the chipset plays mpeg-2. Since dvd is mpeg-2, it is able to play it. I wrote a plugin for xine that would play the dvd's (with OSD, etc) but i was having problems with the audio sync.
The code was posted to this list a few times if anyone wants to give it another try. let me know if you can't find it and i'll see if i can dig it up -tmk --- Sander Sweers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
