[vdr] Re: I need some testers/debuggers for softdevice 0.0.5

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Colin Paton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had (some) success using softdevice 0.0.5 with DirectFB CVS and an
> EPIA-M motherboard (Nehemiah M10000).
>
> I had to tweak the makefile to add some DirectFB includes in, but I think
> this is because I haven't installed DFB++ correctly.
>
> I also had to add #include <iostream> and 'using namespace std' to the top
> of video-dfb.c to get it to compile with gcc 3.2 (a la RedHat 8.0)
>
> I had to make the following changes:
>
> Add: videoLayer->setOpacity(0xaf); after 'printf Using this layer for Video
> out' in video-dfb.c
>
> in order to allow the OSD to appear. However, this has darkened the video
> output.
(sounds like a nice effect of blending in and out the OSD and increasing 
the OSD contrast at the same time by fading the video a little into dark 
- don't know whether this was intended;)


> I removed the call to resize the screen (dfb->SetVideoMode) as this didn't
> work and therefore caused the code to exit. I haven't yet investigated why.
>
> Removed the calls to DLOP_DST_COLORKEY and DEINTERLACE in video-dfb.c
> otherwise video would not play; videoLayer->SetConfiguration would raise an
> exception and cause the code to exit.
This only works when the according capability flag is set by the grafics 
card driver and the card supports this mode. The same is true for all 
other flags which have a matching capability flag.

Holger



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