[Freevo-users] ATI Remote Wonder USB experiences...
Hello there, does anyone have experience using the ATI Remote Wonder USB or compatibles for freevo? I wonder how the latency / key repetition feels using lirc / ati_remote is. Which one is better? And do both methods work using DirectFB as well? I am afraid that DirectFB uses direct access to the ps/2-keyboard-port, right? So does the HID-module for the keyboard mode of the remote work at all using freevo with DirectFB? Thanks a lot in advance, Markus Schneider P.S.: Currently, you can get ATI Remote USB (compatible) remotes quite cheap at eBay Germany for EUR 19,99: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=4131792571fromMakeTrack=true Does anybody know if these devices are Remote Wonder I or Remote Wonder II compatible? Currently, only the first version seems to be working well in Linux... --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag--drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] ERROR: Unable to get channel list for europe-west.
Does anybody know how to get analogue TV viewing in freevo to work?
I am using freevo 1.5.1 (on Gentoo). I can watch TV with mplayer/tvtime
standalone (using my BT878 based grabber card).
When I try to watch a TV channel (XMLTV is working fine, by the way) I
get nothing to see, just some flashing (I use DirectFB) and then the
channel list again.
This is what freevo executes as mplayer command:
/usr/bin/mplayer -vo dfbmga -fs -autosync 100 -nolirc -autoq 100 -fs
-slave -nocache tv:// -tv
driver=v4l2:freq=0.000:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=PAL:width=720:height=576:outfmt=yuy2
To me, there seem to be two problems:
- freq=0.000
This sounds not very reasonable, does it? Does this have to do with the
message ERROR: Unable to get channel list for europe-west I get? What
is the channel list and how do I provide it?
Here is a part from local_conf.py: TV_CHANNELS = [('ard.de', 'ARD',
'K05'), ('prosieben.de', 'PRO7', 'S11')]. Is this correctly specified? I
got that 'K05' information from the cable provider's brochure...
- device=/dev/video0
I want to use /dev/video1, cause /dev/video0 is my USB webcam. I have
TV_DEVICE = '/dev/video1' in my local_conf.py, but it obviously does not
work...
I already searched the mailing list, and I found something about
explicit frequency specification: FREQUENCY_TABLE = {'ard.de' : 175250,
'prosieben.de' : 231250}. I tried this as well (with both tvtime and
mplayer), but I still get the error message ERROR: Unable to get
channel list for europe-west, and TV watching did not work.
Any hints are desperately appreciated,
Markus
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Re: [Freevo-users] SDL_DirectFB: Unsupported pixelformat (0x00200806)
Rob Shortt schrieb: Now that Freevo is using mevas (in CVS) for its graphics and display it will be easier to do DirectFB and other displays such as dxr3, dvb (tv-out on full featured cards), and ivtv (pvr-350 tv-out). In fact, Jason already wrote mevas code to support ivtv, is is jus a matter of a few simple hooks inside Freevo. So Freevo is switching to mevas? Does this mean that it will be bound to mplayer from now on (not that I would mind much, except for the DVD-menu stuff from xine )? So, starting this week (in code planning stage now) I am writing native DirectFB support for mevas, and therefore, Freevo. I want viewing Freevo over DirectFB to feel right, including no more squigly lines shit when starting a video. :) This sounds awesome! This would really make the Freevo experience on Matrox DirectFB much smoother... Go, Rob, go :-) P.S.: Another thing that would greatly improve the freevo experience, IMHO: did anyone ever think about using gstreamer for a built-in python music player? This should wipe the little annoyances with the current mplayer/xine-plugin based player: metainformation (Artist, Album,...) should always be present and also the track length should be displayed correctly even for less common formats (monkeys audio, musepack, ...) --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Matrox G550 for a workstation and TV out (Shaun Jackman)
Hello Ducson, Ducson Nguyen schrieb: I bought a Matrox G550 to use the DVI port for my workstation and the analog out to drive a TV that would be set up as a permanent PVR. I would like to be able to use both heads concurrently. Is anybody else using this setup? I have a Matrox G400 and I'm interested in doing the same thing. I've had a little success. First off, the second head works great. Freevo, mplayer, NES and SNES emulators... they all output to the TV beautifully. But things get ultra slow if I try to run X on the first head and Freevo et al on the second head. Also, my mouse doesn't work. You need XDirectFB if you want to run X on the first monitor while outputting something else to the second head. Here are some resources I've used: http://www.directfb.org/xdirectfb.xml http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?postid=353725#post353725 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=34174 PLEASE let me know if you make any headway or learn anything new. I'd love to be able to do this. I would be interested in using the first and the second head of my G400 simultaneously, too. Currently, I can: - run Freevo on TV (using DirectFB) - OR run XDirectFB on my monitor (but I have to adjust the settings in my directfbrc every time I switch) What do I have to do to run both applications at the same time (with output to different heads)? Thanks in advance, Markus P.S.: I think I once read on one of the DirectFB-mailinglists that hardware acceleration ist only possible for one head at a time :-( --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] DVD menus (Xine) on dfbmga...
