Jason C. Greb wrote:
Most video drivers only support a single Xv surface. Therefore, only one of your outputs is giving you a picture. The other gets's the Xv color_key (in your case, the blue color you're seeing).I am using MythTV on two different monitors, one DVI and one RGB to S-Video convertor (which then goes to a RF Modulator so I can beam it to another room). This works great, and I can see it in both rooms. However, when I play videos, I get a blue screen in the other room (the RGB side).
I have changed the MythDVD and MythVideo to use mplayer -vo x11. This works, so I can see it in both rooms.
Because you're no longer using Xv.
However, all of my recorded programs from the TV still show up in blue.
Because MythTV uses Xv, if available.
I can not find the command for playing these videos.
Because it uses an internal player.
I am assuming it is just using MPlayer, but I may be wrong.
You're right about being wrong. See above. ;)
I tried adding vo=x11 to .mplayer/config, but this did nothing.
As explained above.
I also searched the database under the tableYou could always recompile MythTV without support for Xv (./configure --disable-xv), but that's probably not what you want. Without Xv support, your CPU must do significantly more work to display video. I recommend you find a solution that allows use of Xv for all your video output (MythTV, xine, MPlayer, and anything else you use). (Note that since you specified -vo x11, you'll have to specify -vo xv once to switch back since MPlayer remembers the last setting.)
settings, but did not find anything there either. Where can I find this
command line so I can edit it to use a different video out method? I
need to do this so I when my girlfriend gets back from Spain after being
gone for a month, she can watch the recorded shows in the bedroom... :)
To get video on multiple TV's, you should either a) use multiple frontends or b) use an RF modulator. You said you're using a DVI output and an RGB to S-Video converger (VGA output?), but you didn't explain why you need both outputs. Why not send the output from the MythTV box to the RF modulator and then send its output to both TV's.
If quality is the concern, you'll probably get the best quality on each system using a separate mythfrontend. Then, you can use a DVI connection to your digital TV and an S-Video (or even RF) connection to your analog TV's.
If you describe your desired result and the constraints under which you're working, it would be easier for people to recommend a solution.
HTH.
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