Re: Still alive ? Openbrick for VLC

Jean-Paul Smets <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:15:37 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.openbrick.general
Organization Nexedi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Le Mercredi 12 Novembre 2003 15:45, Laurent Chauvin a écrit :
> Ok, I've been able to make it work (I have to struggle both with XFree
> and Mandrake, I am used to Redhat instead...). Now can you tell me what
> options do you use for mplayer ? I'm trying to see an Xvid file and I
> don't know what to select for the video output driver in particular (-vo
> option) ??? Any info appreciated...  ;-)

xv kind of output

>
> Laurent
>
> Jean-Paul Smets | Add to Address Book wrote:
> >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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