[mythtv-users] How do you compile with support for TV Out on PVR 350?

[James Pifer]

Thanks Ward. If that's true that sucks. Some people have said that the
TV Out on the 350 provides much better quality...maybe they were talking
theory. If what you say is correct, that may mean back to Winblows until
support gets better. 

I want to hook this thing up to my home theater without
keyboard/mouse/monitor. Leave the front end up all the time and control
playing LiveTV and recordings through the remote, and recording through
remote and mythweb. Maybe what I'm thinking won't work. Will I be able
to see MythTV's menus when I'm using TV Out?

Right now I have it hooked up to my Infocus X1 using the VGA cable.
Video quality is probably acceptable, accept I really want the 350 doing
the decoding/encoding work. Bad part the sound quality, headphone jack
to composite RCA, really sucks. Plus, I can't forward the video to the
rest of my TV's this way. (using Leapfrog)

Anyone have any further input or details?

Thanks,
James

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 06:41, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> James Pifer wrote:
> > I've read you need to compile MythTV for support for the PVR 350's TV
> > Out. What do you need to change in the src to enable support for TV Out
> > on a PVR 350? Is there a document somewhere that explains this?
> 
> Err - if there is I haven't found it. I didn't recompile my Myth to use 
> the PVR 350's TV output, but I'm currently stuck with far less than 
> desirable results.
> 
> You need the ivtv-fb kernel module (and framebuffer support in your 
> kernel, as well as support for '32bpp packed pixels' under 'advanced low 
> level drivers' under 'support for framebuffer devices'. The module seems 
> a bit buggy. It's impossible to unload, for one (has a use count of 63 
> as soon as it is loaded). Also, there are issues with screen size - 
> somehow my tv's screen size is slightly smaller than what X thinks it is 
> (the video mode of the ivtv-fb is fixed, apparently, once you choose 
> PAL/NTSC). At least I can't convince X to use a different mode.
> 
> This makes it very difficult to configure Myth - the menus are partly 
> off-screen. I've tried setting manual sizes for Myth which works, 
> provided I also introduce an X and Y offset.
> 
> Also, once I have gone to 'Watch TV', the bottom 20% of the screen 
> becomes a duplicate of the top 20%, making Myth even less useable...
> 
> Anyone have more success with the PVR-350 TV-out?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ward.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > James
> > 
> > 
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