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

[Russell Treleaven]

Is the video file you are trying to play mpeg2?
I am pretty sure that is the only type that will play properly with -vo
v4l2 or -vo ivtv

> -----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 12:26 PM
> To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] No video output on ivtv/v4l2 TV out
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Russell Treleaven wrote:
> > 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
> 
> thanks for the hint!
> 
> Now at least for a little while (< 1 min and even that with some
> glitches) the audio part is played on the TV. Then mplayer 
> somehow gets stuck and spills out thousands of messages saying:
> 
> :A:  47.3 V:  26.6 A-V: 20.728 ct:  2.626 659/659  0% 104%  
> 0.2% 0 0 :Too many video packets in the buffer: (4096 in 
> 7765496 bytes). :Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved 
> stream/file or the codec failed? :For AVI files, try to force 
> non-interleaved mode with the -ni option.
> 
> occasionally interrupted by:
> 
> :Cannot sync MPA frame: 0
> 
> Should I ever get the video output working, I'll look into 
> this closer.
> 
> Regards,
>                   Peter Daum
> 
> >> -----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)
> >>
> >> - - - - - 8< - - - - - 8< - - - - - 8< - - - - - 8< - - - - -
> >> 8< - - - - -
> >>
> >> 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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