[mythtv-users] X11 output from internal player?

[Thomas Hood]

I've found some mentions of using:

env NO_XV = "1" mythfrontend

Is this what I'm after? Where are command line options for mythfrontend
documented?

Thanks,

Tom


On 10/7/06, Thomas Hood <thomas.hood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I can't for the life of me get the ATI proprietary ATI drivers to give
> me anything other than a b/w picture, nor take a custom modeline, so
> I'm hoping to be able to use the standard open source ATI driver. Is
> this actually possible?
>
> I can play back captured mpeg streams using mplayer -vo x11, but using
> mplayer -vo xv just gives a load of green junk (although I can see
> that is is a mangled version of the mpeg) in a 1/6th height bar at the
> top of the screen.
>
> I compiled with --disable-xvmc & --disable-xv but now it tells me that
> it is "Not compiled with any usable video output method".
>
> So is there anyway to make it use x11, or alternatively to make Xv
> work with the open source ati driver?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Hood
>
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