I believe you have to have Load "extmod" in ur x config.  Mine was
there automatically after X -config, but I'm pretty sure thats the
module u need for xvideo.

On 4/23/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> SHORT FORM: What is 'Xv support' and how do I set it up? xvinfo says
> 'screen #0  no adaptors present'. Thanks!
> 
> BACKGROUND INFO:
>    I've done some more testing of the PVR-250 at the command line and
> using all the /dev devices that seem to make sense. I recorded 1
> minute of video using all of the following devices and then watched in
> mplayer. (if it worked...) Here's the results:
> 
> Size            /dev/XXX               results
> 
>   6.5MB   dev_video0.mpg         worked
> 82.5MB  dev_v4l_video.mpg
> 74.3MB  dev_v4l_video0.mpg    worked
> 11.4MB  dev_v4l_video24.mpg
> 83.8MB  dev_v4l_video32.mpg
> 
> Of these only /dev/video0 and /dev/v4l/video0 produced mpeg results
> that were playable by mplayer at the command line.
> 
> Based on that info I set MythTV to record on /dev/v4l/video0. It
> recorded a half hour show. At this point I wanted to watch the program
> but when I play it I get a black screen. In the terminal I see this:
> 
> 2005-04-23 16:52:46.487 All Programs
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.501 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.501 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> ***
> * Couldn't find Xv support, falling back to non-Xv mode.
> * MythTV performance will be much slower since color
> * conversion and scaling will be done in software.
> * Consider upgrading your video card or X server if
> * you would like better performance.
> X Error: XvBadPort 145
>   Major opcode:  139
>   Minor opcode:  15
>   Resource id:  0xffffffff
> X Error: XvBadPort 145
>   Major opcode:  139
>   Minor opcode:  14
>   Resource id:  0xffffffff
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.511 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
> You likely won't get any video.
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.606 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.607 Using realtime priority.
> 2005-04-23 16:52:50.608 Video timing method: RTC
> 2005-04-23 16:52:52.025 prebuffering pause
> 2005-04-23 16:52:52.494 prebuffering pause
> 2005-04-23 16:52:52.961 prebuffering pause
> ***
> * Your system is not capable of displaying the
> * full framerate at 1280x1024 resolution.  Frames
> * will be skipped in order to keep the audio and
> * video in sync.
> X Error: XvBadPort 145
>   Major opcode:  139
>   Minor opcode:  15
>   Resource id:  0xffffffff
> X Error: XvBadPort 145
>   Major opcode:  139
>   Minor opcode:  14
>   Resource id:  0xffffffff
> 2005-04-23 16:53:01.395 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
> You likely won't get any video.
> 2005-04-23 16:53:01.442 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
> 2005-04-23 16:53:01.468 Changing from None to None
> dragonfly ~ #
> 
> and...
> 
> dragonfly ~ # xvinfo
> X-Video Extension version 2.2
> screen #0
>  no adaptors present
> dragonfly ~ #
> 
> I've been wandering around for a while looking for info on this. so
> for nothing quite makes sense. Is this some part of xorg-x11 that I
> haven't configured? What do I do to get it working?
> 
> man xvinfo says "xvinfo  prints  out  the capabilities of any video
> adaptors associated with the display that are accesible through the
> X-Video extension." so how do I turn X-Video extension on?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
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