Re: Still alive ? Openbrick for VLC

Jean-Paul Smets <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:06:56 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.hardware.openbrick.general
Organization	Nexedi
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Le Jeudi 6 Novembre 2003 21:48, Laurent Chauvin a écrit :
> Thank you very much for the files. Could you please send me your
> XF86Config file also ? I'm running XFree 4.3, so I think it should work

Here it is.

> for me. By the way, what format do you use to encode/decode the TV stream
> ?
>

MPEG1 (or H263 and sometimes also MSMPEG4)

> Laurent
>
> Jean-Paul Smets | Add to Address Book wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Here are a few drivers for the OpenBrick. They should work in XFree 4.2
> > and 4.3. I am using on a daily basis the XFree 4.3 driver to play video
> > with mplayer (I use OpenBrick to view Japanese TV from France - one OB
> > in japan encodes the signal and another decodes it in France).
> >
> >Regarding VLC, it should work but probably less efficienctly than
> > mplayer. The next OpenBrick which is being readied should be fast
> > enough for that.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >JPS.

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XF86Config-4 (text/plain, 2.7 KB)

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
    # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
    # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
    # the X server to render fonts.
    FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "Keyboard"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
    Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    HorizSync 31.5-35.1
    VertRefresh 50-61
    
    # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
    # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494  563 -hsync -vsync
    
    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
    
    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "TVIA"
    BoardName "tvia"
    Driver "tvia"
    Screen 0
    #Option    "cyberpro_tv_on" "ntsc_800x600"
    #Option    "cyberpro_tv_on" "ntsc_640x480"
    #Option    "cyberpro_tv_on" "pal_640x480"
    Option	"cyberpro_tv_on"  "pal_720x540"
    #Option "cyberpro_tv_on" "pal_720x576"
    #Option "cyberpro_tv_on" "pal_800x600" 
    Option "xvimg_doublebuffer" "On"
    #Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "720x576" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    Screen "screen1"
    #Option "Xinerama"
EndSection