[Freevo-users] XML (fxd)
Easy one: What does "fxd" mean? Tougher one: I am using freevo pre4 -- perhaps I should be using a different version if things have changed... I think perhaps the mplayer-options in an fxd file are not properly being passed to mplayer. I'm not sure where to look to determine either... Here's the situation, please try this, and see what your results are: I had a dual audio .avi (It turns out the file was indeed dual audio, and OK) Using the snippet of .fxd file from Aubin (which was formatted correctly from his memory -- impressive): Balto.avi I get no sound. Using my workstation, running "mplayer -aid 2 Balto.avi" gives me the movie in English. So I know that -aid 2 is the correct setting. Since eliminating the mplayer-options part gets me the movie played in another language, I *know* it's passing *something* to mplayer -- just not what I want it to. My next step was to strip out the other language. I did (man mplayer/mencoder is great...) it easily, and then freevo of course played the right language. Since for some reason english was incredibly quiet (encoding problem, not freevo) I want to pass mplayer an option to increase the volume. The following seems to do nothing: Balto.avi (email will add a linebreak, but none exists -- the tag is all on one line) I get very quiet audio still. I *could* reencode and increase the gain -- but that seems silly. Like I mentioned above, I *know* it's passing freevo something, but I don't know what. Any tips? Please try, and see if you can increase a file's audio with the above audio filter... maybe it's just me Thanks! -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Tech Guy bla bla bla --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Documentation (again)
Hey, [EMAIL PROTECTED] remember when you typed: > That is our biggest problem. We like to code. We add something, > announce it to the list. Some stuff big enough finds it's way to the > WiKi. But we are missing some _real_ documentation, with all features In a large "foot in the mouth" venture, I now see the virtue of the wiki. :) I have never liked wikis, but darn it -- it sure is good in this situation. Here are my current thoughts: I have started reading some python books. Realize my mind often doesn't work like a programmer, but I want to be able to read some code and follow what's happening. I had no idea what *happened* when freevo ran. I've been looking in the code and trying to figure stuff out. (I've added a few minimal things to the wiki, and will continue to add more as I figure stuff out) To be honest, I don't *want* you guys to document stuff. Code, code, code, code!!! I am trying to learn enough to understand what is happening. I'm going to try to look at some more freevo code, and document the particularly thin parts. What needs documentation the most right now? I'm working on the XML stuff now -- it was a big thrill when I had figured out what to add to the fxd file to select a different audio track. (It turns out I think something is wrong with the .avi -- but when my trial matched Aubin's suggestion, there was great jubillation. :) Please lets stick with the wiki. My job often causes me to be busy in spurts. (ie, see last 3 months...) The wiki allows for collaboration, which is good. If I am unavailable, I sure don't want documentation to stop! Do you guys read the wiki diffs as they are made? (the changes get mailed to somewhere...) If I interpret code wrong, and dont' have the hardware to test on -- I want to make sure I'm being double checked. Incorrect documentation is worse than no documentation. :) Sorry for this long email, but I want to make sure that the programmers can continue to program. :) (Oh, and please keep commenting code when possible, especially if I'll be perusing it to try wikiing out some documentation) Thanks!!! -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Dual audio .avi
> This is probably what you'd want to do, in the file part do this: > > Balto.avi Ok... perhaps it's not really a dual audio .avi file. I am installing linux on my main work computer today, and I'll play with the file in mplayer to see if I can straighten out what's happening. Did someone say they were working on a frontend for imdb.py? Just a thought, but selecting audio tracks (via separate file, or via selecting track in .avi) would be a nice feature to add. Thanks for the continued help, -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Dual audio .avi
I have an .avi file, which I downloaded from the internet (moral, ethical, and political issues aside...) This file (Balto) has 2 audio tracks. Of course, the track I want (english) is not the track that plays. I have been trying to figure out how to format the .fxd file so that it plays the other audio track, and I'm having difficulty. On the wiki, it describes what to do if the audio is on another file -- but I'm confused about what to do if it's all in one file. Here's my .fxd file, slurped up with imdb.py (great program!) Can anyone help? Obviously you won't know what audio track is what (neither do I) but where and what would I change to try different settings until I understand what the Dog in the movie is saying? :o) Thanks, -Shawn --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] kid]# cat Balto.fxd The information in this file are from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Please visit http://www.imdb.com for more informations. http://www.imdb.com/Title?0112453"/> Balto.jpg Balto.avi 6.4/10 (634 votes) An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravishing Nome, Alaska. Family / Animation / Adventure His story became a legend. His adventure is one you'll never forget. 74 min 1995 -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Hardware Lists
> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-pvrhwdb.php?find=freevo&search=find&sort_ > mode=lmodified_desc Thank you. :o) I also see that it's listed on the bottom of the "hardware" page on the freevo site. It always takes me a little longer to find things with my 26,400bps connection. :) Also, thanks to the person who gave me the heads up on the PVR PCI -- I remember it was more expensive than the others (although i don't remember why) but it's good to hear it *is* supported. perhaps this will be an excuse to build another freevo box... :) Thanks again, -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Hardware Lists
I searched (albeit not too hard) for that list where folks have been publishing thier hardware... I even recall that (Aubin I think) someone posted a link that showed *just* freevo users. Is that link on the freevo website somewhere? I'd like to both see others, and post my own freevo specs. Thanks! -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ETA on Timeshifting
> It's perhaps that ffmpeg has heavily optimized decoders, and probably > optimized encoders for some formats, but not all. I'm not sure, but > they have different goals so it's possible that there are significant > differences in implementation. mp1e is just fast, and quality is > decent. Great news. I guess I was just playing the Devil's Advocate -- numbers like you quote seemed almost too good to be true, so I wondered if they were. :o) I might buy a TV card just to play with this stuff. I have a Hauppauge WinTV PCI -- but apparently it's not supported in linux. (The 250 and 350 are, but as far as I can tell, the PCI isn't...) Now if I only had cable TV... my fuzzy version of NBC, CBS, and ABC aren't exactly good candidates for quality comparison. :) -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] ETA on Timeshifting
> > Also, they're too lightweight! I used it on a PII-300 to record 320x240 > > @ 24fps with 65% CPU load!!! > > Well, to compare, mp1e recording 320x240 at 29.97 fps took 28% on my > Celeron 400... :) I don't have the setup to compare for myself -- but it seems there must be *some* sort of sacrifice... Is the quality significantly better with ffmpeg, or is the other program simply that much more efficient? (I'm recalling when I used to encode everything in mpeg-1 because I only had macintosh computers... There were several options for encoding into MPG, but it was always choosing quality or speed. Is this different now? Or is the difference insignificant?) -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] mp3 player only?
Hey, [EMAIL PROTECTED] remember when you typed: > the "Functions" is a plugin (TV, Music, Movies, Pictures) This is a *really* nice way to do it too. Damien -- just check out the local_conf.py in your freevo directory. There are comments pertaining to how you remove a plugin. (You may have to look in freevo_conf.py for the "how-to" I don't recall. But be sure to actually put the plugin.remove command in the local_conf.py file -- as that is the correct way to do it. It also makes upgrading easier if you stick to changes in the local_conf.py file) -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] RE: last email about mythtv and freevo
(sorry for the subject line, I deleted the email, and am now replying...) I'm not sure about time shifting, but realize as well that freevo is at least a degree of magnitude easier to install than mythtv... Hats off to whomever decided to install all the runtime, etc inclusive. And as far as "frontend and backend" things are concerned... I hope freevo keeps itself free from dependencies. It's so simple to set up. That got me to wondering, I know the mention of some sort of simple databasing was discussed a while back to facilitate some more elaborate functions (especially where jukebox type smart playlists are involved) -- does there exist a simplistic (preferably python) database engine that could be included in the freevo.tgz as part of the runtime? ...just curious -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Freevo+DXR3: ffmpeg problem
On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:26 pm, you wrote: > I didn't have that experience at all on Debian, I have a custom > compiled kernel and I just downloaded the lirc package. I would > recommend recompiling the modules themselves (which Debian does in the > package) but lirc itself shouldn't need to be recompiled since it Ok -- That makes sense that the package itself wouldn't need to be recompiled, but yes, the kernel module does. I think that since you have a custom compiled kernel, that's why it didn't choke on compiling the module. (I just downloaded the tarball, compiling lirc itself took all of maybe 2 minutes) Isn't Debian awesome? (I installed Redhat at home, because I don't have broadband there, and I had the CDs for redhat...) Checking out freepia now... -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Freevo+DXR3: ffmpeg problem
On Thursday 12 June 2003 04:00 am, you wrote: > Now I just have some issues to sort out, like lirc, dvd menus, dvd > substitles, divx subtitles and more. But that I'll try to figure out for Just a note on lirc -- there is no way to get it to work and install unless you do a kernel recompile. (please correct me if I'm wrong) All the RPMS, DEB files, etc just don't cut the mustard. I had success with using RedHat 9, recompiling the kernel (the only thing I changed in setup was to optimize for i686), installing the new kernel, then lirc compiles and installs without a problem. NOTE: make sure you do NOT have the lirc RPM installed, or calling the lircd daemon will call the wrong instance. I think that if for no other reason, projects like www.freevix.org are great because they can include lirc kernel modules by default. I really wish that the movix project was a bit more compatible with freevo (the author has looked I guess, and there are some caveats) because movix does a great job of hardware detection across a wide variety of systems. movix + freevo would be quite the killer app/distro. Perhaps someday. :) -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] CD1 + CD2 = CD ?
