Re: [vdr] frequent xine crashes with vdr

2010-08-17 Thread martinez
Hi Reinhard, Unfortunately I can not reproduce it anymore, because in the meantimeI installed a newer version of xine-lib and the problem disappeared. What I notice is that using vdpau, on 28e BBC HD for example drops many frames (unwatchable, although cpu load remains low), whereas using xv the

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Pertti Kosunen
On 16.8.2010 19:05, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: Asus Bravo 220 silent seems to be a passive model. Do you know if these non-motherboard integrated cards support 7.1ch PCM audio over HDMI? http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_set_up_HDMI_audio_on_nVidia_GeForce_G210%2C_GT220%2C_or_GT240 Don't know is t

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Niko Mikkilä
Hi, On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 19:05 +0300, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: > Asus Bravo 220 silent seems to be a passive model. Do you know if these > non-motherboard integrated cards support 7.1ch PCM audio over HDMI? Yes, as VDR User said, the latest generation VP4/VDPAU feature set C cards (GeForce 210, GT

Re: [vdr] xine, eepg and 64 bits

2010-08-17 Thread Dominic Evans
On 15 August 2010 07:44, wrote: > b) sometimes when changing channel something very weird happens with xine, > it freezes and I need to kill xine and open it again to zap to > the new channel. The error log is clear, but how do I fix this? I've also had this problem with xineliboutput on 64-bits

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Rene
On 15.8.2010 21:59, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: > Hi, > > My old HTPC motherboard died and I'm now looking for a new one to become > a vdr-sxfe "thin" client. The old Silverstone case is for normal ATX > board but I no more need PCI slots so a smaller one, even a Mini-ITX > would do. Since the PC runs 2

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear VDR folks, Am Sonntag, den 15.08.2010, 21:59 +0300 schrieb Seppo Ingalsuo: > My old HTPC motherboard died and I'm now looking for a new one to become > a vdr-sxfe "thin" client. The old Silverstone case is for normal ATX > board but I no more need PCI slots so a smaller one, even a Mini-I

[vdr] vdr: [2795] ERROR: remote control XineRemote not ready!

2010-08-17 Thread martinez
I wonder if somebody who understands fully the interaction between lirc, xine and vdr can help me debug my setup. The PC has no keyboard or mouse connected and it is operated exclusively via the remote control for most of the part and ssh for the rest I have only one irritating bug, I use oxine

Re: [vdr] vdr: [2795] ERROR: remote control XineRemote not ready!

2010-08-17 Thread Tony Houghton
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:44:47 +0200 martinez wrote: > I commented out the Arrow buttons because otherwise I was getting > duplicate responses (for example I would press once the down button > and it would go down twice, not one) That might be because input devices generate keyboard events, so xin

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Seppo Ingalsuo
> > is there really no recommendation for a board not using Nvidia graphics > components? It would really be great to not depend on proprietary > drivers. > > The VIA chipset VX855 was supposed to have support 1080p support build > in. But those devices do not seem to be available in non Asian r

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Seppo Ingalsuo
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:56 +0300, Rene wrote: > I'm also starting to check for a new setup, and i'm on the same line as > you: Silent, low-power device that will runn 24/7. I have not yet looked > too much around, but there is one thing i'm wondering. What kind of > dvb-devices will you use? I

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Seppo Ingalsuo
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:39 +0300, Niko Mikkilä wrote: > Yes, as VDR User said, the latest generation VP4/VDPAU feature set C > cards (GeForce 210, GT 220, ...) have an integrated audio controller. > The ALSA driver should support 7.1 channel PCM too. > I found that someone has had success with s

Re: [vdr] frequent xine crashes with vdr

2010-08-17 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:45 AM, martinez wrote: > Unfortunately I can not reproduce it anymore, because in the meantimeI > installed a newer version of xine-lib and the problem disappeared. > What I notice is that using vdpau, on 28e BBC HD for example drops many > frames (unwatchable, althoug

Re: [vdr] vdr: [2795] ERROR: remote control XineRemote not ready!

