[mythtv-users] XBox TVOut Quality

[Chris Delis]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 09:29:07AM -0800, wishbone at h4b.org wrote:
> Hmmm if you're picky then it will most likely drive you crazy.. =)  It's not a
> myth issue though, it's a XFree86/xbox issue.  I think there are some solutions
> out there, but it hasn't bothered me enough to really put effort into fixing
> it.  Check out the usual xbox linux sites for info on that..

OK, will do.  So far, I see a mention of "nvtv" use.  I will further
investigate.  In the meantime, can someone in MythLand assure me that
it's possible to get OverScan working (i.e., Has anyone gotten it to
work for them)?  If it _is_ possible, then I am fairly confident I will
be able to get it going.  Thanks!



> 
> joshua
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:55:49AM -0600, Chris Delis wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:42:51AM -0800, wishbone at h4b.org wrote:
> > > Hard to qualify this, but I think it looks easily as good as my geforce 4
> > > svideo out.  It doesn't fill the screen completely (at least the setup I'm
> > > using doesn't) but it's close enough to not be annoying.  It appears to
> > > interlace fine, I don't see any strange artifacts.  I bought an xbox simply to
> > > use just as a frontend and I wasn't disappointed by it.
> > > 
> > > I hope that helps,
> > 
> > Yes, it does.  Thanks.  I _sort_of_ figured it would interlace correctly
> > since it has DVD playback support (however, you have to purchase add-ons
> > for this).  The lacking overscan is something that might drive me crazy
> > though (I'm picky :-)
> > 
> > 
> > > joshua
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:39:38AM -0600, Chris Delis wrote:
> > > > Hello:
> > > > 
> > > > I was wondering how well the TVOut looks using an XBox as a mythfrontend.
> > > > (I don't yet have one, just contemplating the thought...)
> > > > 
> > > > Does it perform the NTSC interlacing correctly?  How does it compare to
> > > > the PVR350 TVOut quality?
> > > > 
> > > > TIA,
> > > > Chris 
> > > 
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