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.
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?
But the error appears anyway, or do you mean it should vanish when using streamdev as additional plugin?
Nov 12 21:03:51 linux vdr[10465]: [softdevice] videoOut failure exiting
I put LoadModule "XvMC" in xorg.conf as mentioned in the plugin's README, and libxvmc1 and libxvmc-dev are installed.
Which README ? README of softdevice does not mention xvmc, as it does not support xvmc.
Arg, excuse me for mixing up info-sources, that one was from http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Softdevice-plugin
... Quasi-Hardwaredekodierung über XvMC ("XVideo Motion Compensation"), recht geringe CPU-Last (~30%, prozessorunabhängig).
Unter anderem unterstützt von NVidia Grafikkarten (GF4MX400 sowie >= GF5), S3 Unichrome (u.a. auf VIA Epia Boards) und vielleicht anderen, laden über option "XvMC" in XF86config, falls installiert (Distribution ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ checken!) ...
=> if you don't speak german, this means that XvMC should be good for NVidia-cards and "XvMC" should be put in XF86config (or xorg.conf I suppose).
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?)
I guess it could be that I have to put up an additional screen-section in xorg.conf, but I'm not really familiar with that. Or does that error derive from s.th. totally different?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
That's true furthermore :-) André