though. > > > Thanks, I didn't know this. I tried and the linux > startup text showed up on the TV. Until entering frame > buffer mode when the screen blanked out. I understand > that I have to use fbset to set frame buffer geometry > and timings. Does anyone know how to set this for a > PAL TV? I've searched the web for info on this but > none of what I found worked... > /Bjorn I'm using RedHat booted via grub (but it's the same with lilo). Currently I boot into vesa framebuffer mode using the following boot options 'vga=0x314 video=vesafb:ywrap'. This gives me 800x600-75 resolution and displays fine on my TV (PAL-BG) using a NVidia GF4 MX440SE w/TV out (composite). T.C. Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) School of Computer Science, Univ. Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Rm.625 Ofc Ph: +604 653-3888 x 3617 NRG Lab Admin: +604 659-4757 Rm.601-E Ofc Ph: +604 653-4396 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Web: http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan GPG Key : http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan/tcw_gpg-20030322.asc F'print : DCF2 B9B2 FA4D 1208 AD59 14CA 9A8F F54D B2C4 63C7 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Sound Problems - FlyVideo 3000 (SAA 7134)
Known problem. The FV3K doesn't automatically unmute since mplayer is using v4l and not v4l2 to access the driver. Current workaround, manually (in a console/term window) issue the command 'v4lctl volume mute off' to unmute, and 'v4lctl volume mute on' to mute. Hoping that this'll be fixed in the next runtime with mplayer patch to accept 'forceaudio' parameter for TV viewing on v4l2 devices. T.C. Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) School of Computer Science, Univ. Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Rm.625 Ofc Ph: +604 653-3888 x 3617 NRG Lab Admin: +604 659-4757 Rm.601-E Ofc Ph: +604 653-4396 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Web: http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan GPG Key : http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan/tcw_gpg-20030322.asc F'print : DCF2 B9B2 FA4D 1208 AD59 14CA 9A8F F54D B2C4 63C7 On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Darryl Barlow wrote: > I have Fly Video 3000 on a Linux Box running Debian Unstable. Sound is via a > cable from the TV Card to the Sound Card line-in. All is fine using XAWTV > but for some reason I get no sound at all on TV under freevo. Mixer settings > are fine. Line-In is selected under KMix and the volume is adequate. I find > it puzzling that all works fine under XAWTV but not under freevo. > > Any ideas would be most welcome. > > regards, > > Darryl > > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Questions about the OSD - possible improvements?
I also have a a usabilty request.. I'm not sure if its possible, but the devel guys should be able to answer.. When playing a movie, then hitting the menu button, you are given a menu with options for the play-features, like de-interlace on sound channels etc, when then selecting play from this menu you are taken to the start of the movie... Is it possible to be taken back to the point of the movie you were just at? Maybe this point could be held until you start the next movie? My 2c, Mick On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 06:03, Tommy Killander wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have been using Freevo for a while now; and have lately been putting > myself in the position of a Dumb and Ignorant User - by asking myself > questions about usability; comparing Freevo with other consumer electronics > equipment in my livingroom and without worrying too much about > implementation issues. > The biggest issues I think is Startup time (Power On -> Freevo ready to > accept command input) and the reaction time for the remote control (delay > between button pressed on the remote to OSD is updated). The Startup time is > not much to do about - expect keeping the box up and running around the > clock (which is what I do). The second issue is mentioned in the bug report > so I guess that someone is working on that one... > > In general I'm very happy with my Freevo box. The best thing is that Freevo > is evolving all the time, so I guess that I will be happier and happier :-) > > > However, I have the following small suggestions to enhance usability. If > it's in the CVS already I'm looking forward to see it as a documented > "local_conf.py" configurable item (or plugin) in a stable release :-) > > 1.OSD for 16:9 TVs: > Is there any easy way of changing the OSD for use with a Widescreen (or > 16:9) TV ? Is there maybe a skin already out there somewhere for this ? > The default skin of Freevo is good for a 4:3 aspect ratio, but the menues > get "letter-boxed" in different Widescreen modes. It's not an major issue, > but still quite annoying. > I have tried to change the resolution of X11 and Freevo in different ways, > but when I find a setting where the OSD looks good; mplayer misaligns the > output :-( > Is it possible to make a 16:9 Skin to fix this, maybe I should give it a > shot ? > > > 2.Show scheduled recordings in the TV-Guide: > It would be nice to see which programs that are scheduled for recording (box > or text marked in different color?). To avoide questions like "Did I > schedule this recording or not the last time I surfed the TV-Guide ?" :-) > > > 3.Status-bar > It would be nice to have a Status-bar at the botton (or top?) of the screen > with Time, Harddisk Usage (MBytes left or Recordning time left - given a > specified recording ratio), Recording Status (Idle or Recording). There are > probably atleast 1024 other items that might be useful too:) > > > 4.Show Date in TV-Guide > I miss the date in the TV-Guide timeline. It's easy to lose track of days > after pushing the "Arrow Right" button for the 50'th time... By putting the > Date and separator between each 24-hour period its easier to keep > orientation. > > Regards, > /Tommy K > > > > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Recording time is off by 2 hours???
