2.6.30 and mga_vid

[Peter Magnusson]

Not worky. I used mga_vid-2.6.27-2008-10-19 as I dont find any later.
It compiles fine.

MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (Family: 15, Model: 3, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.
/usr/share/themes/Glider/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:9: error: unexpected identifier
`GtkWidge
t', expected character `}'
/home/iocc/.gtkrc:5: error: unexpected identifier `gtk-key-theme-name',
expected
keyword - e.g. `style'

Playing /temp/musicvideos/best_of_I0CC_mvids/Smile - Boys.mpg.

MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 352x288 (aspect 8) 25.000 fps 1124.4 kbps (140.6 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 288 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/11.34% (ratio: 20000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 352 x 288 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.30:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xmga] 352x288 => 376x288 Planar YV12 [vm] [zoom]
[MGA] Source resolution is in at least one dimension larger than 1023x1023.
Plea
se rescale in software or use -lavdopts lowres=1
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).

and it logs: "Jun 17 01:26:39 flashdance kernel: mga_vid: Invalid ioctl"
Any ideas?

[Attila Kinali]

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:29:22 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson
Not worky. I used mga_vid-2.6.27-2008-10-19 as I dont find any later.
It compiles fine.
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team

Your MPlayer is outdated by two years.
Get current svn and compile it yourself.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Not worky. I used mga_vid-2.6.27-2008-10-19 as I dont find any later.
It compiles fine.
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team

Your MPlayer is outdated by two years.
Get current svn and compile it yourself.

I did that, it worked :) Thanks.
However, the svn version has more annoying things than 1.0rc2 had. But I
have no choice if I want to use kernel 2.6.30 :(

Annoying #1: stupid, pointless requester that says "Unsupported PixelFormat
-1" for each video that is player using gmplayer. How disable? (Yes the
video plays fine)

Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

[Attila Kinali]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:36:06 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Not worky. I used mga_vid-2.6.27-2008-10-19 as I dont find any later.
It compiles fine.
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team

Your MPlayer is outdated by two years.
Get current svn and compile it yourself.

I did that, it worked :) Thanks.
However, the svn version has more annoying things than 1.0rc2 had. But I
have no choice if I want to use kernel 2.6.30 :(
Annoying #1: stupid, pointless requester that says "Unsupported PixelFormat
-1" for each video that is player using gmplayer. How disable? (Yes the
video plays fine)

Report this as MPlayer bug please.

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

I noticed this too. Though i didnt have time yet to figure out
where it comes from. I'll investigate this as soon as i've
some free time.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
I did that, it worked :) Thanks.
However, the svn version has more annoying things than 1.0rc2 had. But I
have no choice if I want to use kernel 2.6.30 :(
Annoying #1: stupid, pointless requester that says "Unsupported PixelFormat
-1" for each video that is player using gmplayer. How disable? (Yes the
video plays fine)

Report this as MPlayer bug please.

Ok.

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

I noticed this too. Though i didnt have time yet to figure out
where it comes from. I'll investigate this as soon as i've
some free time.

A little resize (like one pixel) of the window helps to move the video to
new location however.

BTW why isnt mga_vid included in the kernel, then it doesnt have to be
patched all the time? Have you been thinking of submit it to linus?

[Attila Kinali]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:31:39 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

I noticed this too. Though i didnt have time yet to figure out
where it comes from. I'll investigate this as soon as i've
some free time.

A little resize (like one pixel) of the window helps to move the video to
new location however.

Yes, it looks like the move events do not get delivered.
But as i said, i didnt have time to investigate yet.

Post by Peter Magnusson
BTW why isnt mga_vid included in the kernel, then it doesnt have to be
patched all the time? Have you been thinking of submit it to linus?

Yes, i've been thinking about that, but to be included in the kernel,
mga_vid would need a big clean up. And i have neither the time nor
the interest for this. Especially given, that the last supported card
is already 10y old. I'd rather invest my little free time into OGP
and get a decent replacement.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
BTW why isnt mga_vid included in the kernel, then it doesnt have to be
patched all the time? Have you been thinking of submit it to linus?

Yes, i've been thinking about that, but to be included in the kernel,
mga_vid would need a big clean up. And i have neither the time nor
the interest for this. Especially given, that the last supported card
is already 10y old. I'd rather invest my little free time into OGP
and get a decent replacement.

Ok.
But its a damn good 10y old gfx card :)

[Attila Kinali]

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:30:40 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali
Yes, i've been thinking about that, but to be included in the kernel,
mga_vid would need a big clean up. And i have neither the time nor
the interest for this. Especially given, that the last supported card
is already 10y old. I'd rather invest my little free time into OGP
and get a decent replacement.

Ok.
But its a damn good 10y old gfx card :)

Considering that it's still being sold, yes.
But the card shows its age. High resolution DVI
isn't possible. The BES has a maximum source size
of 1024. Only one overlay possible, etc pp.

