[vlc] Re: Linux framebuffer problems

[Jan Ekholm]

On Fri, 21 May 2004, Gildas Bazin wrote:

>On Friday 21 May 2004 08:09, Jan Ekholm wrote:
>>
>> Yup, although /dev/fb0 is the default. Nevertheless, I tried it too.
>>
>> However, it seems the framebuffer isn't the way to go today, it seems to
>> be far too much work. Even getting vlc to actually show an image for
>> anything non-trivial is extremely hard. Yes, I still can't get anything to
>> actually show up when using DVB. :)
>>
>
>Did you try with the recent DVB changes ? Part of the DVB input was
>rewritten a couple of weeks ago and it is supposed to be more reliable now.

Yes, I think a small part of those changes were due to my whining... :)
Tuning works great, but I can't seem to get anything to really show up.
Playing local files (.avi, .mpg etc) works perfectly.

-- 
  The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
                                        -- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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