[mythtv-users] No xvideo with Nvidia 7950 - Solved
Richard Horton
richard.horton at xtra.co.nz
Mon Feb 19 10:31:55 UTC 2007
Thanks to Thunderbird from nvnews.org who wrote:
You need to add the line:
Load "extmod" to the module section, then Xvideo will be loaded.
On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 11:19 +1300, Richard Horton wrote:
> 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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