[mythtv-users] Why the need for playback settings

Krzysztof Adamski k at adamski.org
Mon Mar 24 18:22:02 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-24-03 at 11:07 -0700, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
wrote:
> >
> >* On Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 10:44:02AM -0700, Steve Peters - 
> >Priority Electronics wrote:
> >> Not really, I was saying that in linux, there is no one size 
> >fits all, you
> >> have to tinker a bit to get the right settings. But in 
> >windows, it is one
> >> size fits all.
> >
> >I think a lot of people would beg to differ about 'one size 
> >fitting all'
> >under Windows.
> >
> >>  I was wondering, why does windows (and all commercial set top
> >> box products) get it right without any tinkering, but in 
> >linux, you really
> >> have to tinker?
> >
> >When was the last time that your cable company let you use your own
> >hardware as a STB?  Did you use an ATI or an NVidia card in that?
> >Did you connect it via HDMI, DVI, Component, VGA, S-Video, or 
> >Composite?
> >How about the audio, was that analog stereo, analog 5.1 or up, 
> >or was it
> >digital audio via an RCA jack or optical connector?  What kind 
> >of remote
> >control did you use with that?  Did you build your own serial receiver,
> >use one of the pre-built ones, or use a USB receiver?  What UI 
> >theme did
> >you use on it, how about the menu theme?
> >
> >Asking why you can (and have to) customize things on a home-built Linux
> >box when you don't have to on a pre-built STB doesn't make a bit of
> >sense at all.
> >
> >--
> >Chris
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> 
> Point taken on the set top box part...but what about the windows part? I
> have a dual boot laptop with windows and ubuntu...to get the svideo port and
> myth working on my tv with that laptop requires a few settings
> modifications. Not major disecting, but far beyond the avg user's skills. On
> windows, you just plug in the s-video cable and it works out of the box on
> my tv. I guess, that's more my question...since there is no config required
> on windows, (using the same exact hardware), why do we need to configure it
> on linux?
> -Steve

I would guess because the manufacturer of the TV got to put the setting
into windows, so the windows driver knows what setting to use for this
TV. This is a guess, I don't know if you can query the TV via the svideo
cable.




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