[mythtv-users] can I use xine (VeXP) instead of mplayer in myth?

[and]

What a REALLY friendly chap you are ;-)
I'm just trying to learn here and you are already having a heart attack.

As I read it the sourceforge VeXP project files doesn't not contain the 
mpeg2 source, but relies on the correctly installed binary driver from 
VIA. The mpeg2 lib is binary with a special videodev.h headerfile from 
Alan Cox. I guess that is why the VeXp is only available for 
redhat/mandrake/suse as that is the only distros they are supplying 
binary drivers for for the CLE266 chipset.

The drivers source you get when you sign up with VIA OpenSourceComunity 
does not contain the mpeg2 source either and you have to sign an NDA 
with VIA sales to get this... They do encourage the community as you 
say, but it's above my capabilities and maybe I do misread things, but 
it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to use the mpeg2 code anywhere 
else. This was also the impression I got after an email exchange with 
VIA's opensource liaison guy in Taiwan. I do hope I'm wrong and hope 
for all us epai owners that we get access to the mpeg2 capabilities.

I'm sorry if I've offended you tender personality with my stupidity, 
but quite frankly your language is not quite appropriate in a civilized 
dialogue.

rgds
anders

On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 05:10 PM, Scott Blomfield wrote:

> Man; You REALLY haven't done your homework, have you?
>
> You clearly do not know what you are talking about. Again. You haven't
> since you started this thread!
>
> As per the announcement from viaarena.com located over at
> http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=325
> "The code is open in the VeXP to program MPEG hardware. The current
> version can support Red Hat Linux 7.3/8.0 and Mandrake Linux 9.0. Linux
> developers are encouraged to help to port to different distributions."
>
> The VIA team DID release the mpeg code pertaining to VeXP.
>
> For the love of all that is (un)holy, _please_, stop posting.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: and
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 6:36 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] can I use xine (VeXP) instead of mplayer in
> myth?
>
> Mainly because the VIA open-source team are very unlikely to release
> the mpeg code for fear of reprisals from the movie industry. According
> to the viaarana forum discussions.
>
> On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 01:28 PM, Isaac Richards wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:19 pm, and wrote:
>>> Ahh.... I thought it did.
>>> Could it be done in any other way than copying the recoded .nuv files
>>> to the video directory and playing them with VeXP? -I'd also like to
>>> be
>>> able to get the live tv through VeXP...
>>
>> Instead of asking how to do stuff you can't do, why not look at adding
>
>> support
>> for the decoder to mythtv's player?
>>
>> Isaac
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