Re: Solution: [Freevo-users] PVR350 / Fedora Core 1 / Framebuffer
On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 14:32 +, Louis King wrote: All, I was fiddling around with my setup and managed to solve this problem. Not sure if you can recreate it, but heres what I have/did... Freevo 1.5.3 on Fedora Core 1 Hauppauge PVR-350 via IVTV Drivers Basically, videos were playing (i.e. hear sound and Freevo appeared after movie had finished), except no video. If I used the IVTVFBCTL command to change the Alpha settings manually in Bash, I could see the video, but I couldn't get Freevo to do this automatically. Heres how I solved it... 1) Switched from MPlayer to Xine as the quality was better 2) Set Xines VO_DEV options to xfb (XFrameBuffer) and then it all works perfectly... not even any sound delays! But can you get fullsreen on Framebuffer alone?? When I was playing around, I couldn't get Framebuffer to work fullscreen on Freevo. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 18:09:47 up 8:47, 6 users, load average: 0.54, 0.70, 0.59 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications content. Register by 3/29 save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6883alloc_id=15149op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
RE: Solution: [Freevo-users] PVR350 / Fedora Core 1 / Framebuffer
Yes, it was totally strange. I was even hacking the mplayer.py plugin using os.system to try and run the ivtvfbctl but to no avail. Changing the Mplayer and Xine VO_DEV from ivtv or ivtvdev or fb or fbdev to... xfb caused Mplayer to show the video on screen in full screen mode. Mplayer was a bit flaky, so I changed to Xine using the same XFB VO device and it works! Perfectly! I'll archive up my configs tonight and send them your way mate. I'm at work at the moment, and I cannot SSH to my house for some reason. My broadband must be down? Cheers, Louis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng Sent: 24 March 2005 10:10 To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Solution: [Freevo-users] PVR350 / Fedora Core 1 / Framebuffer On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 14:32 +, Louis King wrote: All, I was fiddling around with my setup and managed to solve this problem. Not sure if you can recreate it, but heres what I have/did... Freevo 1.5.3 on Fedora Core 1 Hauppauge PVR-350 via IVTV Drivers Basically, videos were playing (i.e. hear sound and Freevo appeared after movie had finished), except no video. If I used the IVTVFBCTL command to change the Alpha settings manually in Bash, I could see the video, but I couldn't get Freevo to do this automatically. Heres how I solved it... 1) Switched from MPlayer to Xine as the quality was better 2) Set Xines VO_DEV options to xfb (XFrameBuffer) and then it all works perfectly... not even any sound delays! But can you get fullsreen on Framebuffer alone?? When I was playing around, I couldn't get Framebuffer to work fullscreen on Freevo. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 18:09:47 up 8:47, 6 users, load average: 0.54, 0.70, 0.59 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications content. Register by 3/29 save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6883alloc_id=15149op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 23/03/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 23/03/2005 ipFour Internet Security Policy --- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Microsoft Mobile Embedded DevCon 2005 Attend MEDC 2005 May 9-12 in Vegas. Learn more about the latest Windows Embedded(r) Windows Mobile(tm) platforms, applications content. Register by 3/29 save $300 http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idh83alloc_id149op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Solution: [Freevo-users] PVR350 / Fedora Core 1 / Framebuffer
All, I was fiddling around with my setup and managed to solve this problem. Not sure if you can recreate it, but heres what I have/did... Freevo 1.5.3 on Fedora Core 1 Hauppauge PVR-350 via IVTV Drivers Basically, videos were playing (i.e. hear sound and Freevo appeared after movie had finished), except no video. If I used the "IVTVFBCTL" command to change the Alpha settings manually in Bash, I could see the video, but I couldn't get Freevo to do this automatically. Heres how I solved it... 1) Switched from MPlayer to Xine as the quality was better 2) Set Xines VO_DEV options to "xfb" (XFrameBuffer) and then it all works perfectly... not even any sound delays! Louis From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Louis KingSent: 21 March 2005 12:30To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: [Freevo-users] PVR350 / Fedora Core 1 / Framebuffer Hello, I'm currently using a Hauppauge PVR350 on Fedora Core 1. I am using Freevo 1.5.3 and have managed to get most things I require working... i.e. X on Framebuffer, Audio, Web Radio etc. My problem lies when trying to watch live TV or watch a video. It is neccesary to use "ivtvfbctl --nolocalalpha --globalalpha" or "ivtvfbctl --localalpha --noglobalalpha" to switch between X and MPlayer's Framebuffer output. Now, there are config settings...OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP = ""OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_CLOSE = "" I've created Bash scripts to run the relevant "ivtvfbctl" command, but nothing seems to happen. When I select a Video item or TV, the Freevo interface closes and leaves me with my X desktop, but the Movie does not appear. However, the video is playing as the Freevo interfaces remains hidden for the exact duration of the video and then reappears. Also, if I manually type the "ivtvfbctl" commands into a terminal, I can get the video to appear. Now, apart from this one complication, I have impressed my housemates and other friends and colleagues with Freevo as it is such an excellent product. I've used my Freevo project as an introduction to Linux. Please can anyone help?Cheers,Louis KingFreemote Developerhttp://freemote.sf.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] ipFour Internet Security Policy--- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses.Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. ipFour Internet Security Policy --- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient.
