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

Mark Emery emerym at citymax.org
Sun Mar 26 22:10:59 UTC 2006


Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> 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?
>
Postings to this very list.

> 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.

Thanks, I'll check the ivtv FAQs.

> 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.

It sounds like I should get X running on the ivtv frame buffer.

Thanks,
Mark


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