vdr-plugin-softdevice package for debian?

[Martin Wache]

Tobias Grimm wrote:
> I finally managed to compile softdevice with official Debian-packages
> only (meaning the static ffmpeg libs from libavcodec-dev and
> libavformat-dev).
Great!
> But until now, I couldn't get it running with simple
> framebuffer output. Everything seems to be right:
> 
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /usr/bin/vdrdevel-dbg -P "softdevice -vo fb:"
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> [New Thread 16384 (LWP 3845)]
> [softdevice] processing args
> [softdevice]   argv [0] = softdevice
> [softdevice]   argv [1] = -vo
> [setup-softdevice] alsa device set to: default
> [setup-softdevice] A/V Offset set to (0)
> [setup-softdevice] cropping mode set to 1 (4:3)
> [setup-softdevice] deinterlace method set to 0 none
> [softdevice] picture mirroring set to 0 (off)
> [setup-softdevice] pixel format set to (I420)
> [setup-softdevice] shouldSuspend to: 0
> [setup-softdevice] startup aspect set to (4:3 normal)
> [New Thread 32769 (LWP 3847)]
> [New Thread 16386 (LWP 3848)]
> [New Thread 32771 (LWP 3849)]
> [New Thread 49156 (LWP 3863)]
> [New Thread 65541 (LWP 3864)]
> [softdevice] initializing Plugin
> [softdevice] Initializing Video Out
> [softdevice] ffmpeg version(0.4.9-pre1) build(4747)
> [video-fb] Initializing Driver
> [video-fb] Truecolor FB found
> [video-fb] init 800 x 600 (Size: 1920000 Bytes LineLen 1600) Bpp: 16
> [video-fb] Clearing the FB
> [softdevice] Video Out seems to be OK
> [softdevice] Initializing Audio Out
> [softdevice] Audio out seems to be OK
> [softdevice] A/V devices initialized, now initializing MPEG2 Decoder
> [New Thread 81926 (LWP 3878)]
> [New Thread 98311 (LWP 3879)]
> 
You are right from that output everything looks okay. Are there some 
more messages in the logfiles? The softdevice sometimes reports errors 
only in the syslog.
> But all I see is a black screen and a white cursor. fbxine works without
> problems, so I don't think this is a problem with my fb device.
What graphics card are you using? Is this debian woody or sarge? I 
remember a report about a similar problem with debian woody, but on the 
other hand I know about many other people who use the softdevice with 
debian without any problems...
In fact plain fb-out is not very well supported by the softdevice 
developers, it is slow (there is now hardware acceleration at all) and 
has a bad quality. Currently are the best supported video out methods Xv 
and DirectFB.
I personaly never tried to use the softdevice with debian maybe I will 
try it this weekend on one of the pc's at work.
> 
> I'll will run some more tests with XV tomorrow. If I get it running, I
> will upload the package into the subversion repository.
That would be great!
> 
> What about DFB++? Have you already asked Guillem Jover, if he intends to
> package it?
No, not yet, should I ask him? By the way Nicolas has also DFB++ 
packages, so maybe they can be used in the begining.


Martin