In the next kernel version, it won't matter too much because vsync is
in the fb driver now.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 05:37:40PM +0000, mark wrote:
>
> Thanks Aubin, I've now got it working. As per
> David Amiel's post I needed to use libsdl cvs.
>
> One more thing, I have modified my MPlayer Args in local_config.py to use
> dfbmga:buffermode=triple. Can I easilly modify freevo to use this at startup. This
> may be of benefit to others as it doesnt need the vsync kernel patch to get best
> results. Not that I suppose it makes much difference to the menu's.
>
> Mark
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:31:14 -0400
> Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > If you put directfb in your freevo.conf, it's an error since Freevo
> > doesn't know about directfb, just about dfbmga, hence the
> > message you're getting.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 05:57:31PM +0000, mark wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Aubin, that checks out fine.
> > >
> > > ldd /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
> > > libdirectfb-0.9.so.19 =>/usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.19 (0x40088000)
> > >
> > > So, sum up, mplayer works stand alone and DirectFB is buuilt against sdl
> > > correctly. At the same time Freevo is not even calling DirectFB hence no
> > > DirectFB output messages during startup.
> > >
> > > Its interesting that if I substitute directfb for dfbmga in freevo.conf and run
> > > freevo I get this on the console but still no directfb output messages.
> > >
> > > ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected and added "('/mnt/cdrom', '/dev/cdroms/cdrom0',
> > > 'CD-1')"
> > > ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected that /dev/hda is the same device as
> > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, skipping
> > > freevo: bad file format, line 21
> > > WARNING: /etc/freevo/lircrc not found!
> > > Couldn't open mixer /dev/mixer
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > libdirectfb-0.9.so.19 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.19 (0x40088000)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:36:45 -0400
> > > Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Easiest way to check if DirectFB is working with SDL is to do:
> > > > ldd /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
> > > >
> > > > Among the output should be reference to libdirectfb, if SDL was built
> > > > properly.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 12:21:16AM +0000, mark wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay, after 2 hours wasted trying to get mplayer dfbmga working again I find
> > > > > that a reboot fixed it. Still no luck with freevo though.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have removed my local_config.py (just in case). If I now run freevo with
> > > > > just directfb I get this
> > > > >
> > > > > ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected and added "('/mnt/cdrom', '/dev/cdroms/cdrom0',
> > > > > 'CD-1')"
> > > > > ROM_DRIVES: Auto-detected that /dev/hda is the same device as
> > > > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, skipping
> > > > > freevo: bad file format, line 21
> > > > > WARNING: /etc/freevo/lircrc not found!
> > > > > Couldn't open mixer /dev/mixer
> > > > >
> > > > > but it doesnt say line 21 of which file. If I run with dfbmga I get the
> > > > > message already posted. /dev/mixer warnings are irrelavant I dont have a
> > > > > mixer on my sound card.
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay, if sdl is not using DirectFB, is there any way I could test sdl in
> > > > > isolation? I understand if I have Directfb 0.19 and sdl 1.25 then I
> > > > > shouldnt need the patch? I'm not sure how to debug my sdl installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its kind of late in the UK so I'll catch you tomorrow.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:27:47 -0400
> > > > > Aubin Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 10:50:25PM +0000, mark wrote:
> > > > > > > I think I have seen some directfb messages when starting freevo but only
> > > > > > > when setting directfb instead of dfbmga in freevo.conf.
> > > > > > > Since I have no monitor on the media box, I dont know if directfb was
> > > > > > > actually displaying anything.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The messages should show up in the freevo logs; they look like he ones
> > > > > > you put below (the lines starting with (*))
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you're not seeing messages from DirectFB when you load Freevo, then
> > > > > > SDL is probably not using it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Aubin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > The really frustrating thing is that I've now somehow broken directfb
> > > > > > > under mplayer too :(. It worked fine this morning, it now freezes as
> > > > > > > follows.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > mplayer -dvd 1 -vo dfbmga:nospic,triple -x 768 -y 576
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (*) parsing config file '/etc/directfbrc'.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.19 ---------------------
> > > > > > > (c) 2000-2002 convergence integrated media GmbH
> > > > > > > (c) 2002 convergence GmbH
> > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (*) Single Application Core. (with MMX support) (2003-08-17 22:45)
> > > > > > > (*) DirectFB/misc/memcpy: using MMXEXT optimized memcpy()
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > There it hangs
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'll come back the list when I've got mplayer dfbmga working again :(.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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