Something to do with SDL. If you not using it then it shouldn't matter ;-)
Mick On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 18:12, Pferdekaemper, Thorsten wrote: > Hi, > > > you will need to export USER=root before stating freevo. > Why? When working with X, it does not seem that I need spacial user rights or > something similar. I just had to chmod the /tmp/freevo directory to allow freevo to > write there. > > > > and there was is very good help on autosarting freevo in the wiki. > Yes, I thought so. > > Regards, > Thorsten > > > > -----UrsprÃngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:freevo-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Mick > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2004 01:40 > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Re: AW: [Freevo-users] Setting up a freevo box on MSI Hermes > > 651P... > > > > from memory.. > > > > you will need to export USER=root before stating freevo. > > > > and there was is very good help on autosarting freevo in the wiki. > > > > Mick > > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 01:12, Pferdekaemper, Thorsten wrote: > > > Hi, > > > yesterday evening/night I have continued my freevo box... > > > > > > As suggested by Tim, I switched to X now. First, I had to install the > > sis driver from Thomas Winischhofers site (www.winischhofer.net: Many > > thanks for this!). After some changes in the XF86Config-4 (or simliar...) > > concerning screen resolution and color depth, KDE came up in 800x600x24 > > very smoothly after typing "startx". > > > Then I started freevo and that looked really weird. I forgot to change > > the display settings in freevo.conf and freevo tried to "fbset" the screen > > size and the color depth... > > > After changing this again, it really worked good. I could also remove > > the software scaling from the mplayer settings. It really seems that X is > > supported better. > > > > > > I then created an user "freevo" which I gave the following .xinitrc file > > > #!/bin/sh > > > freevo > > > It seems that freevo itself takes the role of the window manager this > > way. The whole stuff starts up really fast that way (thanks, Tim!) > > > > > > I then tried out some media, including the Matrix DVD, some DivX movies > > and some MP3s. Mplayer played it all. After > > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc > > > I was not able to see any jerking any more... > > > > > > But there were two problems... > > > 1. > > > I have inserted a CD with two DivX movies. freevo showed me (by the CD > > plugin) that it knew about the CD, but I could neither open the directory > > nor did freevo start to play anything. The logs showed me a python > > traceback leading to the following coding in rom_drives.py: > > > if data.tracks: > > > mplayer_files = [] > > > mp3_files = [] > > > image_files = [] > > > for t in data.tracks: > > > if t and t['url']: > > > file = > > t['url'][len(media.devicename)+6:].replace(':', '/') > > > > > > The part "t['url']" seemed to be offending. I've wrote a little bit more > > debug output about "t" and changed the coding to > > > for t in data.tracks: > > > if t and t[0]['url']: > > > file = > > t[0]['url'][len(media.devicename)+6:].replace(':', '/') > > > > > > ...to make it work. But afterwards, I have inserted another disk and the > > rom_drives.py crashed again. I changed the coding back and it worked > > again. I have not (yet) created any coding that worked in both cases. > > Perhaps this is a known issue? Otherwise, I will investigate this further. > > > > > > 2. > > > Sometimes, it seems that mplayer is not really running in slave mode. > > When playing from CD/DVD, I had no sound at all. Trying to hit "+" or "-" > > on my keyboard set some sound delay. I wanted to move the sound in another > > direction... > > > At the same time, I have copied some 30GB of data over the network to > > the freevo box, perhaps this has something to do with the problem... > > > > > > > > > Next steps, I would like to perform... > > > > > > 1. Get rid of the frame buffer driver in my kernel. When starting my > > box, the frame buffer driver gets loaded. This is not necessary any more > > and it seems to disturb the rest of the system sometimes. It creates some > > debug output each time the graphics mode is changed... > > > > > > 2. Start directly into freevo. I did this with framebuffer mode with > > some changes of the inittab. I am not really sure yet how I can start X > > and logon user freevo automatically at startup time. > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Thorsten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----UrsprÃngliche Nachricht----- > > > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:freevo-users- > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Pferdekaemper, Thorsten > > > > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Januar 2004 18:38 > > > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Betreff: [Freevo-users] Setting up a freevo box on MSI Hermes 651P... > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am currently setting up a freevo box on a MSI Hermes 651P. I would > > like > > > > to share my experiences, problems and solutions I found out. Perhaps > > > > someone is interested... > > > > Regards, > > > > Thorsten > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. The idea > > > > =========== > > > > > > > > Last year, I began to digtize some old videotapes. I also began to use > > my > > > > computer as a video recorder and I also collected some shows in divx > > > > format. 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