I'm trying to configure freevo1.3.2-pre-4 It gives me a strange problem when scheduling a recording: the guide (TV.xml) has correct time in it, and computer's clock is correct, time zone seems to be Ok (New York), but the recording times are off. For example, I tried to schedule a recording at 20:00. The on-screen message correctly listed "2003-06-08 20:00 .." But here is a snip from freevo.record.lst: 2003-06-08 21:00:00,1800,/usr/local/bin/mencoder -snip- -o /mnt/video/06-08_09:00_-_The_Simpsons.avi ,2 WNYFLP The recording shifted 1 hour into the future. Finally here is a snip from from freevo_record.log started at Sun Jun 8 20:20:00 2003 Got 2 entries in the schedule: Got old item: "#2003-06-08 -snip- WNYFLP" Parsed entry 1: "2003-06-08 22:00:00 1800 /usr/local/bin/mencoder -snip- /mnt/video/06-08_09:00_-_The_Simpsons.avi " Done, exiting One more hour. Any ideas??? Thank you, Edward --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Questions about the OSD - possible improvements?
Hi guys, I have been using Freevo for a while now; and have lately been putting myself in the position of a Dumb and Ignorant User - by asking myself questions about usability; comparing Freevo with other consumer electronics equipment in my livingroom and without worrying too much about implementation issues. The biggest issues I think is Startup time (Power On -> Freevo ready to accept command input) and the reaction time for the remote control (delay between button pressed on the remote to OSD is updated). The Startup time is not much to do about - expect keeping the box up and running around the clock (which is what I do). The second issue is mentioned in the bug report so I guess that someone is working on that one... In general I'm very happy with my Freevo box. The best thing is that Freevo is evolving all the time, so I guess that I will be happier and happier :-) However, I have the following small suggestions to enhance usability. If it's in the CVS already I'm looking forward to see it as a documented "local_conf.py" configurable item (or plugin) in a stable release :-) 1.OSD for 16:9 TVs: Is there any easy way of changing the OSD for use with a Widescreen (or 16:9) TV ? Is there maybe a skin already out there somewhere for this ? The default skin of Freevo is good for a 4:3 aspect ratio, but the menues get "letter-boxed" in different Widescreen modes. It's not an major issue, but still quite annoying. I have tried to change the resolution of X11 and Freevo in different ways, but when I find a setting where the OSD looks good; mplayer misaligns the output :-( Is it possible to make a 16:9 Skin to fix this, maybe I should give it a shot ? 2.Show scheduled recordings in the TV-Guide: It would be nice to see which programs that are scheduled for recording (box or text marked in different color?). To avoide questions like "Did I schedule this recording or not the last time I surfed the TV-Guide ?" :-) 3.Status-bar It would be nice to have a Status-bar at the botton (or top?) of the screen with Time, Harddisk Usage (MBytes left or Recordning time left - given a specified recording ratio), Recording Status (Idle or Recording). There are probably atleast 1024 other items that might be useful too:) 4.Show Date in TV-Guide I miss the date in the TV-Guide timeline. It's easy to lose track of days after pushing the "Arrow Right" button for the 50'th time... By putting the Date and separator between each 24-hour period its easier to keep orientation. Regards, /Tommy K --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Trouble playing .mp3, DVDs and audio CDs
Looks like mplayer is having trouble playing the files... can you play a file/dvd/etc. manually via mplayer? On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:55:37AM -0500, Tom wrote: > > I just downloaded and installed today's latest Freevo 1.3.2. I'm having some > problems with it: > > - I have a bunch of .mp3 files in '/home/tomh/My Tunes'. Freevo sees and > displays their titles. When I select one to play, Freevo just rolls thru the > entire listing and doesn't play any of them. Same thing if I select the > PL:Random Playlist. > > - I have a copy-protected DVD (The Sphere). When I insert it, Freevo's main > menu disappears and a blank Freevo screen is displayed (blank as in black > with the Freevo border). The movie doesn't play, and I'm given no message to > indicate why it doesn't play. I can press (esc) to return to the Movie > selection screen. If I press 'p' on the blank screen Freevo