[mythtv-users] Cheap PVR350 Card?

David myth at dgreaves.com
Thu Jun 10 17:28:13 EDT 2004


Jarod Wilson wrote:

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>On Thursday 10 June 2004 12:58, Asciimonster wrote:
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>>Dan Boger wrote:
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>>>On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 08:31:25PM +0200, Asciimonster wrote:
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>>>>>You _can_ use the PVR-350's frame buffer interface to display X
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>>>>Yes, you can, but this is generally very buggy. I tried it for a while
>>>>but went back to separating X from the PVR-350 decoder because it
>>>>crashed too often.
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>>>Probably because you weren't using the ivtv binary driver.  With it, I
>>>haven't has any problems for months now.
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>I think he means the ivtvdev X driver, which you can get in binary form, not 
>the "ivtv binary driver", but I'll throw in that my EPIA is rock-solid with a 
>PVR-350 for output with the ivtvdev X driver. My prior foray into 350 output 
>wasn't nearly so good, which may partially be the X driver, may partially be 
>ivtv version, may partially be the motherboard. There are a couple of 
>variables involved.
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>>Two questions: Where can I get it and wher is a howto?
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>man google...
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>http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/
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or: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/IvTv

David


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