[mythtv-users] A few newbie questions on completing setup

[Nick]

On 5/18/05, mythtv at thekinseys.net <mythtv at thekinseys.net> wrote:
> First question:
> I am using a PVR-350 on FC3 and am using xine with MythVideo and MythDVD in
> order to get the DVD menus. When I use MythVideo, I am getting a large
> amount of dropped frames. When I run xine-check, everything is good except
> the following:
> 
> [ hint ] Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays.
> [ hint ] Your X server doesn't have any XVideo support
> 
> I have been looking on google, and I see a few listings that say xv does not
> work on a PVR-350, but I could not tell how old the posts were. Is this
> still the case? Is there anything else I can do, or am I going to have to
> either get a new TV-Out card or switch back to mplayer to use MythVideo and
> MythDVD?

Search the mythtv archives here - it'll be much more productive for you:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/

Work on XV support in the 350 drivers is moving quite well at the
moment, but it still isn't quite there (should hopefully just be a
matter of time though). You can keep track on the ivtv list here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/

> 
> Second Question:
> I set X to run on the PVR-350's TV-Out using jarod Wilson's sample xorg.conf
> file here:
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-PVR350.txt
> 
> I only edited the PCI bus ID and frame-buffer device lines to match my
> system. The MythTV gui is displayed fine, but KDE is a bit too large. What
> lines in xorg.conf can I play with to change the size of the display?

Overscan support on the 350 is not currently supported. Again, this
may (hopefully) be added to the driver in the future.

> 
> Third Question:
> I'm trying to set up the wife-friendly power button script from Jarod
> Wilson's Tips 'n' Tricks page. Now, if I hit the power button when Myth is
> running, the frontend shuts down as expected, but if Myth is off and I hit
> the power button, the frontend starts up twice. I tried shutting down Myth
> and then manually running mythpowerbutton.sh, and it only starts once.
> 
> Does this have something to do with the repeat line in the Power Button
> section of .lircrc? I have tried moving it up and down, but it doesn't seem
> to change anything. I do not have the Power Button section twice in my
> lircrc file.
> 
> My Power Button section looks like this:
> # Power Button
> begin
> prog = irexec
> button = OFF
> repeat = 4
> config = /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
> end
> 
> My mythpowerbutton.sh script looks like this:
> #!/bin/bash
> PROG=mythfrontend
> STATUS=`ps -e | grep $PROG | grep -v grep | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
> 
> if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]
> then
>    ( $PROG & )
> else
>    killall $PROG
> fi
> exit 0

I've seen reports of others having the same issue. I use a script like
this, and have repeat set to 4, and get only one instance of the
frontend. Maybe another used can shed some light on this one.

HTH,
Nick