[mythtv-users] New install ... sucesses and challenges

[mOjO]

hi John.. dont know if this will help or not but if i try to display 
1024x768 on my cheap zenith TV everything goes B&W... when I change it 
back to 800x600 or lower all is well... so.. try a lower res?

heh.. my new problem is that i had it running in KDE and because of 
completely different issues (i need to be able to view Japanese named 
avi files in KDE through samba) i had changed everything and also 
switched to Gentoo linux for better performance (and general curiosity 
as i have never install gentoo before) well.. now it does perform better 
(still cant get the japanese filenames to work)... BUT when I moved it 
to my TV the X server crashes.. moved it back to the monitor and its 
fine again... [sigh]... the BIOS takes care of the whole switching from 
TV to monitor thing automatically.. and sis frame buffer drivers are 
loading and XV extensions are working too so i'm kinda at a loss here... 
hmph...

mOjO

mOjO wrote:

> hi John.. dont know if this will help or not but if i try to display 
> 1024x768 on my cheap zenith TV everything goes B&W... when I change it 
> back to 800x600 or lower all is well... so.. try a lower res?
>
> heh.. my new problem is that i had it running in KDE and because of 
> completely different issues (i need to be able to view Japanese named 
> avi files in KDE through samba) i had changed everything and also 
> switched to Gentoo linux for better performance (and general curiosity 
> as i have never install gentoo before) well.. now it does perform 
> better (still cant get the japanese filenames to work)... BUT when I 
> moved it to my TV the X server crashes.. moved it back to the monitor 
> and its fine again... [sigh]... the BIOS takes care of the whole 
> switching from TV to monitor thing automatically.. and sis frame 
> buffer drivers are loading and XV extensions are working too so i'm 
> kinda at a loss here... hmph...
>
> mOjO
>
> John Madill wrote:
>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> After a few weeks of working at it, I've finally been able to get 
>> MythTV running
>> and was able to view some TV on it for the first time tonite.  I'm 
>> pretty
>> psyched!  Thanks to those who have put the time into this project and 
>> made it a
>> reality.
>>
>> That being said, I have a few new problems to work through.
>>
>> My system is a 600 mHz Compaq Presario, with the Hauppauge pvr-250 
>> and a PNY
>> Verto G-Force FX 5200 PCI card.  512mb RAM running Redhat 9.
>>
>> First problem is that, when hooked up to the TV for a monitor, all of 
>> the
>> display is in black and white ... including the OS and MythTV.  It 
>> was in color
>> up from boot up until the time that the *big* nvidia logo loaded.  
>> From then on,
>> it was black & white.  Symptomatically, as soon as you leave the GUI to
>> shutdown, the screen becomes garbage.  Any clues on that?
>>
>> I also have some choppyness in the video & audio.  I assume that is 
>> related to
>> performance tweeks needed due to the slow processor.  Suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks again to everyone.  This is certainly an interesting ride, and 
>> one that
>> will hopefully provide me with a much needed crap filter for my 
>> window into the
>> outside world that we refer to as television. <g>
>>
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