[mythtv-users] Re: Re:Re: RE:Can't get mythvideo to work

gabe at mustbethemoney.com gabe at mustbethemoney.com
Sun Mar 28 23:50:05 EST 2004


Thanks again to the master for once again coming to the rescue.

I have all working now (aside from sync issues with mplayer that I will
need to explore and resolve).  This is how I did it in entirity.

I grabbed the x driver from this site: http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/
and as per the instructions, moved it to:
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o
and modified the following line in my XF86Config file:
Driver      "fbdev"  to
Driver      "ivtvdev"

I had an error in my XF86 log that caused an error on startup dealing with
the libfbdevhw.a file, so I did this:
# mv libfbdevhw.a libfbdevhw.a.old

Also, I had to modify in the mythsetup the following command line that
mplayer takes:
switch -vo x11

Finally, per Jarod's instructions (assuming your lircrc file has the
appropriate mplayer commands):
ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc ~/.lircrc


I can now play vids of all types (vcd, svcd, divx, avi, mpg) but the audio
and video are out of sync, so I will explore how to that (if possible with
the state of the driver).  But thanks to all for all the help on this, and
hopefully this will help someone else!

 On Mar 27, 2004, at 13:31, Gabe wrote:

[snip]
> I still have a problem of mplayer not recognizing remote commands. I
> see this in the logs (when I start the vid)
> Mar 27 16:09:33 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[2582]: accepted new client
> on /dev/lircd
> Mar 27 16:10:43 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[2582]: accepted new client
> on /dev/lircd
> Mar 27 16:10:43 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre1[2582]: removed client
>
> so it appears mplayer is opening some connection, but just not
> accepting the commands. I think my config file is proper.
[snip]
> These come from my lircrc file in /home/mythtv/.mythtv
>
> Do I need to tell mplayer to look for this file somewhere, and if so,
> where do i do that?

mplayer looks for an lirc config in ~/.lircrc, unless you tell it to
look elsewhere. I simply "ln -s ~/.mythtv/lircrc ~/.lircrc" and
everything is happy.




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