[mythtv-users] Need help with MythDVD

Evan Burrows eburrows at gmail.com
Mon Nov 8 14:26:19 UTC 2004


anyone have a suggestion?

thanks,
Evan


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:58:05 -0500, Evan Burrows <eburrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok i got the dvd to play by using -vo x11. It looks as though the
> PVR350 does not have Xv support.  Can anyone positively confirm this?
> Unfortunately, the playback on the video seems slower than it should
> be, and the audio is ahead of the video.. So i guess that leaves me
> with this question.. is there anyway i can get xv working on the
> pvr350? Or if there isn't is there anything i can do to make the x11
> playback acceptable or some other option i can choose?
> 
> thanks,
> Evan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:54:48 -0500, Evan Burrows <eburrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Did you run xvinfo to verify Xv support? Did you try playing the dvd
> > > using mplayer outside of mythtv? Did you try changing the mplayer
> > > flags to -vo x11?
> >
> > As mentioned in my previous email I am going to try that when i get
> > home, I tried running the dvd outside myth as well with no luck as
> > well as trying to watch an mpeg (that only produced sound, no video as
> > described in my previous email). I just followed Jarods guide and used
> > the command that was in mythtv to try and play a dvd outside mythtv in
> > mplayer (and changed the %d to /dev/cdrom). We'll see how it goes when
> > i get home
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:20:58 -0500, Christopher Flynn <flynnguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Step 1 in troubleshooting... read the last parts of the output and
> > > look for words like "Error" as they are important indicators that
> > > something went wrong. Ah... look at that...
> > >
> > > ==
> > > 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
> > > Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
> > > ==
> > >
> > > Did you run xvinfo to verify Xv support? Did you try playing the dvd
> > > using mplayer outside of mythtv? Did you try changing the mplayer
> > > flags to -vo x11?
> > > -Chris
> > > --
> > > You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi
> > >
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