[mythtv-users] X server on pvr-350 tv-out

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 30 December 2003 11:50, Frank Louwers wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:43:19AM -0500, jose rubio wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 11:29, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > > David Margrave wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >I've got things working great with the X server and the myth TV
> > > > UI on a monitor, and with tv set to /dev/video16.
> > > >
> > > >When I set the X server to run on the tv-out, I get the
> > > > following behavior:
> > >
> > > It's my understanding that the video out on the 350 is unsuitable
> > > for use as a generic framebuffer right now...  Someone who owns
> > > one can correct me if I'm wrong.
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> > The 350's tv out is great for displaying X.  I use it all the time.
> > It is not accelerated (sp?) so it's no good with many games, but it
> > is great for surfing the web, running evolution, playing
> > solitaire...
>
> playing divx?

Not so good... the PVR-350's framebuffer is too slow to play video 
without going through the internal decoder (regardless of the whether 
the video is decoded already; it's a frame rate/refresh/display issue, 
not a decoding issue).  I hear it's being investigated by the ivtv 
folks....

-JAC