On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:59:57 +0100, Tony Houghton wrote > In <20050902152235.M76763@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Per Mellander wrote: > > > I have a EPIA M10000 that's running vdr-1.3.30, softdevice and streamdev. > > > > I wanted it to be able to play other than vdr recordings so I installed the > > mplayer plugin. The problem is that I'm having a hard time getting it to > > work. I can play movies by using the fbdev as output ( that's VO=fbdev in > > mplayer.sh.conf ). This gives a somewhat uncorrect aspect ratio ;) What I > > really wan't to ask is if it's possible to use the directfb output for > > mplayer aswell? Choosing directfb gives me a black picture and replaying > > stops after a few seconds. > > > > mplayer alone plays correct with -vo directfb > > I used to have problems using the mplayer plugin with softdevice, > both using DirectFB on a Matrox G450 TV out, but IIRC mplayer used > to run OK and it was VDR that wouldn't work again when mplayer had finished. I don't even get a picture from mplayer !? I think that the problem you had is related to that mplayer does not 'release' the directfb correctly. That assumption based on the fact that I get a strange warning/error msg when mplayer finish. ( Runned aloned that is. ) > > Have you tried the softplay plugin? No, I'll have a look at it right on. Thanks, /Mel
