[mythtv-users] bt878, kernel 2.6.2, and nvidia binary
cvertesi at indiana.edu
cvertesi at indiana.edu
Wed Feb 18 14:13:38 EST 2004
I have the same setup, except mine isn't a test box. :) I had the same problem
with XAWTV, the trick is that it is looking at the wrong video device. Try
# xawtv -device /dev/video0
And you'll probably have better results. Congratulations on getting the NVidia
drivers to work with 2.6; I gave up on that front.
C
Quoting David Bishop <tech at gnuconsulting.com>:
> I've decided to do a 'test' setup of myth on my existing hardware, before
> going out and spending the big bucks on a nice htpc. That means using an old
>
> Hauppauge WinTV card, bt878 based, and my existing geforce 440mx vid card. I
>
> also recently upgraded this machine to 2.6.2, and (after a little struggle)
> am running the latest nvidia binary drivers. I am still in the prep work (I
>
> have yet to apt-get install the myth stuff), but want to make absoluetly sure
>
> that everything is hunky dory outside of myth, thus restricting the possible
>
> cause when I run into the inevitable problems (inevitable because that's the
>
> way I am, not a knock on myth itself). When I use mplayer, my vo is xv, and
>
> everything works fine. When I use xawtv (to test the bt878), if I use xv all
>
> I get is a blue screen. Using the -noxv switch makes everything work great,
>
> except that 'full screen' isn't (it *is* bigger than the default, just not
> full screen, more like 1/2 or 1/3).
>
> So, my question is, how do I verify that xv is working (completely) on my
> machine? And, since the *main* purpose of my myth install will be to watch
> divx and vcds, am I going to run into problems if I *don't* have xv support
> (i.e., will some other method work as well)? Sorry if I come across as
> paranoid, I don't mean to be...
> --
> D.A.Bishop
>
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