Hi :) Having suffered with a dxr3 for a week and not being able to change channel more than 10 times without the OSD crashing, I've decided to look at software decoding :) I found an old ATI 3D Rage II card with a Mach64 chip.. atyfb + DirectFB 0.9.22 seem to work with it, but the best I can get out of softdevice is a muddled OSD and a pure white screen instead of video.. I was encouraged by this URL http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=4980 that the mach64 is working with softdevice, so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction? telly:~/vdr-1.3.27# ./vdr -P "softdevice -vo dfb:" [softdevice] processing args [softdevice] argv [0] = softdevice [setup-softdevice] alsa ac3Mode set to: 0 [setup-softdevice] alsa device set to: default [setup-softdevice] A/V Offset set to (0) [setup-softdevice] cropping mode set to 0 (none) [setup-softdevice] cropping mode toggle key set to 0 (none) [setup-softdevice] deinterlace method set to 0 none [softdevice] picture mirroring set to 0 (off) [setup-softdevice] pixel format set to (I420) [setup-softdevice] shouldSuspend to: 0 [setup-softdevice] startup aspect set to (4:3 normal) [softdevice] initializing Plugin [softdevice] Initializing Video Out [softdevice] ffmpeg version(0.4.9-pre1) build(4747) [dfb] init ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.22 --------------------- (c) 2000-2002 convergence integrated media GmbH (c) 2002-2004 convergence GmbH ----------------------------------------------------------- (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2005-07-02 14:20) (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using SSE optimized memcpy() (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'VT Switcher' (CRITICAL, 29804)... (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Keyboard Input' (INPUT, 29806)... (!!!) *** UNIMPLEMENTED [fusion_reactor_set_lock] *** [reactor.c:802] (*) DirectFB/Input: Keyboard 0.9 (convergence integrated media GmbH) (*) DirectFB/Genefx: MMX detected and enabled (*) DirectFB/Graphics: ATI Mach64 GT 0.13 (Ville Syrjala) (*) DirectFB/Core/WM: Default 0.2 (Convergence GmbH) [dfb] Supported video Modes are: 640x480@8 720x576@16 704x576@16 640x480@8 640x480@8 640x480@8 640x480@8 768x576@32 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 800x600@8 1024x576@32 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1024x768@8 1152x864@8 1152x864@8 1152x864@8 1152x864@8 1152x864@8 1152x864@8 1280x960@8 1280x960@16 1280x960@32 1024x1024@8 1280x1024@8 1280x1024@8 1280x1024@8 1280x1024@8 1280x1024@8 1600x1200@8 1600x1200@8 1600x1200@8 [dfb] Enumeratig display Layers Layer 0 FBDev Primary Layer Type: graphics Caps: brightness contrast saturation surface Layer 1 Mach64 Overlay Type: picture video Caps: brightness dst_colorkey saturation screen_location src_colorkey surface [surface capabilities] scrSurface: primary videoonly double-buffered flipping [dfb] width = 640, height = 480 [dfb] got fmt = 0x00418c04 bpp = 32 [dfb] Using this layer for OSD: (FBDev Primary Layer - [640x480]) [surface capabilities] osdSurface: videoonly double-buffered flipping (!!!) *** WARNING [letting unprivileged IDirectFBDisplayLayer::GetSurface() call pass until cooperative level handling is finished] *** [idirectfbdisplaylayer.c:170 in IDirectFBDisplayLayer_GetSurface()] [surface capabilities] videoSurface: videoonly [dfb] Configuring CooperativeLevel for Overlay [dfb] Configuring CooperativeLevel for OSD [dfb] Using this layer for OSD: FBDev Primary Layer [dfb] Using this layer for Video out: Mach64 Overlay [dfb] (re)configuring Videolayer to 720 x 576 (720x576) [surface capabilities] videoSurface: videoonly double-buffered flipping [dfb] (re)configured 0x08100609 Subplugin successfully opend [softdevice] Video Out seems to be OK [softdevice] Initializing Audio Out [softdevice] Audio out seems to be OK [softdevice] A/V devices initialized, now initializing MPEG2 Decoder cSoftDevice::MakePrimaryDevice [mpegdecoder] open codec 2 successfull Could not open /dev/rtc [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]Warning MVs not available [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]concealing 13 DC, 13 AC, 13 MV errors [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]concealing 13 DC, 13 AC, 13 MV errors [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]concealing 13 DC, 13 AC, 13 MV errors [dfb] (re)configuring Videolayer to 720 x 576 (720x576) [surface capabilities] videoSurface: videoonly double-buffered flipping [dfb] (re)configured 0x08100609 [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]00 motion_type at 1 17 [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]Warning MVs not available [mpeg2video @ 0xb7bcb40c]concealing 90 DC, 90 AC, 90 MV errors The DVB signal is of poor quality, hence the MPEG errors - however if I use the streamdev-server I can see a reasonable quality picture with some artefacts - I would expect /something/ via directfb not pure white :) telly:~/vdr-1.3.27# dfbinfo ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.22 --------------------- (c) 2000-2002 convergence integrated media GmbH (c) 2002-2004 convergence GmbH ----------------------------------------------------------- (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2005-07-02 14:20) (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using SSE optimized memcpy() (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'VT Switcher' (CRITICAL, 29836)... (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Keyboard Input' (INPUT, 29845)... (!!!) *** UNIMPLEMENTED [fusion_reactor_set_lock] *** [reactor.c:802] (*) DirectFB/Input: Keyboard 0.9 (convergence integrated media GmbH) (*) DirectFB/Genefx: MMX detected and enabled (*) DirectFB/Graphics: ATI Mach64 GT 0.13 (Ville Syrjala) (*) DirectFB/Core/WM: Default 0.2 (Convergence GmbH) Screen (00) FBDev Primary Screen (primary screen) Caps: VSYNC POWER_MANAGEMENT Layer (00) FBDev Primary Layer (primary layer) Type: GRAPHICS Caps: SURFACE BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST SATURATION Layer (01) Mach64 Overlay Type: VIDEO STILL_PICTURE Caps: SURFACE SCREEN_LOCATION SRC_COLORKEY DST_COLORKEY BRIGHTNESS SATURATION SCREEN_POSITION SCREEN_SIZE Input (00) Keyboard (primary keyboard) Type: KEYBOARD Caps: KEYS The only useful thing in the log I can find is: Jul 2 16:51:49 telly vdr[29797]: [VideoOut]: 720x576 [0,0 720x576] -> 640x480 [0,60 640x360] And sure enough, the monitor I'm using says 640x480 is in use. I /have/ entries in /etc/fb.modes for 720x576, and even trying to force 720x576 with "dfblayer -l 1 -m 720x576" or dfbswitch doesn't help things. Since a video is worth a thousand pictures ;) I've made one at http://pod.nation-net.com/softdevice.mpg (It's an MPEG4 from my camera phone - mplayer seems to play it anyway) Hoping someone can help! Cheers, Gavin.
