[mythtv-users] No xvideo with Nvidia 7950
Richard Horton
richard.horton at xtra.co.nz
Sat Feb 17 22:19:26 UTC 2007
I am installing MythTV on an x86_64 box running FC6, using Jarod
Wilson's excellent how-to.
I have an nvidia 7950 card, and I have installed the drivers from his
rpms, (and previously also from the installer on the Nvidia website,
which gave the same results).
My problem is that I am not getting xvideo on the nvidia 7950 card in
the system. Specifically:
I can't run mplayer with -vo xv. When I do, it fails with the message
in output A below.
When I run myth and watch tv, the output B shows that there is also a
problem initialising xvideo.
I have also posted a copy of my xorg.conf below, with (hopefully) all of
the relevant bits intact.
Thanks to Stroller, who said:
> I _think_ this indicates that your graphics card drivers don't support
hardware acceleration.
I am fairly sure that this card does, as it is modern and high end.
Having said that, I can't find anything on the net one way or another.
> Have you installed the binary nVidia drivers?
>If you're using Fedora, following the instructions at Mr Wilson's site
then I observe the following installation method advised:
#yum -y install nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-$KVER
# yum -y install nvidia-graphics9746-libs nvidia-graphics9746
Yes. Originally I installed these using the .run file downloaded from
Nvidia, and then at your suggestion using Jarod's links. The result is
the same.
>What does your xorg.conf say? Is Xvideo specified in there? Posing a
copy of your xorg.conf might elicit a response from someone more
clueful than I.
There is no xvideo specified in there. Should there be?
I have reposted this message as it got fragmented, and I wanted someone
to be able to see the progress without having to trawl too far.
Any comments or help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Richard Horton.
Output A - mplayer fails on -vo xv:
Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
[VO_XV] Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
[VO_XV] ******** Try with -vo x11 or -vo sdl *********
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
Output B - myth fails to start in xvideo mode:
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
2007-02-07 20:06:06.368 VideoOutputXv Error: XVideo output requested,
but is not supported by display.
2007-02-07 20:06:06.369 AFD: Opened codec 0x6bcc710, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2007-02-07 20:06:06.398 AFD: Opened codec 0x6bd66e0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2007-02-07 20:06:06.458 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.I am
installing MythTV on an x86_64 box running FC6, using Jarod
Wilson's excellent how-to.
I have an nvidia 7950 card, and I have installed the drivers from his
rpms, (and previously also from the installer on the Nvidia website,
which gave the same results).
My problem is that I am not getting xvideo on the nvidia 7950 card in
the system. Specifically:
I can't run mplayer with -vo xv. When I do, it fails with the message
in output A below.
When I run myth and watch tv, the output B shows that there is also a
problem initialising xvideo.
I have also posted a copy of my xorg.conf below, with (hopefully) all of
the relevant bits intact.
Thanks to Stroller, who said:
> I _think_ this indicates that your graphics card drivers don't support
hardware acceleration.
I am fairly sure that this card does, as it is modern and high end.
Having said that, I can't find anything on the net one way or another.
> Have you installed the binary nVidia drivers?
>If you're using Fedora, following the instructions at Mr Wilson's site
then I observe the following installation method advised:
#yum -y install nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-$KVER
# yum -y install nvidia-graphics9746-libs nvidia-graphics9746
Yes. Originally I installed these using the .run file downloaded from
Nvidia, and then at your suggestion using Jarod's links. The result is
the same.
>What does your xorg.conf say? Is Xvideo specified in there? Posing a
copy of your xorg.conf might elicit a response from someone more
clueful than I.
There is no xvideo specified in there. Should there be?
I have reposted this message as it got fragmented, and I wanted someone
to be able to see the progress without having to trawl too far.
Any comments or help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Richard Horton.
Output A - mplayer fails on -vo xv:
Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
[VO_XV] Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
[VO_XV] ******** Try with -vo x11 or -vo sdl *********
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
Output B - myth fails to start in xvideo mode:
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
2007-02-07 20:06:06.368 VideoOutputXv Error: XVideo output requested,
but is not supported by display.
2007-02-07 20:06:06.369 AFD: Opened codec 0x6bcc710, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
type(Video)
2007-02-07 20:06:06.398 AFD: Opened codec 0x6bd66e0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2007-02-07 20:06:06.458 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
2007-02-07 20:06:06.515 VideoOutputXv Error: XVideo output requested,
but is not supported by display.
2007-02-07 20:06:06.517 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
2007-02-07 20:06:06.517 VideoOutputXv: Falling back to X shared memory
video output.
*** May be slow ***
xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder26) Fri Dec 15
10:40:27 PST 2006
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0.0".
2007-02-07 20:06:06.515 VideoOutputXv Error: XVideo output requested,
but is not supported by display.
2007-02-07 20:06:06.517 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
2007-02-07 20:06:06.517 VideoOutputXv: Falling back to X shared memory
video output.
*** May be slow ***
xorg.conf:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder26) Fri Dec 15
10:40:27 PST 2006
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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