[mythtv-users] PVR 350 TV-Out Frame Dropping

[Sager, Jim]

Brett,
 
Thanks again for your assistance. I removed all instances of MythTV and re-started from scratch. Everything is
working very well with TV-Out through the PVR 350. I resized the Myth interface using the Appearance settings
in the frontend so that Myth is centered and fits on the screen. I also edited the ui.xml file so that the font sizes
are readable on my television (the defaults were too tiny).
 
I have a question regarding the XF86Config setup. I set everything up according to the instructions at the top
of ivtv-fb.c, no problems. However, KDE does not fit into the screen, it is too large. I'm not very familiar with all
the X settings and would like to know if and how it is possible to get KDE to fit to the size of my television screen?
I would imagine that this would be accomplished through the use of the XF86Config file, but, like I said, I am not
too familiar with how that would work. Any ideas?
 
Thanks,
Jim Sager 
Senior Accountant 
Automation and Process Improvement 
Turner Network Sales 
404-827-4537 
404-827-3307 (Fax) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Lucey [mailto:brett at happykoala.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:39 AM
To: Sager, Jim
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 TV-Out Frame Dropping


 
I would suggest getting Myth .12, it solves a number of issues relating to the PVR350.
 
It sounds like your still on .11
 
-Brett
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sager,  <mailto:Jim.Sager at turner.com> Jim 
To: 'Brett Lucey ' <mailto:brett at happykoala.com>  
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 TV-Out Frame Dropping


Brett, 

I was unable to find an option to enable Hardware Encoding through 
Setup->TV Settings->Playback Settings. Did I miss something when I 
compiled Myth? I commented out line 71, "return false;", before 
compiling which, according to other posts, should allow for the use 
of PVR 350 TV-Out. The MythTV CVS indicates that all database 
changes are automatically updated by the compile/install process, so 
this should be okay. Any other ideas? 

Thanks, 
Jim 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Brett Lucey 
To: Discussion about mythtv 
Sent: 10/24/2003 5:27 PM 
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 TV-Out Frame Dropping 


I was probably a little vague about what I meant by setup. 
  
Start up Mythfrontend.  There should be a Setup icon here.  Select 
Setup, and go to the TV Settings.  In there, there's a Playback 
settings.  Select playback settings.  Click Next to Advance to the 
Second page.  On this page, there should be an option to enable the 
Hardware Decoding.  Enable it.  Click Next a few times, and then Finish, 
and you should be good to go. 
  
Let me know if you do/don't get this working. 
  
-Brett 
  
  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sager,  < mailto:Jim.Sager at turner.com <mailto:Jim.Sager at turner.com> > Jim 
To: 'Discussion about mythtv' < mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org> >  
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:49 PM 
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 TV-Out Frame Dropping 


Brett, 
  
Thanks for the response, however, I can't find anything in Setup that 
allows for enabling Hardware 350 decoding. 
  
I've tried running mythsetup and it only allows for setting up the 
backend for video capture, tv listings, etc. 
(menu options General, Capture Cards, Video Sources, Input Connections). 
The Capture Cards section is set up 
as follows: 
  
    Card Type -> MPEG-2 Encoder Card (PVR-250, PVR-350) 
    Video Device -> /dev/video0 
    VBI Device -> /dev/vbi0 
    Audio Device -> /dev/dsp 
    Audio Sampling Rate Limit -> (None) 
    Default Input -> Tuner0 
  
I even tried setting the Video Device to video16, but that didn't work 
either. Same problem with frame dropping. 
  
I've gone through the Setup menu of mythfrontend, but found nothing in 
the playback settings (or any other 
settings) that speaks to hardware decoding. 
  
Since I'm fairly new to Myth, am I missing something? Do you have a 
screen shot of the settings screen that I could 
see or could you be more specific? 
  
Thanks again, 
Jim 



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