[mythtv-users] WinTV PVR350 PAL TV-OUT FC5

[Sam Varshavchik]

Mark Emery writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Anyone got a PVR-350 working with TV-Out in PAL?  Yes I've seen the 
> notes about PVR-350 TV-Out support being dropped soon.  I'd had problems 
> with my two video cards & TV-Out since FC3 so thought I'd go for a 
> PVR-350. What a bad move!

Err -- what notes are you referring to?

I'm in the middle of putting together a PVR-350-based system myself.  Now, 
as far as I can tell, there are actually two ways of using the 350's TV-Out 
signal.

One, is MythTV using the TV-Out channel itself directly for playback only.  
The GUI interface, and everything else, still runs on your main monitor 
screen.

The other one is using the ivtv X.org driver to start the entire X desktop 
on the TV-Out, instead of your native video card and monitor.  Everything, 
the GUI, and everything else, runs off the TV.  No special effort is needed 
on behalf of MythTV -- as far as it's concerned it's running normally off an 
ordinary X desktop.

The whole thing confused me initially, also.  Until I figured out that the 
different FAQs and HOWTOs were talking about two different things.

Even if MythTV's PVR-350 playback is getting dropped, you should still have 
the second option, which, from my experience, is the better one; you get 
something that resembles a standalone PVR function.  The only problem with 
the ivtv driver is that one some TVs your desktop edges get cut off because 
of overscan.

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