I confirmed that the consumer is being stopped after a few seconds. I'm not sure why though. I'll look into it.
Thanks, -Jonathan On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Dan Dennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Jonathan Thomas > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dan, >> Thanks for the suggestions. The "sdl_preview" worked fine. However, >> I was unable to figure out the consumer.set('refresh', 1). For >> example, if the video is paused for a few seconds, any resize to the >> screen will make the video area disappear (not redraw). I figure the >> .set('refresh', 1) method is supposed to tell the consumer to draw a >> frame of video back to the sdl window? Are we sure that "refresh" is >> the correct setting? It does not appear to have any effect. > > Yes, refresh is correct. Are you telling the consumer to stop or > setting the speed to 0 to pause it? > >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Dan Dennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Jonathan Thomas >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Dan, >>>> >>>> We do not use melt for rendering, only to determine which audio and >>>> video codecs are installed. We have a single video thread, that >>>> either hooks up to a sdl consumer for previewing or a avformat >>>> producer for rendering. So, I'm not sure if I need to add the >>>> NO_VDPAU flag. What would you suggest? >>> >>> No, do not worry about it unless you want to give users a preference >>> setting to turn it off to aid with troubleshooting or workaround >>> incompatibility. >>> >>>> We have a bug report on LaunchPad explaining how to upgrade >>>> libsdl1.2debian to version 1.2.14. Other than that, we do not have >>>> much recommending that users upgrade. >>> >>> OK, just wondering as a result of a Kdenlive support issue. >>> >>>> I was unaware that the sdl_preview consumer existed. =) You might >>>> have told me before, now that you mention it, but that sounds much >>>> better than the sdl consumer. I had noticed that sdl just never lets >>>> up on the CPU. I will see if I can't integrate the sdl_preview into >>>> version 1.1 of OpenShot, before we release it. >>> >>> Yeah just .set('refresh', 1) when needed when paused and seeking or >>> adjusting effect param. >>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback! >>>> -Jonathan >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Dan Dennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Are you running melt or a separate child process to render? If so, did >>>>> you heed my warning and set the MLT_NO_VDPAU environment variable? >>>>> >>>>> Finally, how are you recommending Ubuntu 9.10 users get the >>>>> libsdl1.2debian v1.2.14 from the luci repo that fixes the video >>>>> display issues on some systems? >>>>> >>>>> I will try to get around to some testing myself. One thing I noticed >>>>> recently is that you are using the sdl consumer and not the >>>>> sdl_preview. sdl_preview is not a perfect drop-in replacement - you >>>>> will need to add set-property calls to tell it when to refresh. >>>>> Basically, when you are paused, sdl continually updates the frame >>>>> using CPU during what appears to be an idle state, but sdl_preview >>>>> does not. sdl_preview also gets off of the XVideo port when paused so >>>>> another media player can obtain it for better quality video playout >>>>> making it more friendly in a multi-tasking desktop environment >>>>> overall. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> +-DRD-+ >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> +-DRD-+ >>> >> > > > > -- > +-DRD-+ > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