Hi, is it possible to get Xine (for DVD menus) to work on dfbmga? I am quite happy with my DirectFB-setup (picture quality is much better with my G400 now and TV-out works a lot smoother as with plain mga framebuffer). Only thing that I am missing are the DVD-menus, so did some research and played around with fbxine, but I don't seem to get it running on DirectFB. Anyone achieved this? Markus --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] How to stop lircd-commands from being repeated?
Hello, my regards go to the freevo developers for the latest improvements. My personal experience with freevo's lirc-support is that it feels much smoother now (using 1.4rc1). For example, the scrolling in huge directory-lists works pretty well for me (no more annoying delays when I stop pressing the up/down key). One issue remains for me: Some commands (like SELECT or DISPLAY) should not have repetition at all. I often start the random playlist in a music directory accidentally when I just wanted to browse it (because I pressed a little too long). I tried to solve this by changing my lircrc-file: snip begin remote = SONY_PS2 button = ENTER prog = freevo config = SELECT repeat = 0 end begin remote = SONY_PS2 button = DISPLAY prog = freevo config = DISPLAY repeat = 0 end /snip I first thought that my lircd.conf (or even my remote) would be the problem. However, if I use irexec (even parallel to freevo) with the following configuration, it works without unwanted repetitions. begin remote = SONY_PS2 button = ENTER prog = irexec repeat = 0 config = echo Hello world! end How can this be? I thought an application using lirc would only receive one command-event for a keypress if repeat=0... Best regards, Markus Schneider --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo, dfbmga and sdl. (that old chestnut)
Hello Mark,
I experienced similar problems. I migrated from SuSE to Gentoo this week.
mark schrieb:
I'm pretty sure I've done everything in the list archive.
Patched the kernel with vsync (although I dont think this is necessary if you are using the newer mplayer triple switch.
I'm using mplayer 0.90-r5 under gentoo. I applied the latest dfbmga patch to this (this provided triple and fixed a problem with spic)
Mplayer works fine under dfbmga on its own.
To get it working you applied the following patch, didn't you?
http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/vo_dfbmga_update.patch
Without it, the mplayer only works using '-vo dfbmga:nospic' (at least
for me).
my frewevo.conf contains
display = dfbmga
geometry = 720x480
tv = pal
I've also used 720x576 with no luck
/etc/directfbrc
atrox-crtc2
matrox-tv-standard=pal
primary-layer=2
I'm using sdl 1.25 which I believe no longer needs the patch. ( did try the patch, but I was getting Fuzz 1)
It depends on the DirectFB-version whether the patch is needed (or not).
=0.9.19 should be fine.
lsmod
Module Size Used byNot tainted
serial 46852 0 (autoclean)
i2c-matroxfb4084 0
i2c-algo-bit8360 3 [i2c-matroxfb]
rtc 7644 0 (autoclean)
i2c-dev 4772 0
i2c-core 15816 0 [i2c-algo-bit i2c-dev]
echo $SDL_VIDEODRIVER
directfb
When I run freevo I get this
Traceback (most recent call last):
File src/main.py, line 134, in ?
skin= skin.get_singleton()
File src/skin.py, line 78, in get_singleton
exec('import ' + modname + ' as skinimpl')
File string, line 1, in ?
