[mythtv-users] Simultaneous X11/PVR350 output?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 07 January 2004 13:25, Alexander McKinney wrote:
> Here's my problem...  I want to have simultaneous DVI and TV
> (S-Video) output from my mythbox to run my HD-monitor and feed my
> other TVs. Currently I have a nVidia MX440-based dual-head card.  I
> can get the XFree clone to work, but only if both displays are at the
> same resolution - and I really want them at different resolutions -
> 1280x720 on the DVI to my TV, and I guess 800x600 on the S-Video.
>
> I currently have a PVR250 working just beautiful thank-you very much.
>  If instead I get a 350, can I simultaneously have it output the
> S-Video signal, and still use my graphics card for my DVI output to
> my TV?

If you want a true 'mirrored' display, probably not.  You'd need to run 
2 instances of mythfrontend, each independently controlled, which would 
probably be possible, but might require either an XFree86 patch, or 
else use Qt/E + DirectFB on at least one of the heads.

-JAC