[Freevo-devel] Re: ivtv status in freevo 1.5.4

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Dirk Meyer <di...@fr...> writes:

> "TheHog" wrote:
>> - watching tv with xine *is not* supported for ivtv?
>
> not sure
>
>> - watching tv with mplayer *is* supported but time shifting *is not*?
>
> time shifting as in live pause is not supported for Freevo 1.5.x at
> all. We are working on it for 2.0
>
>> I'd really like to use the h/w mpeg2 decoding funtionality of my
>> EPIA board.  It works from the command line using xine.
>>
>> If Freevo 1.5.4 does not support this, how about v2.0?
>
> No support for it because we don't have such a device. Maybe someone
> with an epia board wants to help. But IIRC that is not a Freevo
> problem, it is mplayer or xine specific and they have support for it.=20
>

If it is working from the command line, it's quite easy to set up in
freevo, at least for the parts using xine. In local_config.py, set the
variable XINE_VO_DEV =3D 'xxmc' (This is for the current SVN version,
but I'm sure that 1.5.4 has a similar variable).

AFAIK, HW-accelaration for the EPIA boards is not in standard
mplayer. A year ago or so, there was a patch for mplayer to support
this hardware. I don't know if there is still a patch around for
current mplayer releases.

Best regards,
    Hans-J=FCrgen
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