Andrew wrote:
>>>> A while back I was playing with something like this:
>>>>
>>>> mencoder -quiet -ovc copy -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=128
>>>> -af volume=20 -of mpeg -aid 128 -o /dev/video16 dvd://1
> 
> hello,
> 
> i hope i don't anger anyone by repeating my question

Poeple can be busy (so might forget about it) and it is encouraged to 
re-post if there is no answer.

> (i'm acting on the assumption (and hope!) that my previous post was mostly 
> "missed" or mis-sorted into an old thread and thus not responded to.)

See above :-)

> I have used mencoder in the above fashion to play a dvd (*pretty* cool). 
> However, one cannot pause or fast-forward or affect anything else, using this 
> method.
> 
> Can the xine plugin direct output to /dev/video16? (or does it only read from 
> /dev/video0 ?)

AFAIK anything that can output a mpeg stream can write to /dev/video16. 
So if xine can be made to do this...

> If not currently, could it be enhanced to do so?
> 
> It would be *totally* cool to redirect xine output through and out of the PVR 
> card and retain all the xine controls at the same time (slider, pausing, 
> sync, etc.)

Dont know about xine too much but mplayer has ivtv support. The only 
problem I remember with it is that it does mpeg video and audio only, no 
transcoding. Also it probably had not had much testing yet so expect 
problems.

Greets
Sander

PS: I am "only" a user no developer.

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