[MPlayer-users] No video output on ivtv/v4l2 TV out

[Russell Treleaven]

These params work for me (source is not the very latest)
I think it should at least solve your audio problem.
-vo v4l2 -ao v4l2 -ac hwmpa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu 
> [mailto:mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu] On Behalf Of Peter Daum
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:01 AM
> To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Subject: [MPlayer-users] No video output on ivtv/v4l2 TV out
> 
> 
> I am trying to get mplayer (latest source from svn) to send 
> output to the TV out of a Hauppauge PVR-350 with "-vo ivtv".
> 
> Mplayer obviously thinks everything is alright, discovers the 
> correct devices and "plays" (see output below), but there is 
> no visible output. The same happens with "-vo v4l2".
> 
> The hardware setup is working. When I use "-vo fbdev" or 
> fvdev2, I also get visible output (only my machine is not 
> nearly fast enough). When I start an X server on the ivtv 
> framebuffer, mplayer also displays its output on it.
> 
> Any idea what is going wrong?
> 
> Regards,
>                        Peter Daum
> 
> (Btw. "-ao ivtv"/v4l2 isn't working, either: It always 
> complains "can only handle MPEG audio streams" even with mpeg 
> audio created by the very same card)
> 
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> MPlayer dev-SVN-r26100-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, 
> Stepping: 7)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 Using 
> built-in default codecs.conf.
> Configuration: --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man 
> --confdir=/etc/mplayer --enable-menu --enable-gui 
> --disable-inet6 --enable-largefiles --enable-xmms 
> --enable-dvdread --enable-tv --enable-dvb --enable-dvbhead 
> --enable-lirc --enable-dxr3 --enable-ivtv --enable-v4l2 
> --with-vidix-drivers=ivtv 
> --with-dvdnav-config=/opt/dvdnav/bin/dvdnav-config
> CommandLine: '-v' '-vo' 'ivtv' 'heimat_3.mpg'
> Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
> [file] File size is 1606704640 bytes
> Searching demuxer type for filename heimat_3.mpg ext: .mpg 
> system stream synced at 0xD (13)! ==> Found video stream: 0 
> ==> Found audio stream: 0 MPEG-PS file format detected. 
> Searching for sequence header... OK!
> VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 2)  25.000 fps  7000.0 kbps 
> (875.0 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:2  fourcc:0x10000002  
> size:720x576  fps:25.00  ftime:=0.0400
> get_path('sub/') -> '/home/gator/.mplayer/sub/'
> VO: [ivtv] Available video outputs: '#0, S-Video + Composite' 
> '#1, Composite' '#2, S-Video' '#3, RGB' '#4, YUV C' '#5, YUV V'
> VO: [ivtv] using /dev/video16
> VO: [ivtv] video output: S-Video + Composite 
> ==============================================================
> ============
> Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: 
> Mpeg PES) Trying filter chain: vo
> VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> VO Config (720x576->720x576,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x4D504553)
> VO: [ivtv] 720x576 => 720x576 Mpeg PES
> VO: Description: IVTV MPEG Video Decoder TV-Out
> VO: Author: Benjamin Zores
> Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm: mpegpes (MPEG-PES output 
> (.mpg or DXR3/IVTV/DVB/V4L2 card)) Starting playback... 
> Increasing filtered audio buffer size from 0 to 65536
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: 
> Mpeg PES) Trying filter chain: vo
> VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO Config (720x576->768x576,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x4D504553)
> VO: [ivtv] 720x576 => 768x576 Mpeg PES
> VO: Description: IVTV MPEG Video Decoder TV-Out
> VO: Author: Benjamin Zores
> 
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