[mythtv-users] xine/mplayer and the pvr-350 tv-out

[jose rubio]

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 10:18, Torsten Schenkel wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 15:25, jose rubio wrote:
> > I have the pvr-350 working for tv-out and the gui.  It looks great. 
> 
> Can you give details? Which kernel, ivtv version, etc.? I'm struggling
> with it at the moment, might be interesting to know what works.
> 
> > Now, how do I get xine or mplayer to use it too so I can view DVD's?
> 
> Don't know, mplayer and xine work, but the framebuffer device is too
> slow (at least with an Eden 600MHz CPU) to be usable.
> 
> I hope for a xine plugin a'la dxr3 output, which seems to be quite
> similar.
> 
> Torsten
>  
> 

I'm using 2.4.22 just plain vanilla (patched with wlan actually).  I got
the latest ivtv from 

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/ivtv/

which has been patched (BTW, it seems to be changing hourly lately I
would suggest subscribing to the ivtv mailing list)

Then I just followed the instructions in ivtv-fb.h (it really should be
put into a README).

tv-out works great, so does mythgallery and mythweather.  mythdvd and
mythvideo do not work (for me at least).

I think that was about it.  I can't remember if you need the framebuffer
options from the kernel (I think you need fbcon-cfb32.o)  Let me know
how it goes.


-jose-