[mythtv-users] Tricks for calibrating X on PVR-350 output

[Gabe Rubin]

Thanks for the info.  I leave myth on also 24/7 but I have some
marginal hardware (an cyntax mobo w/ integrated VIA CPU) so it tends
to crash bout once a week.  Not a huge issue, but anything to speed it
up (which rat poison does very well) is something I am looking to do.
> 
> Personally, the delay of the scaling doesn't bother
> me, since I leave my MythTV machine running 24/7 (I
> use the same PC for the frontend and backend).  Of
> course, not everybody is in the same situation.
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> 
> 
> --- Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is awesome.  I am finally able to get a better
> > screen using both
> > this, and changing to ratpoison (and it makes
> > startup times quicker by
> > about 10-15 seconds too when i dont need to load up
> > KDE!)
> >
> > I used slightly different values than those others
> > have used, and have
> > two questions.
> >
> > 1) is it possible to have the OSD (I believe that is
> > what it is) --
> > the portion that tells you what program you are
> > watching and gives a
> > description when you change channels -- to contain
> > the full
> > description info?  It cuts out at 1 line of
> > description, and would be
> > helpful if it had 2 or more lines.  I always assumed
> > it did, but just
> > could not see it, now I see that is not the case.
> >
> > 2) are there values that I should aim for with the
> > GuiHeight and
> > GuiWidth that will make the prescaling of images
> > faster?  It seemed to
> > be faster when I plugged in certain numbers...should
> > they be in some
> > proportion to each other to make the pre-scaling go
> > faster?
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