[mythtv-users] Why the need for playback settings

[David Brodbeck]

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
> 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?

TV-out support on Linux is generally not very polished.  I think this is
because, outside of the MythTV community, hardly anyone uses it.