[mythtv-users] Re: Simple video tests are failing -- what other tests are helpful?

[Joseph Caputo]

Justin Gombos wrote:

>* Justin Gombos <mindfuq at fairfieldi.com> [2005-03-16 19:23]:
>  
>
>>The mplayer test I've seen folks use to test also fails:
>>
>>  root at mythtv:/home/mythtv# mplayer /dev/video0
>>  MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
>>    
>>
>
>I got a slightly better failure with the following:
>
>  # mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l
>  # mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2
>
>Instead of seg faulting, it at least pops up a window, but nothing
>appears in the window.  The terminal window fills with the error:
>
>  v4l2: ioctl dequeue buffer failed: Input/output error, idx = 0
>
>This is the complete terminal window output:
>  
>  MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
>  
>  CPU: Intel Celeron Covington/Pentium II Deschutes,Tonga/Pentium II Xeon 398.7 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
>  Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
>  CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
>  Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
>  To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.
>  Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
>  Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
>  Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
>  Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
>  Using built-in default codecs.conf.
>  font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
>  font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
>  Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
>  Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
>  Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory
>  Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
>  Setting up LIRC support...
>  mplayer: could not connect to socket
>  mplayer: Connection refused
>  Failed to open LIRC support.
>  You will not be able to use your remote control.
>  
>  Playing tv://.
>  TV detected! ;-)
>  Selected driver: v4l2
>   name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
>   author: Martin Olschewski <olschewski at zpr.uni-koeln.de>
>   comment: first try, more to come ;-)
>  Selected device: AVerMedia DVD EZMaker
>   Tuner cap:
>   Tuner rxs:
>   Capabilites:  video capture  video overlay  VBI capture device  tuner  read/write  streaming
>   supported norms: 0 = PAL; 1 = PAL-BG; 2 = PAL-I; 3 = PAL-DK; 4 = NTSC; 5 = SECAM; 6 = PAL-M; 7 = PAL-Nc;
>   inputs: 0 = Composite1;
>   Current input: 0
>   Current format: BGR24
>  v4l2: current audio mode is : MONO
>  vo: X11 running at 1600x1200 with depth 24 and 32 bpp ("192.168.2.16:0.0" => remote display)
>  It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available.
>  Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#xv!
>  See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. Try -vo x11
>  ==========================================================================
>  Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
>  VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
>  VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
>  Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
>  VO: [x11] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12 
>  Shared memory not supported
>  Reverting to normal Xlib
>  SwScaler: using unscaled Planar YV12 -> BGR 32-bit special converter
>  Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm:raw (RAW YV12)
>  ==========================================================================
>  Audio: no sound
>  Starting playback...
>  v4l2: ioctl dequeue buffer failed: Input/output error, idx = 0
>
>When I run xvinfo, the following results:
>  
>  root at mythtv:/home/mythtv# X-Video Extension version 2.2
>  screen #0
>   no adaptors present
>  
>

Please just try xawtv.  It's *so* much easier.  Also, you're going to 
have issues unless you can get Xv working on your video card.

-JAC