THANK YOU!!! the .fxd file worked PERFECTLY Thank you very much... (I wish I wouldn't have erased all my original 2 part movies that I have reencoded to combine..) -Shawn -- Shawn Powers Technology Director Inland Lakes Schools 231-238-6868 x174 http://techcorner.inland.k12.mi.us --- 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] 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
Re: [Freevo-users] Blank screen, and also key bindings...
Thank you VERY much for the info about screen-blanking. At least now I know I'm not going insane regarding APM. :o) I look forward to the new skin -- I hope it doesn't look terribly different, because frankly, the only reason my wife let me put a computer in the living room is that she likes the way the interface looks. :o) Also, I was going to ask about Audio CDs not working for me, but after reading the FAQ, I'm glad I didn't! Thanks again, -Shawn --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Blank screen, and also key bindings...
I have 2 questions. I'm starting to feel guilty, because it seems that on this listserv, my question to answer ratio isn't anywhere near even. :) 1) I have freevo (precompiled, all in one, binary tarball) running on RedHat 9.0, using x11 and an i810 integrated video chipset. My screen blanks after 20 minutes or so, and I can't figure out for the life of me how to make it stop... I realize it's really a linux question, and not a freevo question, but MAN it's driving me nuts! When watching a movie, the screen does not blank, but when it's done playing, the screen goes to black until I press a key. I think I have disabled all APM stuff, both in bios and in startup, but I seem to be missing something... Any kind linux buffs willing to share *how* to stop power management from shutting off my screen? (I also commented "option" "DPMS" out of XF86Config, because it looked like it had to do with power management... 2) Is it complicated to change the behavior of the menu navigation in freevo? For example, if I wanted to change it so that when pressing down at the bottom of a screen would go to the next page, rather than needing to press "right" or select "Next page" and enter.. ? In the grand scheme of things, it's obvious this isn't very important, but I'm curious if it is able to be customized or not. Thank you all in advance, -Shawn --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Brightness / Contrast
Hello all, I have a *nice* video card in my freevo machine, giving me the ablility to use 24bit color, and WOW what a difference. The video quality is incredible. My problem, is the the geforce2 card I'm using doesn't have svideo out -- so I have to use a scan converter (a little box that connects to VGA and converts it to svideo) -- but it ends up with a dark picture. In a playing movie, using the number keys (I forget the ones, but the ones that control brightness and contrast) adjust it perfectly -- but I can't get the configuration to load by default. The funny part, is that I know when I add the -brightness 20 flag into the freevo_config.py file, it is working (almost) because although the movie starts dark, when I touch the keys to adjust it, they immediately "pop" to the setting in my file. I guess, at every movie, I could just go tap the keys and get it to work -- but it seems a silly step. :) Any idea why the configuration doesn't "activate" when the movie loads? Should I add the brightness flag somewhere else? Thank you for any help, -Shawn --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] VCD problems...
I just started using freevo -- and it's *great!* My setup is a bit odd -- I have the PC behind my entertainment center, and an old parallel port CDROM visible to put VCDs in. The problem is that freevo doesn't handle the CDROM properly. I dont' think it's worth trying really hard to make it work *normally* -- but is it difficult to add (or change) a menu item to play VCDs? ie, rather than the top "TV" option, could I change it so that if I selected that menu option, it tried to start mplayer playing a VCD on a specific device? (for me, /dev/pcd0) I have tried many things to make it work "normally" but it just doesn't seem to ever think there is a CD in. It can open/close the device -- but just doesnt' recognize anything in it. If anyone could point me to the right file in the freevo directory structure, I'm even willing to "poke and try" -- but I dont' know where to start. :( Thank you in advance, I really like freevo -- and my wife has let me put a computer in the LIVING ROOM!!! ;o) -Shawn --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com ___ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