crashes. I have > "MPLAYER_DVD_PROTECTION = 0" in my local_conf.py file. > > - I have an audio CD. If I start Freevo then insert the CD, Freevo doesn't > recognize that there is a CD in the drive. However, if I first start KsCD > then exit KsCD after playing a few seconds, then immediately start Freevo - > Freevo DOES recognize that the CD is inserted. If I then select the CD > title, Freevo crashes. Subsequent restarts of Freevo will again say there is > no CD in the drive, though KsCD will still recognize it and play it. On rare > occasions, Freevo will recognize that there is a CD in the drive without my > first starting KsCD; when that happens I can select the CD title - nothing > plays and Freevo just quickly rolls thru all of the song titles (but no > crash). > > - I like to finish with a positive note: I can view all of my .jpgs! > > > > > > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] CD1 + CD2 = CD ?
Even better is the imdb.py script shipped with freevo for creating fxd files. I just love it, so for the one who wrote it: GOOD WORK!! Although the the tcl/tk gui I'm trying to write for it gives me a lot to think about (not enough Python-programming experience from my side I think:). -- Harm On Saturday 07 June 2003 23:40, you wrote: > If you were to setup an fxd descriptor file, you could do it. All of my > movies have fxd files mad for them. > > example: > > > > Goonies.jpg > > Goonies.cd1.avi > Goonies.cd2.avi > > > > > Just call it goonies.fxd and place it in your movie directory, you can even > add movie posters this way! > > --Robert > > > - Original Message - > From: "Shawn Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:13 PM > Subject: [Freevo-users] CD1 + CD2 = CD ? > > > Hello all, > > > > Many features I would love to see already exist in freevo and I just > > didnt' know it, so perhaps this is the same: > > Is there a naming convention that will force freevo to show 2 files as > > one > > file and play them back to back? Here's an example: > > Goonies CD1.avi > > Goonies CD2.avi > > > > If freevo would show: > > > > Goonies > > > > and play them as a playlist, that would save me a lot of reencoding! > > > > BTW, our school is out on Monday so if the guy that stepped up and did > > the > > documentation wants some help, maybe I'll have time to help now. My > contract doesn't go into the summer, so I should have some time. :) > > > -Shawn > > > > PS. One more odd thing... Did keybindings change? It seems that all > > the > > keys that used to work for turning volume up/down, etc quit working. The > only keys that do anything now are right/left, enter, and esc. Did I > change a setting somewhere? > > > --- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > > ___ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
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hi, i just assembled a vga2scart adapter it works fine. Great picture qualtity. But i still have some questions: 1. I tried several grafik cards and my ati mobility 9000 does only provid= e a min. pixelclock of 20Mhz :( Does anyone know how to adjust the modeline to achive a proper pal picture? 2. With my very old ati rage64 everyting works fine with XFree. But i wan= t to user freevo in fb-mode. I already adjusted my /etc/fb.modes but whenever i add "laced ture" an error occurs. here my fb.mode entry mode "pal" geometry 768 576 768 576 8 timings 67796 80 16 37 6 80 6 laced true hsync low vsync low endmode 3. is it possible to boot directly into the desired fbmode? added follwoing lines to my lilo.conf but it doesn=B4 work: vga=3D792 append=3D"hda=3Dscsi hdb=3Dscsi hdc=3Dscsi hdd=3Dscsi hde=3Dscsi hdf=3Dsc= si hdg=3Dscsi hdh=3Dscsi apm=3Dpower-off nomce video=3Datyfb:pixclk:67796,xres:768,yres:576,depth:16,left:80,right:16, hslen:80,upper:37,lower:6,vslen:6" interlace and hsync and vsync are missing but the other values are correc= t because they work with fbset but not with lilo thx, rudi --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Trouble playing .mp3, DVDs and audio CDs
