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Paying Media-external tv- using svideo

I am trying to play media files to my tv from my kubuntu box. I have an NVIDIA 6200 card and I am using svideo cable.

I am receiving this error.

Code:

flebber@flebber-desktop:~$ mplayer ~/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx -vo directfb

MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)

CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1

Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory

Can't init input joystick

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.



Playing /home/flebber/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx.

AVI file format detected.

VIDEO:  [DX50]  560x240  24bpp  23.976 fps  900.2 kbps (109.9 kbyte/s)

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.





Exiting... (End of file)

flebber@flebber-desktop:~$

I can get mplayer to play the file on the pc by specifying the -vo option but how can I get it to display on my tv ?

This is it with specified VO?

Code:

flebber@flebber-desktop:~$ mplayer ~/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx -vo xv directfb

MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)

CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1

Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory

Can't init input joystick

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.



Playing /home/flebber/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx.

AVI file format detected.

VIDEO:  [DX50]  560x240  24bpp  23.976 fps  900.2 kbps (109.9 kbyte/s)

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":1.0".

xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.

gnome_screensaver_control()==========================================================================

Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family

Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)

So with things still not working I added below to xorg, got content from http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Separat...Monitor_and_TV
so from the how-to

Code:

File: /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf



add a second monitor:



 Section "Monitor" 

    Identifier "Monitor[0]" #CRT 

    HorizSync 30-95 

    VertRefresh 50-160 

 EndSection 

 

 Section "Monitor" 

    Identifier "Monitor[1]" #TV 

    HorizSync 30-95

    VertRefresh 60

 EndSection



now add your tv-out-device:



Section "Device" 

  Identifier      "Device[0]" 

  Driver          "nvidia" 

  BusID          "PCI:01:00:00" #adjust using 'lspci' or cat /proc/pci 

  Screen 0 

EndSection 



Section "Device" 

  Driver          "nvidia" 

  Identifier      "Device[1]" 

  Screen 1 

  Option          "TVOutFormat" "Composite" #or SVIDEO etc 

  Option          "TVStandard" "PAL-G" #or NTSC, PAL-I for uk etc 

  Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" 

  BusID          "PCI:01:00:00" #adjust using 'lspci' or cat /proc/pci 

EndSection



and a second screen ..



Section "Screen" 

  Identifier  "Screen[0]" 

  Device      "Device[0]" 

  Monitor    "Monitor[0]" 

  DefaultDepth 24 

  Subsection "Display" 

      Depth      24 

      Modes      "1600x1200" 

      ViewPort    0 0 

  EndSubsection 

EndSection 



Section "Screen" 

  Device "Device[1]" 

  Identifier "Screen[1]" 

  Monitor "Monitor[1]" 

  DefaultDepth 24 

      SubSection "Display" 

              Depth 24 

              Modes "1024x768" 

      EndSubSection    

EndSection



change your serverlayout:



Section "ServerLayout" 

  Identifier  "Simple Layout" 

      Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 

      Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]" 

  InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" 

  InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" 

EndSection

Code:

 programs can be easily opened, by:



$ DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer bla.avi



If you want it to be easier to play tvout, you can add this to your ~/.bashrc



alias tv="DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs"



This make tvout very simple to fire up. Just:



$ tv file.avi

But then the old chestnut returns

Code:

flebber@flebber-desktop:~$ DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer ~/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx

MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)

CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1

Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory

Can't init input joystick

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.



Playing /home/flebber/Video/bourne_ultimatum.divx.

AVI file format detected.

VIDEO:  [DX50]  560x240  24bpp  23.976 fps  900.2 kbps (109.9 kbyte/s)

vo: couldn't open the X11 display (:0.1)!

Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.





Exiting... (End of file)

Even if i then specify the vo option its stil errors the same.

In your xorg example you have it set to Composite but you say that you are using SVIDEO. They need to match.

I THINK on most of these cards you can only go with 800x600 (or below) over SVIDEO.

Well spotted, do you use Mplayer to play to tv out, or have you found a better way?

I switch the output(desktop) over to the tv and play vids on VLC.

I can get a video playing in small size using mplayer commands from the command line. But if I could see my desktop on the tv I could then play video's at full resolution

I started to follow the how-to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98456&page=38

On restart it does seem to work as I can see the whole boot process on both monitor and TV. However once it goes past login the screen stops displaying and goes to a grey background (where the desktop should be) I can still run the mouse on TV screen but vannot do anything.

IS it wa related to the graphics card and xorg setup or is it a user rights thing. Here is my stuff .

Also been following these how-to http://gentoo-wiki.com/TV-Out_with_GeForce
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Separat...Monitor_and_TV

User groups
[CODEflebber@flebber-desktop:~$ groups
flebber adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev scanner lpadmin admin netdev powerdev mythtv
[/CODE]

Xorg.conf

Code:

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier        "Device[0]"

        Driver                "nvidia"

        BusID                "PCI:1:0:0"

        screen 0

EndSection



Section "Device" 

          Driver          "nvidia" 

          Identifier      "Device[1]" 

          Screen 1 

          Option          "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" #or SVIDEO etc 

          Option          "TVStandard" "PAL-G" #or NTSC etc 

          Option          "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"

        Option            "TVOverScan" "0.6" 

          BusID          "PCI:1:0:0" #adjust using 'lspci' or cat /proc/pci 

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier        "Monitor[0]" #CRT