File skins/main1/skin_main1.py, line 120, in ?
import xml_skin
File skins/main1/xml_skin.py, line 80, in ?
osd = osd.get_singleton()
File src/osd.py, line 209, in get_singleton
_singleton = util.SynchronizedObject(OSD())
File src/osd.py, line 330, in __init__
pygame.display.init()
pygame.error: No available video device
I found out that the ebuild for libsdl is the problem; at the moment it
disables the DirectFB-support to avoid circular dependencies
(SDL-DirectFB-SDL). I changed the ebuild by hand to get
DirectFB-support. It's just commented out. Remove the comment marks and
do a 'emerge libsdl'.
I think, that fixed it for me...
Markus
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[Freevo-users] IMDB plugin...
Hello, I just can't figure out how to use the IMDB plugin!? It is activated in freevo_config.py and I know that it should be in the Video menu somewhere... I tried all freevo commands I know via lirc, but to no effect. Please don't let me die dumb. Markus P.S. I am using freevo 1.3.2. --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: SDL, g400, and dfbmga
Aubin Paul schrieb: And yes, the menus do flicker a bit. Using dfbmga, I didn't find any possibility to control the flicker fixer yet... anybody? Whatever it is, it's likely something to do with how SDL interacts with dfbmga... did you try setting the depth option in /etc/directfbrc? I don't know if it should matter... Last thing is whether the flicker is whenever you press a button or whenever the idlebar updates or just when you switch to playing a movie or music... The flicker I am experiencing seems to be solely caused by the interlaced picture, I didn't experience anything that is caused by unsynchronized redrawing, i.e. the flicker is there, no matter if there is any movement or animation on the screen. Markus --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Re: SDL, g400, and dfbmga
Hello there, I can confirm that the SDL-Patch is no longer needed if you are using DirectFB-0.9.19 (and you want to use TV-Out, of course). Some more hints to get it working: - compile DirectFB-0.9.19 (./configure;make;make install) - compile SDL-1.2 (CVS tarball) (./configure;make;make install) - unpack freevo-1.3.2.tgz http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freevo/freevo-1.3.2.tgz?download (and replace runtime/dll/libSDL-1.2.so.0 with a link to your newly compiled version that includes dfbmga-support, in my case /usr/local/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0) my /etc/directfbrc: matrox-crtc2 matrox-tv-standard=pal primary-layer=2 my freevo.conf: chanlist = us-cable display = dfbmga geometry = 720x576 jpegtran = ./runtime/apps/jpegtran mplayer = ./runtime/apps/mplayer/mplayer tv = pal tvtime = ./runtime/apps/tvtime/tvtime version = 2.0 Hope this helps some of you guys! I struggled myself to get it working for quite some time... Markus --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: SDL, g400, and dfbmga
Hello Michael, Michael Ruelle schrieb: On Friday 25 July 2003 16:48, Markus Schneider wrote: One problem I have with freevo here: the console only appears again, if I quit freevo properly (by the shutdown option in the menu). If freevo crashes or I kill it by hand, the console is lost until the next reboot!? Maybe someone knows how to get the console back in this case? use vtrelease it is in the fbcon directory. Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, this does not work for me... Are you using dfbmga or the standard mga framebuffer? Markus --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: SDL, g400, and dfbmga
Hello Aubin, Aubin Paul schrieb: I'll add this to the documentation; the only questions I have are whether you used the fusion device and whether you got the flicker inside Freevo's menus one of the other people mentioned. I do not use the fusion patch at the moment - I got the impression that it made things sort of unstable. And yes, the menus do flicker a bit. Using dfbmga, I didn't find any possibility to control the flicker fixer yet... anybody? Markus --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
