[mythtv-users] xbox mythtv

[James S. White]

> I'm just curious... do you guys leave your x-box on 24/7 ?

Absolutely. But I put it on a UPS because I load via the font exploit.
And linux crashing + clock reset is a "bad" thing for font exploit users.

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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, John Klimek wrote:

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> On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 08:23:27, "Allen T. Gilliland IV" wrote:
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> > This could also be the frame buffer driver you are
> > using.  You should really try to user the rivafb
> > driver ... it performs much better than the vesa.  I
> > know that switching from gentoox to debian+riva fixed
> > all my problems, but it may have fixed the problem
> > Dennis mentioned below as well without me realizing
> > it.
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> > Whatever the problem is you should be able to playback
> > anything you want.  I have 640x480 mpeg4 @ 4400 kb/s
> > and mp3 sound ... and that plays back perfectly on my
> > xbox.  I am just about to switch to a pvr-250 and then
> > i'll do the max of about 720x480.  mpeg2 files should
> > be even easier for the xbox to playback as well, so
> > you shouldn't be limited to the settings of 480x480.
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> > -- Allen
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> > --- Dennis Cartier <pvr at trigger.net> wrote:
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> > > Actually I do know what causes this. :) I record at
> > > 640x480 on my PVR-250
> > > and everything plays fine with no slow motion effect
> > > ... but there is a
> > > little black border around the picture. If I use xbv
> > > to try to adjust the
> > > video to fix the border than I get the slow motion
> > > effect.
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> > > I have not really spent much time on it but my
> > > theory is that there are a
> > > few 'native' settings where everything is hardware
> > > accelerated, and if you
> > > start tweaking with xbv, you can get it looking
> > > perfect, but cause it to
> > > have to do a lot of work in software. I still have
> > > to back and test if there
> > > are other 'native' overscan settings that eliminate
> > > the borders and do not
> > > induce the penalty.
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> > > So if you are using xbv to adjust your video, try it
> > > without and see if
> > > 480x480 or even 640x480 works better.
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> > > Dennis
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