[mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV-out on kernel 2.6.22?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Sep 8 14:42:52 UTC 2007


On 09/07/2007 11:49 PM, Garrick Staples wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 11:20:27PM -0400, Marc Barrett alleged:
>   
>> I am still trying to get the TV-out to work on a Fedora 7 system
>> using a 2.6.22 kernel.  My problem is that all of the most 
>> popular guides on this subject have become out-of-date.
>> Including Jared Wilson's excellent guide.
>>
>> There have been a lot of changes to the kernel since most of
>> these guides were written or updated, such as much of ivtv
>> now being included in the kernel, etc.  I was wondering if there
>> is a recent guide written specifically for the 2.6.22 kernel, 
>> about TV-out from a PVR-350.
...
> *uncheck* "use PVR350" output in mythfrontend's display configs.  Using the
> mpeg decoder on the PVR350 is broken with 2.6.22 right now.  However, X11 with
> Xv over the ivtv framebuffer is fine.
See also http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3486 .  (When that's in
-fixes, you can use PVR-350 decoder with 2.6.22.  Until, the framebuffer
approach, or downgrading the kernel/ivtv are your options (that don't
involve video cards).)

Mike


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