[mythtv-users] One last effort. tvout on the pvr350

John Kuhn kuhn at razorsys.com
Mon Jun 21 15:02:53 EDT 2004


I had the same reaction myself.. good to see you have it working :)

--John
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James Satterfield wrote:

>I've managed to get the pvr350 tvout working very well now. I'm using the
>0.1.10pre2-ck65b drivers. The video is *perfect* and I'm quite happy. This
>has even fixed the appearance of the menus and seems to prevent the GUI from
>drifting around on the screen. Now I only have one big problem.. The picture
>is so good, now my tivo looks like crap.
>
>James.
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>James Satterfield <jsatter at uberduper.com> wrote: 
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>>I've got MythTV fully functional using an nvidia card for tvout. I'm trying
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>>to like it. I still think it's cool. I'm just not happy with it yet.
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>>The menus are kinda klunky and they tend to move around on the screen a 
>>lot. Sometimes the myth gui will move a few pixels to the right and I'll 
>>start seeing a bright orange strip down the left side of the screen. 
>>Live/Recorded TV isn't nearly as sharp as I expect it to be. I'm getting 
>>random crashes. I keep saying to myself, "Just a few more tweaks and it'll
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>>be sweet." But the tweaks come and go, and I'm still making excuses to my 
>>wife about why isn't not as smooth/simple as her tivo.
>>
>>I have high hopes that getting the pvr350 tvout running will help solve 
>>some of these problems. Improved video quality at the very least. Smoother
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>>OSD/menu nav hopefully. I know there's a few people on this list that are 
>>running this setup and love it. Is there any chance you could provide me 
>>the configuration you're using? XF86Config, module params, mythtv capture 
>>settings, ivtv driver version, etc. Tell me which mythtv modules you're 
>>using, dvd, videos (non-mpeg2?), etc.
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>>I've tried a lot to get pvr350 tvout setup, but couldn't keep the machine 
>>running for more then a few minutes without a crash.
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>>I know this is a bitchfest/please spoonfeed me email, but after 3 weeks of
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>>failure upon failure I'm ready to give up. This is just a last ditch effort
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>>to get Myth on my TV.
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>>Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
>>Thanks,
>>James.
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