[mythtv-users] PVR350 TV Out and DVD

[malcolm]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Howell" <michael.howell at cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 4:41 PM


> All,
> I am usng the PVR350 TV out.  It works great for watching TV and Recording
> TV but does not work well for playing videos and DVDs.  I have serched the
> archives but it is not clear to me if I need to apply the ivtv mplayer
patch
> (even when trying to use Xine).  Can someone offer some advice as to what
us
> PVR350 TV out users can do to make our DVD experience better - and if it
is
> applying an ivtv patch, can someone point us to some directions - I am
> having trouble getting clraity as to which patch to apply and how to apply
> it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

You need Matthias's X driver.  My cpu was pegged and displaying jumpy video
and skipping sound until using his X driver.  Now I can play DVDs just fine
and my cpu usage is around 30%.  This is on a 2.4Ghz celeron.

http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/

Malcolm