[vdr] trying out softdevice-0.0.7

[Juha Pahkala <juhis@trinity.is-a-geek.com>]

I decided to take the new softdevice-0.0.7 for a spin and see how it
works. I've tried it previously, but never very succesfully. Now, I
downloaded a fresh vdr-1.3.15 and softdevice and compiled them (with
very little trouble I must add, which was a nice surprice). And when I
start, I get no errors on the logs (as I have before) and it seems to
start just fine. But strangely, I get no sound and no picture on the tv
screen. And as I said, it all *seems* to start just fine.

I'm using DirectFB output (the primary layer, not dfbmga) on a G400, and
it works well with apps like mplayer, freevo, mythtv...so that shouldn't
be the problem. My version of dfb is cvs from maybe three weeks ago.

I put the output of the program below if somebody has some suggestions
on what could be going wrong, thanks in advance...


vdr -P softdevice
[softdevice] processing args
[softdevice]   argv [0] = softdevice
[softdevice] initializing Plugin
[softdevice] Initializing Video Out
[softdevice] ffmpeg version(0.4.9-pre1) build(4718)
[dfb] init
(*) DirectFB/Config: Parsing config file '/etc/directfbrc'.

       ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.21 ---------------------
             (c) 2000-2002  convergence integrated media GmbH  
             (c) 2002-2004  convergence GmbH                   
        -----------------------------------------------------------

(*) DirectFB/Core: Multi Application Core. (with MMX support)
(2004-10-22 10:51)
(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using MMXEXT optimized memcpy()
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Fusion Dispatch' (MESSAGING, 14373)...
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'VT Switcher' (CRITICAL, 14394)...
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'PS/2 Input' (INPUT, 14395)...
(*) DirectFB/Input: IMPS/2 Mouse (1) 0.9 (convergence integrated media
GmbH)
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'PS/2 Input' (INPUT, 14396)...
(*) DirectFB/Input: IMPS/2 Mouse (2) 0.9 (convergence integrated media
GmbH)
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'LiRC Input' (INPUT, 14397)...

(*) DirectFB/Input: LIRC Device 0.2 (convergence integrated media GmbH)
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Keyboard Input' (INPUT, 14398)...
(*) DirectFB/Input: Keyboard 0.9 (convergence integrated media GmbH)
(*) DirectFB/Genefx: MMX detected and enabled
(*) DirectFB/Graphics: Matrox G400 0.7 (convergence integrated media
GmbH)
(*) DirectFB/WM: Default 0.1 (Convergence GmbH)
[dfb] RAM: 16777216 bytes
[dfb] Accellerated Functions: FillRectange DrawRectange DrawLine
FillTriangle Blit StretchBlit All 
[dfb] Drawing Flags: Blend 
[dfb] Surface Blitting Flags: BlendAlpha BlendColorAlpha Colorize
SrcColorkey Deinterlace 
[dfb] Supported video Modes are: 720x576@32 720x576@32 768x576@32
720x576@16 
[dfb] Enumeratig display Layers
Layer 0 FBDev Primary Layer  Type: graphics 
  Caps: brightness contrast saturation surface 
Layer 1 Matrox Backend Scaler  Type: graphics picture video 
  Caps: brightness contrast deinterlacing dst_colorkey screen_location
surface 
  This is our videoLayer
[dfb] width = 720, height = 576
[dfb] got fmt = 0x00418c04 bpp = 32
[dfb] Using this layer for OSD: (FBDev Primary Layer - [720x576])
osdSurface::
 - videoonly
 - flipping
videoSurface::
 - videoonly
[dfb] Configuring CooperativeLevel for Overlay
[dfb] Configuring ColorKeying
[dfb] Configuring CooperativeLevel for OSD
[dfb] Using this layer for OSD: FBDev Primary Layer
[dfb] Using this layer for Video out: Matrox Backend Scaler
[dfb] (re)configuring Videolayer to 720 x 576 (720x576)
[dfb] (re)configured 0x08100609
[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



And here are the entries in /var/log/messages...

Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: VDR version 1.3.15 started
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-
softdevice.so.1.3.15
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/setup.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/sources.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/diseqc.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/channels.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/timers.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/
svdrphosts.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/ca.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/remote.conf
Nov  6 11:55:43 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/keymacros.conf
Nov  6 11:55:44 server vdr[13233]: found 1 video device
Nov  6 11:55:44 server vdr[13233]: initializing plugin: softdevice
(0.0.7): A software emulated MPEG2 device
Nov  6 11:55:45 server kernel: matroxfb: cannot set xres to 720, rounded
up to 736
Nov  6 11:55:45 server kernel: matroxfb: cannot set xres to 720, rounded
up to 736
Nov  6 11:55:45 server vdr[13233]: setting primary device to 2
Nov  6 11:55:45 server vdr[13233]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
Nov  6 11:55:45 server vdr[13233]: starting plugin: softdevice
Nov  6 11:55:45 server vdr[13233]: loading /mnt/video/vdr/themes/sttng-
default.theme

what else....this is my /etc/directfbrc

matrox-tv-standard=pal
no-cursor
mode=720x576



-- 
Juha Pahkala <juhis@trinity.is-a-geek.com>