The G550 i have is still my card of choice, but
it wont stay for long. Either OGP will replace it
or i'll have to look for another card that has
the features i want.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Ok.
But its a damn good 10y old gfx card :)

Considering that it's still being sold, yes.
But the card shows its age. High resolution DVI
isn't possible. The BES has a maximum source size
of 1024. Only one overlay possible, etc pp.

Yes.. kinda annoying with max 1024.

Post by Attila Kinali
The G550 i have is still my card of choice, but
it wont stay for long. Either OGP will replace it
or i'll have to look for another card that has
the features i want.

What do you think it will be? Some nvidia card?

[Attila Kinali]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:06:19 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali
The G550 i have is still my card of choice, but
it wont stay for long. Either OGP will replace it
or i'll have to look for another card that has
the features i want.

What do you think it will be? Some nvidia card?

I hope for the OGP.

Other than that, i don't know. Currently there are only
three choices: ATI, nvidia and Intel. ATIs and nvidias
drivers suck badly, either are closed source or buggy as hell.
And Intel doesnt make stand alone cards, which means i'd have
to get an intel mainboard with dual-dvi which still isnt easy
to find.

But for now, i'll stay with my G550. I still have a G550 PCI-e
(which a very friendly guy from Germany donated) so i can
stick with Matrox for a while.

While we are at it, i think it's a shame that matrox changed
it's documentation policy and closed up their graphics card.
They still make cool stuff that you'd use for a PC you want
to work with (aka not for gaming), but using closed source drivers
is a big no-no in a fast changing OSS enviroment.
And I'm quite surprised, that they do not get how much potential
the OSS market has, although they are still selling G550, a 10y
old card that is heavily over priced compared to the competitors.
I wonder who they think is buying them.

And they wouldnt even have to open all specs. Just enough to get
all 2D and basic 3D functionallity would be more than enough.
People would love it and buy these cards in the dozens.
Heck, i know i would.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
What do you think it will be? Some nvidia card?

I hope for the OGP.

Didnt even know what it was. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGP)
Doesnt sound like something that will come anytime soon unfortunate.

Post by Attila Kinali
Other than that, i don't know. Currently there are only
three choices: ATI, nvidia and Intel. ATIs and nvidias
drivers suck badly, either are closed source or buggy as hell.

Have you seen the tv-out from nvidia under linux, I have heard that it
look great. Isnt that true?

Post by Attila Kinali
But for now, i'll stay with my G550. I still have a G550 PCI-e
(which a very friendly guy from Germany donated) so i can
stick with Matrox for a while.

And I'll stay with my G400MAX :)
It will run into problems when I need a new computer that doesnt have AGP
however.

Post by Attila Kinali
While we are at it, i think it's a shame that matrox changed
it's documentation policy and closed up their graphics card.
They still make cool stuff that you'd use for a PC you want
to work with (aka not for gaming), but using closed source drivers
is a big no-no in a fast changing OSS enviroment.
And I'm quite surprised, that they do not get how much potential
the OSS market has, although they are still selling G550, a 10y
old card that is heavily over priced compared to the competitors.
I wonder who they think is buying them.
And they wouldnt even have to open all specs. Just enough to get
all 2D and basic 3D functionallity would be more than enough.
People would love it and buy these cards in the dozens.
Heck, i know i would.

Exactly.

[Attila Kinali]

Moin,

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:49:00 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
What do you think it will be? Some nvidia card?

I hope for the OGP.

Didnt even know what it was. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGP)
Doesnt sound like something that will come anytime soon unfortunate.

Well, i have here a prototype. Just need to programm it
with the newest images to test it :-)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali
Other than that, i don't know. Currently there are only
three choices: ATI, nvidia and Intel. ATIs and nvidias
drivers suck badly, either are closed source or buggy as hell.

Have you seen the tv-out from nvidia under linux, I have heard that it
look great. Isnt that true?

No idea. I stay away from nvidia as much as i can. Their policy of
blaming other peoples for their bugs is not something i can agree with.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Didnt even know what it was. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGP)
Doesnt sound like something that will come anytime soon unfortunate.

Well, i have here a prototype. Just need to programm it
with the newest images to test it :-)

Ok :)
But its a long time before I can buy an working card myself :)

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Have you seen the tv-out from nvidia under linux, I have heard that it
look great. Isnt that true?

No idea. I stay away from nvidia as much as i can. Their policy of
blaming other peoples for their bugs is not something i can agree with.

Ok.

[Attila Kinali]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:36:06 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

Fixed.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:36:06 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

Fixed.

Great. Where? I dont see any new mga_vid version.

[Attila Kinali]

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:31:19 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

Fixed.

Great. Where? I dont see any new mga_vid version.

The bug was in MPlayer, get a new version from svn.

Attila Kinali

[Peter Magnusson]

Post by Attila Kinali
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:31:19 +0200 (CEST)

Post by Peter Magnusson

Post by Attila Kinali

Post by Peter Magnusson
Annoying #2: When moving the playing video window around (gmplayer here)
the video doesnt follow the video, it gets green instead :(

Fixed.

Great. Where? I dont see any new mga_vid version.

The bug was in MPlayer, get a new version from svn.

Ok. Thanks.