Assuming freevo has Xv support why don't you just run X on the framebuffer and use the Xv support for playback?
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ivtv-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Webb > Sent: 05 November 2005 04:36 > To: Discussion list for development of the IVTV driver > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] [PATCH] Update for the MPlayer cvs version > > Don wrote: > > > Duncan, > > > > is audio/video in sync with this patch? I'm still using xine due to > this. > > to be honest I've no idea, it seems to be but I only tested it for a few > minutes. Wasn't too happy with the difference in quality, which is > marginal but noticeable. It patch is just a fix for the changed > interfaces in mplayer from the original player. > > My real goal is to see if it's possible to use the ivtv frame buffer for > freevo and this is one step on the way. > > The TV out quality from modern PCIE graphics cards is really not good, > whereas the picture quality from ivtv frame buffer is really good. > > > > > Duncan Webb wrote: > > > >> Attached is an update of the > >> ivtv-0.4.0/misc/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2-ivtvosd.diff for the current cvs > >> version. > >> > >> I removed the change to mplayer.c because I wasn't sure exactly what > >> it was trying to do and it wouldn't compile with it. > >> > >> Usage: > >> mplayer -vo ivtv -ao alsa:device=hw=0.0 test.mpeg > >> > >> Quality test: > >> cat test.mpeg > /dev/video16 > >> > >> BTW > >> 1) the audio does not get redirected to the s-video breakout cable. > >> 2) And I don't think that the quality is quite as good as the cat > >> command. > >> Both of these could be incorrect mplayer usage > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
