[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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