[mythtv-users] PVR-350 output support being dropped!

[Daniel A Segel]

Sdk wrote:
> Maybe I'm doing something wrong (right), but the PVR350 is working
> well for me. I watch DVD's and Videos with no problem.
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It all depends on what you mean by "working". What version of MythTV are 
you using? Are you using the onboard MPEG decoder or xv (i.e. do you 
have MythTV set up to use the PVR-350's MPEG2 decoder for output)? Can 
you fast-forward at speeds greater than 3x while watching a prerecorded 
show? Can you use Myth's time-stretch function?

My PVR-350 "works" via the onboard MPEG decoder *or* xv, but the MythTV 
video picture quality is much worse with xv. Unfortunately, several 
features (like time stretch and FF>3x) only work with xv, and the 
developers have indicated that they won't be making them work with the 
onboard decoder, hence our problem.

With DVD images and xine, video looks great even though it's using xv as 
well, so I think there's something wrong with MythTV, or at least with 
how I have it set up.

Daniel