[mythtv-users] Myth 0.14 - Version 1.0??

[Andrew Dodd]

Quoting Preston Crow <pc-mythtv at crowcastle.net>:

> Discussion of nvidia video drivers...
> 
> On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 11:39, Andrew Dodd wrote:
> > If you don't play games, then rudimentary Xv support is about all you
> need.
> > 
> > I recall seeing somewhere that the Xbox Linux distributions had Xvideo
> support,
> > which implies that it exists in the open-source versions.  (Since the
> binary
> > drivers don't support the Xbox NV chip.)
> 
> It all depends on what you're doing.
> 
> If you're playing regular TV with S-Video ouput, then your first concern
> is probably getting overscan to work correctly (as with the 4363 binary
> drivers).
> 
> If your CPU isn't very powerful, then you'll need Xv support.
> 
> If you're displaying HDTV, then you need XvMC support.
Pretty much what I'm interested in for the future would be:

Xv (not XvMC) support.

No support needed for integrated TV-out at all

Support for interlaced modes.

In short, I'm wondering if the open-source drivers would be a good pairing with
an AD724-based minimalist scan converter.