[mythtv] Running Internal DVD player standalone

[Robin Gilks]

> On Sunday 09 April 2006 06:45, Robin Gilks wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>> Simple question
>>
>> I'm about to start debugging a problem with the internal DVD player so
>> I'd
>> like a simple way of starting it up without going through the
>> 'mythfrontend mythdvd' and menus route. Is there a way of kicking the
>> frontend directly into Internal DVD player mode (I assume that is where
>> is
>> resides) to make debugging on a remote frontend a bit easier?
>
> For the test app, sure:
>
> mythtv dvd:\\
> or
> mythtv dvd:\\/path/to/dvd.iso
>
> Isaac

Hmmm - I get interesting differences of behaiviour doing things that way :-(

Using mythfrontend and navigating the mneus I get the following fault in
the xorg server:

mythtv: via_context.c:246: calculate_buffer_parameters: Assertion
`fb->Attachment[BUFFER_BACK_LEFT].Renderbuffer' failed.

Switching from 'via XvMC' as the preferred playback method to 'libmpeg2'
that error goes away and I can play DVDs (with a lot of stuttering) OK.

Still using 'libmpeg2' but started up the playback using "mythtv dvd:\\" I
get the original xorg error - I guess it doesn't consult the database
settings correctly.

Clues as to where to go from here? It doesn't look as though a traceback
is going to be very useful if its X that fails!

-- 
Robin Gilks