I just downloaded and installed today's latest Freevo 1.3.2. I'm having some problems with it: - I have a bunch of .mp3 files in '/home/tomh/My Tunes'. Freevo sees and displays their titles. When I select one to play, Freevo just rolls thru the entire listing and doesn't play any of them. Same thing if I select the PL:Random Playlist. - I have a copy-protected DVD (The Sphere). When I insert it, Freevo's main menu disappears and a blank Freevo screen is displayed (blank as in black with the Freevo border). The movie doesn't play, and I'm given no message to indicate why it doesn't play. I can press (esc) to return to the Movie selection screen. If I press 'p' on the blank screen Freevo crashes. I have "MPLAYER_DVD_PROTECTION = 0" in my local_conf.py file. - I have an audio CD. If I start Freevo then insert the CD, Freevo doesn't recognize that there is a CD in the drive. However, if I first start KsCD then exit KsCD after playing a few seconds, then immediately start Freevo - Freevo DOES recognize that the CD is inserted. If I then select the CD title, Freevo crashes. Subsequent restarts of Freevo will again say there is no CD in the drive, though KsCD will still recognize it and play it. On rare occasions, Freevo will recognize that there is a CD in the drive without my first starting KsCD; when that happens I can select the CD title - nothing plays and Freevo just quickly rolls thru all of the song titles (but no crash). - I like to finish with a positive note: I can view all of my .jpgs! --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] USB ATI Remote
Hello, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have just added an entry to the Wiki with regards to using the wonderful 'ATI USB Remote' under Freevo. I hope this helps someone out :-) Alan __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Modifying the aspect ratio of playback for widescreen TV
The short answer is that since Freevo is mostly written in Python, you can edit the source in your installed copy. Just find src/video/mplayer.py and edit line 299 Restarting Freevo is all you should need to do. No recompile is necessary. The longer answer is that we should probably move this into the configuration files... Aubin On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 12:09:53PM +0200, Ole Andre Schistad wrote: > I noticed that one of the parameters that Freevo passes to mplayer when you > launch a movie is "-monitoraspect 4:3". Now that's swell and fine if you do > in fact own a normal 4:3 TV set, but if like me you own a widescreen then > it's highly desirable to play back the film in its proper format, ie 16:9, > due to the reduced letterboxing (or none on 16:9 movies) and the restored > aspect ratio of the image. Unfortunately this parameter seems to have been > hardcoded in the source and doesn't let itself be overridden - adding > the -monitoraspect parameter in your local config file simply makes the > statement occur twice, with the last instance overriding the first, and last > being the hardcoded one. > > One would think that this is in fact a parameter that many people would like > to override, so if the deveopers could point me at how I can make the change > I'd be much obliged. Hopefully there's a way of doing it outside of > modifying the source; I'm using the gentoo ebuild package here and so > modifying the source before compiling is not as trivial as it would be if I > were using a straight tarball to /usr/src.. > > Anyway, some feedback would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Ole Andre Schistad > > > > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > ___ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Modifying the aspect ratio of playback for widescreen TV
I noticed that one of the parameters that Freevo passes to mplayer when you launch a movie is "-monitoraspect 4:3". Now that's swell and fine if you do in fact own a normal 4:3 TV set, but if like me you own a widescreen then it's highly desirable to play back the film in its proper format, ie 16:9, due to the reduced letterboxing (or none on 16:9 movies) and the restored aspect ratio of the image. Unfortunately this parameter seems to have been hardcoded in the source and doesn't let itself be overridden - adding the -monitoraspect parameter in your local config file simply makes the statement occur twice, with the last instance overriding the first, and last being the hardcoded one. One would think that this is in fact a parameter that many people would like to override, so if the deveopers could point me at how I can make the change I'd be much obliged. Hopefully there's a way of doing it outside of modifying the source; I'm using the gentoo ebuild package here and so modifying the source before compiling is not as trivial as it would be if I were using a straight tarball to /usr/src.. Anyway, some feedback would be much appreciated. Regards, Ole Andre Schistad --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
