[mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's

Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] mythtv at pdebrabander.nl
Sun Jun 5 06:30:46 UTC 2005


Check your xorg.log



gr
Patrick


> I did a dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k count=50
> Also a ctrl+c, but this didn't seem neccesary as the comand ended itself
> after a few seconds with this output:
> 1+49 records in
> 1+49 records out
> and a very short audio output through my TV's speakers.
>
> But still no xv ("Your x server doesn't supportYV12 overlays" (repeated
> twice), "Your x server doesn't have any XVideo support" :(
>
> My recording profiles for Default, Live, High and low quality are all
> set to 720 x 480.
>
> How can I make sure that I have the correct ivtvdev driver installed?
>
> Thanks
> Mogens
>
> Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] wrote:
>> Look closely in the list
>>
>> Something like :
>> dd /dev/video0 > /dev/video16 bs=64k
>>
>> And then CTRL-C
>>
>> Now check if you have XV
>>
>> Gr
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>Van: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] Namens mythtv
>>>Verzonden: zaterdag 4 juni 2005 19:30
>>>Aan: Discussion about mythtv
>>>Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
>>>
>>>John, as suggested by Patrick, I downloaded your patch and
>>>copyed it into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/  (saved a
>>>backup of the old file first) Does not make any difference
>>>thoug, and I still get these error messages from xine-check:
>>>Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays Your X server
>>>doesn't have any XVideo support
>>>
>>>Is there a better way to get this driver (via yum or apt)?
>>>
>>>Mogens
>>>
>>>
>>>John Harvey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes you need 0.3.5 for the Xv driver to work.
>>>>It works fine in PAL. I am in PAL land so it tends to work
>>>
>>>there first
>>>
>>>>and then I have to fix it up for NTSC :)
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>>>>bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of mythtv
>>>>>Sent: 04 June 2005 14:31
>>>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks Patrick. I can see from the thread that these guys
>>>
>>>seems to be
>>>
>>>>>using ivtv-0.3.5e + Johns patch. From my log I can see that my
>>>>>ivtv-version is 0.2.0 (rc3j) which I assume is the latest stable
>>>>>version. So does this mean that I have to moove into
>>>
>>>"bleeding" to get
>>>
>>>>>ivtv-0.3.5e and to - maybe - make x work properly?
>>>>>
>>>>>As a newbie I don't even know how to apply Johns patch, and
>>>
>>>also not
>>>
>>>>>whether it would work for me on a PAL system.
>>>>>
>>>>>Strange to me that PVR-350 is such a commonly used tuner if it has
>>>>>such large deficiencies with x.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mogens
>>>>>
>>>>>Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Check the forum for John Harvey's patch for enable the
>>>
>>>tv-out of the
>>>
>>>>>>pvr-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>350
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>for mplayer and xine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here is a link,
>>>>>>http://www.gossamer-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/20741?search_string=patch%2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>0yuv;#20741
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And download :  ivtvdev_drv.o.gz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Gr
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Patrick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>>>>>Van: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>>>>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] Namens mogens lunde
>>>>>>>Verzonden: zaterdag 4 juni 2005 8:57
>>>>>>>Aan: Jay; Discussion about mythtv
>>>>>>>Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I tried to install xine following Jarods description in "Tips &
>>>>>>>Tricks".
>>>>>>>Found out that I had to install xine-devel also after I did a
>>>>>>>xine-check. xine still reports "The amount of dropped
>>>
>>>frame is too
>>>
>>>>>>>high", despite that I have DMA enabled. Runing a
>>>
>>>xine-check reports
>>>
>>>>>>>"Your x server doesn't support YV12 overlays"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The DVD plays extremely slow and unstable, and it almost locks my
>>>>>>>computer. No sound either :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mogens
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jay wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On 6/3/05, *Daniel Segel* <mythtv at archer-segel.com
>>>>>>>><mailto:mythtv at archer-segel.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  What problems have you had? I'm starting to set this
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>up, and so far xine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  seems to be able to play DVD images (iso's) well, or at
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>least it plays
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  the video well - I don't have sound configured correctly yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Daniel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  mogens lunde wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   > I have tried to play DVD's using my PVR-350 and
>>>
>>>both xine (as
>>>
>>>>>>>>   > suggested by Jarod) and mplayer. Not very good.
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > From other posts I have seen that the PVR-350 cannot
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>play DVD's. Is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   > this correct, or is there a workaround?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I am using John Harvey's patch from
>>>>>>>>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/20741 ..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>the PVR350
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>plays DVDs and videos using xine quite well now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>- J
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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