On Samstag, 12. November 2005 22:44, Andre Bischof wrote: > Hi, > > Stefan Lucke wrote: > ... > >>Nov 12 21:03:51 linux vdr[10465]: [XvVideoOut]: patch version (2005-07-20) > >>Nov 12 21:03:51 linux vdr[10465]: [XvVideoOut]: Could not connect to > >>X-server > > > > > > You have to start your X-server _before_ you may start vdr with > > softdevice and xv out. > > The output above is from a term in kde, so I suppose the X-server should > be running. > So vdr is running with another userid as you are logged in. 1. you need to set th DISPLAY variable (export DISPLAY=:0.0) 2. the user who wants to access your display needs permissions to do that For my tests, when running vdr from root I do sux which keeps authorisation to x-server contact. > > For a client/server setup, you need streamdev plugin and connect > > your client via streamdev to your server. > > Does that apply if client/server are running on the same machine? You can do this even on the same machine. > > But the error appears anyway, or do you mean it should vanish when using > streamdev as additional plugin? If you want to use vdr as a frontend / desktop application you don't need streamdev. > > I'd like to use softdevice with a Geforce 6600 and TV-Out, if this could > be better please tell me. > > In vdr-wiki is also written that softdevice does replace the > mpeg2-decoder and outputs directly on a framebuffer, output could then > be on a monitor or tv-out (for that part streamdev is needed?) Streamdev if only needed for transferring the dvb data from one vdr to another. Maybe that is of some help: http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2005-October/005510.html -- Stefan Lucke
