Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 10:52:26 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xftv Message-ID: <199709281752.KAA15522@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Sep 1997 12:01:32 CDT." <342FDEEC.2FA35CE1@AJC.State.Net>
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Try to start the X server with: /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -bpp 15 See if that works Cheers Amancio >From The Desk Of Al Johnson : > Here's something that may be indicative of the problem > When I start xftv I get the following error: > > Active visual doe not support direct video > ... backing off and using XImage > > Is there something I can do to correct this? > > Bill Lloyd wrote: > > > > User Al Johnson wrote: > > > > > > This morning I decided to try to bring up my STB TV/PCI card under > > > FBSD 2.2-STABLE. I've got the xftv 0.44 package installed, the bktr0 > > > and tuner0 devices created and I get video.... but... > > > > > > The colors are way off and I don't get video within the Xwindow at all > > > at 24bpp. At first I thought I was using the entire color palette with > > > XV or Netscape but once I killed them off I still had the same problem. > > > When I drop back to 8bpp (or the default, I don't remember) I get video > > > contained within the Xwindow but the same color scheme. > > > > > > I'm more of a system user (at least for video) than a hacker some hand > > > holding my be needed. > > > > > > Any suggestions? I've got a PPro180 with STB Velocity 3D (8MB), XFree86 > > > 3.3.1 > > > all this being run by AfterStep. If need be I can include a frame grab > > > of the > > > video output, It's pretty ugly. > > > > > > -- Al > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > > Alan R. Johnson > > > President > > > Al Johnson Consulting Services > > > > I'm using pretty much the same setup with very good results. > > > > I'm on 2.2-stable (as of a couple days ago), fxtv-0.44, X3.3.1, > > afterstep and an STB TV card. I'm using a matrox card in 16bpp mode. > > > > I've had no problems at all. I just plugged some rabbit ears into the > > STB card, and away I go. Screen captures are quite good. > > > > I'm also running netscape etc, and havn't had any problems like that. > > > > I do sometime find that the video suffers from "jaggies". The picture > > looks interlaced and the lines aren't synched properly. I can usually > > get that to go away with resizing the window slightly with the aspect > > lock turned on. > > > > As a side note, does anybody have a suggestion of a cheap camera to add > > to the STB card? I don't own a video camera. I'm not looking for > > really high quality video, just something to play with. > > > > I know someone who purchased a "USR Big Picture" . That comes with it's > > own camera and card, and is availible for ~$200USD. I looked at the > > card, it is also bt848 based, any ideas if it also works with the > > driver? > > > > -bill > > > > -- > > William Lloyd (wlloyd@mpd.ca) | <http://www.mpd.ca>;
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