[mythtv-users] X / xv overlay problems

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

Hi all,

I'm having trouble getting my Xorg configured properly...it's probably 
something simple, but it seems to have something to do with XV. I must 
confess I know little about Xorg configuration. I can't get mplayer, tvtime, 
xawtv, etc to run because they complain about not having overlay support.

I'm using a PVR-500, 0.3.9 ivtv drivers. I have at one point in the past 
gotten video out of the /dev/videoX devices, and I'm pretty sure they 
work...I believe X is configured incorrectly. I've included error output 
from each of the three programs below.

For tvtime, my output is:

localhost ~ # DISPLAY=:0.0 tvtime
Running tvtime 0.9.15.
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH.
xvoutput: No XVIDEO port found which supports YUY2 images.

*** tvtime requires hardware YUY2 overlay support from your video card
*** driver. If you are using an older NVIDIA card (TNT2), then
*** this capability is only available with their binary drivers.
*** For some ATI cards, this feature may be found in the experimental
*** GATOS drivers: http://gatos.souceforge.net/
*** If unsure, please check with your distribution to see if your
*** X driver supports hardware overlay surfaces.

For xawtv, my output is:

localhost ~ # DISPLAY=:0.0 xawtv
This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.12-gentoo-r10)
switching visual (0x26)
/dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*- *-*-c-*-*-*" 
to type FontStruct
no way to get: 0x0 8 bit StaticGray


And, here's a sample from mplayer:

localhost ~ # mplayer /dev/video1
MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.3.6 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 /Athlon MP/XP Palomino (Family: 6, 
Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
MMX supported but disabled
MMX2 supported but disabled
SSE supported but disabled
3DNow supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags: MMX: 0 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions:



85 audio & 196 video codecs
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing /dev/video1.
Cache fill: 18.75% (1572864 bytes) MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 9600.0 kbps (1200.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
VO XOverlay need a subdriver
[gl] Using 4 as slice height (0 means image height).
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
SDL: Initializing of SDL failed: No available video device.
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vesa] 720x480 => 720x540 Mpeg PES

Thanks,
Brian
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