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--Matt<BR>
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On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 06:24 -0700, Jose Rubio wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">OK, when you say "...Visualizations work, etc." what</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">kinds of etc's do you mean?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Can you get mythvideo to work? </FONT>
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Yes, depends on the content what the quality will be, however.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">how about mythdvd? </FONT>
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Yes, using xine and the video device. No issues There is also a patch for xine in the works to use the PVR-350, but that isn't ready quite yet (check the list archives).<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">if so, do you use mplayer, xine, either one patched?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Which ivtv version are you running?</FONT>
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I'm running ck115i
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Are you using a special x-driver?</FONT>
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I'm using the ivtv-fb frame buffer and the ivtv X driver included with the CK patches
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">BTW, with mythmusic, does the sound come from the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">sound card or the 350-tv-out?</FONT>
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I have things cabled so that all sound comes out of the sound card, including the stuff from the pvr-350 (pvr-350 -> line-in, line-out -> amp )
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I agree with you in that the 350-tv-out is the way to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">go but I can only get tv out of it (and the osd)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">It's much better than anything else...and I've tried</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">everything (well, almost everything)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-jose-</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">--- Matt Mossholder <<A HREF="mailto:matt@mossholder.com">matt@mossholder.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Piers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Just as a data point, I am running a mixed FE/BE</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> on a Athlon 1000</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> with (1) PVR-350 and (1) PVR-250, and have no</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> performance related</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> problems. Visualizations work, etc. From my</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> perspective, the TV-Out</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> quality on a GeForce FX 5200 just wasn't good enough</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> for everyday</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> viewing. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> --Matt</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 14:51 +0100, Piers Kittel</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Hello all,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Still a bit nervous about the PVR-350 especially</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> that it has limited </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > support for graphics that's not the actual video</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> such as OSD info, X </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > itself and stuff. I'm leaning towards the XP-M</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 2500+ with a mATX </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > solution - so is it best to get the PVR-250 and a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> graphics card with a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > TV-out or is it best to stick with the PVR-350? </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Noise and heat is still </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > a high priority.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Thanks very much for your help in advance</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Cheers - Piers</FONT>
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