On ti, 2012-06-12 at 11:31 +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:

Dear VDR folks,

somehow I am not able to get the local frontend to work.

Debian Sid/unstable is installed with

    $ dpkg -l vdr vdr-plugin-xineliboutput libxineliboutput-sxfe
    […]
    ii  libxineliboutput-sxfe         1.0.7+cvs20120609.1902-1      Local X-Server frontend for the xineliboutput plugin
    ii  vdr                           1.7.28-1                      Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards
    ii  vdr-plugin-xineliboutput      1.0.7+cvs20120609.1902-1      VDR plugin for Xine based sofdevice frontends

and I try to get the local frontend working but it fails.

    $ sudo -u vdr vdr -P"xineliboutput --local=sxfe --video=auto --audio=alsa --remote=none"
    No protocol specified
    No protocol specified
    No protocol specified

Maybe it has no rights to open X window. Do you see any errors in log ?

Do you start it from X terminal ?

Some things to try: - run "xhost +si:localuser:vdr" or "xhost +" before starting vdr (note that this opens a security hole) - try starting without su (as current user, or with vdr option --user=vdr)

Unfortunately I do not know what the problem is as this is the command mentioned in `README` of `xineliboutput`.

    Usage examples (VDR plugin)

      If no arguments are given, both X11 and framebuffer frontends are tried.
      First working frontend is used with best available video driver.
      Complete list of available command-line arguments can be obtained
      with "vdr --help".

      Only local frontend, X11/Xv video, alsa audio:
        vdr -P"xineliboutput --local=sxfe --video=xv --audio=alsa --remote=none"

Thanks,

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