        Option                "DPMS"

        Horizsync        30-70

        Vertrefresh        50-160

EndSection



Section "Monitor" 

            Identifier "Monitor[1]" #TV 

            HorizSync 30-50

            VertRefresh 60 

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier  "Screen[0]" 

          Device      "Device[0]" 

          Monitor    "Monitor[0]"

EndSection



Section "Screen" 

          Device "Device[1]" 

          Identifier "Screen[1]" 

          Monitor "Monitor[1]" 

          DefaultDepth 24 

              SubSection "Display" 

              Depth 24 

              Modes "1024x768_60" 

              EndSubSection    

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout" 

          Identifier  "Simple Layout" 

              Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 

              Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]" 

          InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer" 

          InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard" 

EndSection

        

        # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet

        #        InputDevice    "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"

        #        InputDevice    "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"

        #        InputDevice    "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"



Section "Module"

        Load                "glx"

EndSection

I think you still have the resolution set beyond standard tv specs. I think Svideo tv resolution tops out at 800X600.

Its strange but even at 800x600 its not working I can see all the boot up but as soon kdm starts it stops but i can still put the mouse over and see it on the tv.

iF you have it working could you post the relevant part of your xorg.conf please.

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 1 1
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "Monitor 800x600"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.5 - 35.1
VertRefresh 50.0 - 61.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV" #TV
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device1"
Screen 1
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" #or SVIDEO etc
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC" #or NTSC etc
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
Option "OverScan" "1.0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Device "Device1"
Identifier "Screen1"
Monitor "TV"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24

EndSubSection
EndSection

Hope this helps.
Lazlow

Thanks so much. The result no matter what I did it failed to work. I then targeted the driver itself removing it totally, reconfigured via dpkg to use vesa driver then reinstalled nvidia via envy and when that failed removed again and then tried the restricted manager again it just failed to work.

I ended reinstalling kubuntu totally and then from clean install this time used envy to do nvidia driver installation. This actually allowed me access to the nvidia settings manager, and from there after some minor scrapes the tv out worked perfectly. NB at no time did nvtv work at all.

For completion sake this is the section of the xorg.conf that got it going for me.

Code:

Section "Monitor"



    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

    Identifier    "monitor1"

    VendorName    "Unknown"

    ModelName      "TV-0"

    HorizSync      28.0 - 33.0

    VertRefresh    43.0 - 72.0

    ModeLine      "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

    ModeLine      "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

    Identifier    "Monitor0"

    VendorName    "Unknown"

    ModelName      "Chuntex"

    HorizSync      30.0 - 85.0

    VertRefresh    50.0 - 160.0

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier    "device1"

    Driver        "nvidia"

    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corp."

    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier    "Videocard0"

    Driver        "nvidia"

    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"

    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"

    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"

    Screen          0

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier    "Videocard1"

    Driver        "nvidia"

    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"

    BoardName      "GeForce 6200"

    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"

    Screen          1

EndSection



Section "Screen"

    Identifier    "screen1"

    Device        "Videocard1"

    Monitor        "Monitor1"

    DefaultDepth    24

    Option        "DPMS"

    Option        "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

    Option        "TwinView" "0"

    Option        "metamodes" "TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"

    SubSection    "Display"

        Depth      24

    EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "Screen"



# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1600x1200@65 +0+0; CRT: 1280x1024@60 +0+0; CRT: 1280x960@75 +0+0; CRT: 1280x960@60 +0+0; CRT: 1400x1050@60 +0+0; CRT: 1280x1024@75 +0+0; CRT: 1400x1050@75 +0+0; CRT: 1152x864@75 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768@43 +0+0; CRT: 1600x1200@60 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768@60 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768@70 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768@75 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768@85 +0+0; CRT: 832x624@75 +0+0; CRT: 800x600@60 +0+0; CRT: 800x600@85 +0+0; CRT: 800x600@75 +0+0; CRT: 800x600@72 +0+0; CRT: 800x600@56 +0+0; CRT: 640x480@85 +0+0; CRT: 640x480@75 +0+0; CRT: 640x480@72 +0+0; CRT: 640x480@60 +0+0"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1600x1200@65 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1600+0; CRT: 1280x1024@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0; CRT: 1280x960@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0; CRT: 1280x960@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0; CRT: 1400x1050@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1400+0; CRT: 1280x1024@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0; CRT: 1400x1050@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1400+0; CRT: 1152x864@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1152+0; CRT: 1024x768@43 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1600x1200@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1600+0; CRT: 1024x768@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@70 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@85 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 832x624@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +832+0; CRT: 800x600@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0"

# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768@43 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@70 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 1024x768@85 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0; CRT: 832x624@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +832+0; CRT: 800x600@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 800x600@85 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 800x600@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 800x600@72 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 800x600@56 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 640x480@85 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +640+0; CRT: 640x480@75 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +640+0; CRT: 640x480@72 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +640+0; CRT: 640x480@60 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +640+0"

    Identifier    "Screen0"

    Device        "Videocard0"

    Monitor        "Monitor0"

    DefaultDepth    24

    Option        "TwinView" "0"

    Option        "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"

EndSection



Section "Extensions"

    Option        "Composite" "Enable"

EndSection

Lazlow thanks again for your time and effort very much appreciated.