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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I was probably a little vague about what I
meant by setup.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Start up Mythfrontend. There should
be a Setup icon here. Select Setup, and go to the TV Settings. In
there, there's a Playback settings. Select playback settings. Click
Next to Advance to the Second page. On this page, there should be an
option to enable the Hardware Decoding. Enable it. Click Next a few
times, and then Finish, and you should be good to go.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Let me know if you do/don't get this
working.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>-Brett</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Jim.Sager@turner.com href="mailto:Jim.Sager@turner.com">Sager,
Jim</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mythtv-users@mythtv.org
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">'Discussion about mythtv'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 24, 2003 2:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [mythtv-users] PVR 350
TV-Out Frame Dropping</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Brett,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Thanks for the response, however, I can't find
anything in Setup that allows for enabling Hardware 350 decoding.
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>I've tried running mythsetup and it only allows
for setting up the backend for video capture, tv listings,
etc. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>(menu options General, Capture Cards,
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Video Sources, Input Connections). The Capture Cards
section is set up</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=250203718-24102003>as
follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> Card Type -> MPEG-2 Encoder
Card (PVR-250, PVR-350)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> Video Device ->
/dev/video0</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> VBI Device ->
/dev/vbi0</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> Audio Device ->
/dev/dsp</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> Audio Sampling Rate Limit ->
(None)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003> Default Input ->
Tuner0</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=250203718-24102003>I
even tried setting the Video Device to video16, but that didn't work either.
Same problem with frame dropping.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>I've gone through the Setup menu of
mythfrontend, but found nothing in the playback settings (or any
other</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>settings) that speaks to hardware
decoding.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Since I'm fairly new to Myth, am I missing something?
Do you have a screen shot of the settings screen that I
could</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=250203718-24102003>see
or could you be more specific?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Thanks again,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=250203718-24102003>Jim</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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