[mythtv-users] dvd with ivtv works but not from myth

[Torsten Schenkel]

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 12:11, myth at fsck.ch wrote:
> Hi
> 
> When i enter
> 
>   ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha -localalpha
> 
> on the console and then use my ivtv-patched mplayer like this
> 
>   mplayer -ao alsa9 -vo ivtv:/dev/video16 -dvd-device /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 dvd://
> 
> i can play a dvd just fine.
> 
> when i want to do the same from within myth, i get no picture, but the
> dvd is playing, i can hear the sound. when i then run the above ivtvfbctl
> command from the console, the picture appears and everything is just fine.
> 
> i did set mythfrontend to use the pvr (settings/tv settings/playback ->
> use pvr), but still, mythtv doesn't 'switch the fb device'. i use 0.13.

MythVideo doesn't know about this setting. You'll have to include the
ivtvfbctl command into your video playing command (I'd rather recommend
a script in that case). Works fine here. What did you use for audio
delay?

Torsten
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