[ydl-gen] Fwd: Re: Questions on ydl-6.0 with ps3

[John Frankish]

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>Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Questions on ydl-6.0 with ps3
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>On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:21 AM, John Frankish
><frankish at dubai.oilfield.slb.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a couple of questions about ydl-6.0 on a ps3:
> >
> > 1. I'm using a screen resolution of 720p with a dell monitor and
> > dvi/hdmi adapter which I understand to be 1280x720 - this being the
> > case, is there a reason xorg.conf is using 1100something x
> > 600something (I'm not in front of the ps3 at the moment)?
> >
>
>The links on this page are a resource in clarifying audio/visual
>settings for the PS3:
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>http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/
>
>It may interest you to read the discussion addressing your question,
>however the short answer is that the 1100x600 setting was optimal for
>LCD monitors before HD came along and certainly before the resolution
>capacity of the PS3 and other modern systems.  Here's the link:
>
>http://www.techsupportforum.com/alternative-computing/linux-support/203651-screen-resolution-virtualbox.html
Thanks for the feedback - I tried editing xorg.conf to read something like:

Mode "1280x720" "1124x644"

but on re-boot, I get this in Xorg.0.log

...
Mode 1280x720 test failed
Mode 1124x644 not found
Virtual size is 1124x644 (pitch 1280)

and the display stays the same size, so I guess this is how it is with ps3 720p


> > 2. I have a firefly music server set up on a mss+ external hd - using
> > ydl-6.0 and rhythmbox on the ps3, I can see the music on the firefly
> > server, but when I try to play any of the music (mp3 files), I get
> > the error message "unknown error, cannot play music". Does anybody
> > have any ideas on how to fix this?
> >
>Did you try mounting the external device so that YDL sees it swit6hin
>it's directory tree and then specifically direct Rhythmbox to the
>directory where the music files are mounted to?

The firefly icon disappeared from rhythmbox on reboot - note that a 
different linux box can play music from it as well as my roku 
soundbridge, so the firefly server is working - how do I get it back?

In the meantime, I mounted the share with the music files using samba 
and rhythmbox can play the files.

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