2010-08-17 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:44 AM, martinez wrote: > I wonder if somebody who understands fully the interaction between lirc, xine > and vdr can help me debug my setup. > The PC has no keyboard or mouse connected and it is operated exclusively via > the remote control for most of the part and ssh

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Niko Mikkilä
Hi Paul, On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 17:13 +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > is there really no recommendation for a board not using Nvidia graphics > components? It would really be great to not depend on proprietary > drivers. Hardware decoding through VA-API is working on some Intel chipsets and CPUs, but

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > is there really no recommendation for a board not using Nvidia graphics > components? It would really be great to not depend on proprietary > drivers. Just wondering why you even care about this... The Nvidia drivers work well for me and hone

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput - pausing playback takes time

2010-08-17 Thread JJussi
Hi! I found "fix" to this problem.. After removing .xine directory (from home of 'vdr'; user what runs vdr-sxfe) pausing works as it should be.. When vdr-sxfe starts, it created again that .xine directory.. But it (directory) stays empty. After creating config_xineliboutput to that directory

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Niko Mikkilä
On Tue, 2010-08-17 kello 19:36 +0300, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:39 +0300, Niko Mikkilä wrote: > > IMO the only reason to go for a separate card over ION would be higher > > quality 1080i deinterlacing. You'll need GT 220 for that since GeForce > > 210 is only slightly faster

Re: [vdr] frequent xine crashes with vdr

2010-08-17 Thread Luca Olivetti
Al 17/08/10 18:40, En/na VDR User ha escrit: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:45 AM, martinez wrote: Unfortunately I can not reproduce it anymore, because in the meantimeI installed a newer version of xine-lib and the problem disappeared. What I notice is that using vdpau, on 28e BBC HD for example

Re: [vdr] xine, eepg and 64 bits

2010-08-17 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
When it freezes, try just letting it set for up to a minute. It often clears. Also, when that happens, check the logs. You might find vdr filled up it's buffers. On 8/17/2010 3:47 AM, Dominic Evans wrote: On 15 August 2010 07:44, wrote: b) sometimes when changing channel something very weird

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput - pausing playback takes time

2010-08-17 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I use vdr-xine plugin instead and .xine only has 1 file, catalog.cache. It is a text readable file created by xine. On 8/17/2010 9:51 AM, JJussi wrote: Hi! I found "fix" to this problem.. After removing .xine directory (from home of 'vdr'; user what runs vdr-sxfe) pausing works as it should be.

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 17.08.2010, 19:06 +0300 schrieb Seppo Ingalsuo: > > is there really no recommendation for a board not using Nvidia graphics > > components? It would really be great to not depend on proprietary > > drivers. > > > > The VIA chipset VX855 was supposed to have support 1080p suppo

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 17.08.2010, 09:48 -0700 schrieb VDR User: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Paul Menzel > wrote: > > is there really no recommendation for a board not using Nvidia graphics > > components? It would really be great to not depend on proprietary > > drivers. > > Just wondering why

Re: [vdr] Advice on new motherboard, xineliboutput, vdpau, hdmi video & audio, etc.

2010-08-17 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Paul Menzel wrote: >> Just wondering why you even care about this...  The Nvidia drivers >> work well for me and honestly that's all I care about. > > Good for you. As I wrote I do not want to start a flame war. But you > asked. ;-) > > Everyone should decide for h

Re: [vdr] check cam status [writing plugin help needed]

2010-08-17 Thread Simon Baxter
I'd like to write a plugin which can provide the displayed Setup>CAM status via an SVDRP command, and maybe check the CAM menu can be accessed. As a beginner to such things, can someone help? I basically want to implement bits of menu.c (the CAM status and menu accessing parts) via SVDRP. Ca

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput - pausing playback takes time

2010-08-17 Thread JJussi
You can easily test.. Just rename .xine to something (mv .xine .xine-org).. As I wrote, when directory was totally empty, there was no problem with pause. When directory had file (even 0 byte), I had pause problems.. JJussi On 17.08.2010 22:00, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: I use vdr-xine plugin in