[mythtv-users] Internal Video player

[James Pifer]

I have tried those commands after I patched mplayer a few days ago. I'm
not able to get the sound working. I'm not sure to even tell if I'm
using oss or not(does redhat 9 use that?). If I'm not, IU don't know
what the correct parameters would be in place of oss:/dev/dsp. Sound
does work in the OS. Alsa is installed but not configured correctly. 

For the remote, I guess I just have to enable it for mplayer. I already
have the .lircrc file modified. Can you tell me off the top of your head
where to enable it in mplayer?

That being said, my preference would still be to use myth's internal
player so both audio and video go out the PVR350, because I'm sending
this through my home theater. With mplayer I would have to wire the
sound from the PC's audio jack back to the composites on my home
theater, which isn't the greatest sound. At least that's how I
understand it, maybe I'm wrong. 

Thanks,
James

> 
> James, Anyone else who might be interested,
> 
> I know this is not a burning issue for you but I thought I would pass 
> this along in case you, or anyone else, is interested. Below is the 
> script that I call from mythdvd to play DVDs using the patches that you 
> describe.
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> mount /mnt/cdrom
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha -localalpha
> /usr/local/bin/mplayer -ao oss:/dev/dsp -delay -1.15 -fs -zoom -quiet 
> -framedrop -vo mpegpes -dvd-device /dev/cdrom dvd://
> #/usr/local/bin/mplayer -ao oss:/dev/dsp -delay -1.15 -fs -zoom -quiet 
> -framedrop -vo ivtv:/dev/video16 -dvd-device /dev/cdrom dvd://
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -globalalpha -nolocalalpha
> umount /mnt/cdrom
> 
> Note that my system uses oss sound. I have two lines in there to run 
> mplayer. The one that is commented out is the one you want for the ivtv 
> patch. I have actually applied both patches and can switch from one to 
> the other by commenting out one line and uncommenting the other line. 
> The audio works for me but as you can see I have to use a delay on the 
> audio. If I pause the DVD the A/V get out of sync. If you want the 
> remote to work you will have to enable lirc in mplayer and you can add 
> lines like the following to your ~/.lircrc:
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Vol-
> config = seek -10
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Vol+
> config = seek +10
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Forward
> config = seek -60
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Rewind
> config = seek +60
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Skip
> config = seek +600
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = Replay
> config = seek -600
> repeat = 1
> end
> 
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = PAUSE
> config = pause
> end
> 
> # Also "Power off" key
> begin
> prog = mplayer
> button = OFF
> config = quit
> end
> 
> hth,
> 
> kr