[vdr] VDR-xine + ffmpeg? (h.264 problems)

[Reinhard Nissl]

Hi,

Jelle De Loecker schrieb:

> I followed a german tutorial on how to install VDR with xine. It had 
> some patches for better h.264 playback, but when I tune to BBC HD, it's 
> still painfully slow, and the image is quite bad, too!

Try to cheat decoding in ~/.xine/config:

video.processing.ffmpeg_choose_speed_over_accuracy:1
video.processing.ffmpeg_pp_quality:0
video.processing.ffmpeg_skip_loop_filter:all
video.processing.ffmpeg_thread_count:2

Regarding image quality: you'll have to use a deinterlacer

xine ... 
-Dtvtime:method=Greedy2Frame,cheap_mode=0,pulldown=0,use_progressive_frame_flag=0

Using use_progressive_frame_flag=1 will disable the deinterlacer 
for progressive images automatically and save some CPU cycles but 
broadcasters often do not set this flag correctly in the images 
especially when there is only a little area with heavy movement 
(e. g. a football). Hence, those images do not get deinterlaced 
and look awfully.

> I compiled xine with the ffmpeg option (external ffmpeg or something) 
> but I never installed ffmpeg nor are there any instructions on how to do so.

configure ; make ; make install

> I mean, I could compile ffmpeg eventually, I just need to know if I need 
> to apply any more patches or so ...
> I installed ffmpeg from the repository, but it doesn't seem to have any 
> effect.

Optimize your FFmpeg for your hardware, e. g.

../ffmpeg/configure --prefix=/soft/ffmpeg-video --arch=i686 
--cpu=pentium4 --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --enable-gpl 
--enable-postproc --disable-stripping

Similar optimization for xine-lib / xine-ui:

CFLAGS='-g3 -O3 -pipe -march=pentium4' ../xine-lib-1.2/configure 
--prefix=/soft/xine-lib-1.2-video --with-external-ffmpeg 
--disable-dxr3
CFLAGS='-g3 -O3 -pipe -march=pentium4' ../xine-ui/configure 
--prefix=/soft/xine-ui-1.2-video  --enable-vdr-keys

Last but not least: make sure that you use a graphics board which 
supports hardware color space conversion and image scaling. Use 
an appropriate output driver, e. g.

xine ... -V xv

Bye.
-- 
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
mailto:rnissl at gmx.de