[mythtv-users] easy way to switch between playback profiles?

[Mike]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:13 AM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> On 01/29/2010 02:34 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> On 01/29/2010 02:04 AM, Mike wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a mythdora 5 box that has been running for some time now.  I
>>> have XvMC working with my nvidia 5200 card for OTA HDTV playback on a
>>> P4 processor and it works well.
>>>
>>> I use the mythvideo for xvid playback using "ffmpeg&  Xvideo" software
>>> decoding and that also works well.
>>>
>>> Trouble I have is finding a playback profile that works good for both
>>> of them.  Right now if I want to do xvid I navigate thru the setup
>>> menus and change the profile to ffmpeg&  Xvideo ... if I want to
>>> playback OTA HDTV w/o stuttering I navigate thru the menus and set the
>>> profile to use XvMC as I need the hardware decode with the P4 (this
>>> works good for every channel including channel 10 but audio only for
>>> xvid's with this profile) ...
>>>
>>> If I make a "combo" profile where XvMC is selected for anything higher
>>> than 720x576 and "ffmpeg&  Xvideo" is used for anything less than
>>> 720x576 then channel 10 will go to a black screen during playback of
>>> recordings, no audio, with the hard drive light on solid.  The box
>>> will temporarily lock up if I hit any key besides escape for things I
>>> try to playback that were recorded on channel 10.  All other channels
>>> work fine in this combo mode and mythvideo xvid's are also fine.
>>>
>>> I use a wireless keyboard to control mythtv and I have a learning
>>> remote that has learned keys from that wireless keyboard so ideally it
>>> would be cool to push a button to switch between the profiles instead
>>> of navigating thru many levels of menu heirarchy to do what is
>>> required in my situation ...
>>>
>>> any suggestions appreciated
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't help you, yet, but there is talk of adding another criterion for
>> playback profile usage to allow specifying CODEC.
>
> If I read you correctly, you are trying to play xvid files using MythVideo,
> but running into problems with settings for your MythTV profiles.
>
> But these are different things. Mythvideo player settings are in Setup ->
> Videos Settings ->Player Settings...and usually involve the -vo switches for
> mplayer ( -vo xv or -vo xvmc etc).
>
> Or have you added a new file type 'xvid' and set the default player to
> 'internal' in file settings? (in which case, try using mplayer with -vo xvmc
> etc.)
>
> Or are you importing these xvids into your mythtv structure as if they are
> recorded tv shows?
>
> It seems that channel 10 is an HD stream although why it will not play even
> badly with xv is odd. Also odd that xvmc will not work while playing the
> xvid files.
>
> I'm missing something here.
>
> Geoff
>
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Hi Geoff,

The xvid files I am referring to are those downloaded off the web and
usually have filenames like xxxyyy_xvid.avi ... they don't require
XvMC to play back w/o stuttering and when I try to use XvMC to play
them back I hear only audio.  I ftp these into the videos directory of
the mythdora box.

You are correct that I am using "Internal" as the default playback.
If I go with your options or xine (tried that awhile back) my position
is not saved during playback so if I exit the recording and want to go
back in I have to manually find where I left off.  Hence, using
"Internal" seemed like the best option here.  Is there a way to use an
"External" player (mplayer or xine) and have it remember the position
in the recording when you go back?

Thanks for the assist.

-Mike