[mythtv-users] Question to all the Hauppauge PVR350 users

[Tim - DZ]

I'm having issues getting X to run on the pvr350 output.  From the error
messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log I'm guessing that the fb driver isn't
loaded by the time X would like to use it.  Where you do you 'start' the
driver and how?  If I modprobe ivtv-fb early in the rc sequence (like
/etc/rc0.d/ivtv-fbstartscript) then I get a green screen on the tv for a few
seconds, but eventually it goes back to black and I get an unknown device
/dev/fb1 in the XF log...

Using mythfrontend on the monitor and sendout video to the PVR350 works
fine...i just get get mythfrontend to the TV

(typing from memory - always dangerous)
export DISPLAY=:0.1
mythfrontend

gets something like an unable to bind to x server..

I also tried putting an alias for ivtv-fb and /dev/fb1 in modules.conf
instead of doing the "add above ivtv ivtv-fb" thing...similar results, the
green screen just appears for a shorter amount of time before going black.

-t 



-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:13 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Question to all the Hauppauge PVR350 users

At 08:00 PM 12/22/2003, you wrote:


>The pvr350 has a tvout and I read something about framebuffer support. Can 
>the tvout of the pvr350 be used to display anything or just mpeg2 video? 
>Or in other words, can you use the tvout to display the frontend, 
>mythvideo, mythgame, mythgallery,mythmusic, etc. i.e can you use it as a 
>standard display device?
>
>What about the live tv possibilities? I mean, I know the pvr350 can record 
>tv using its hardware, but can it also play it back? Even at the same 
>time? i.e. live tv? What about playing back a already recorded show, while 
>the pvr350 still actively records another show? Can it do that using its 
>hardware, or will the cpu be used for playback?
>
>For anything that I asked, which the pvr350 can NOT do, please state if 
>this is a hardware limitation, or if it is just a case of "current drivers 
>dont support this feature yet".

The pvr-350 can indeed be used as a display for all of mythtv. I currently 
use it as my only X display. And yes, you can watch live tv with it also.

For more info and limitations check out the ivtv list.

Dave