[mythtv-users] Re: Matrox G550 TV output

[Shaun Jackman]

You're right that Xv doesn't work on the second head still. I'm hoping
to find someone that knows Xv well to help me code up support. With my
G550 I found even without Xv the second head is fast enough for
720x480 playback, but it is not fast enough for live TV unfortunately.
My work is not a patch but an entirely seperate utility, so it's not
much work to set up, if you want to try it out.

Cheers,
Shaun


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:55:51 -0400, cythraul <cythrault at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is very interesting. Initialy, when I first tried to installed
> myth (.13,) I bought a G550 before I read the forums on video card
> recommendations. Now I'm running my setup with an MX440 but I find
> that the tvout quality less then it could be.
> 
> Meanwhile I've found some use for my G550, it'd be very nive to use it for Myth.
> 
> Tho, from what I could read, it implied using the frame buffer and the
> information I got at the time, is that the quality and CPU usage was
> bad since it could not use XV.
> 
> I'd love to this this new patch but I was wondering if these were
> still an issue. Should I even attempt the venture since I'm already up
> and running with a XV-enabled video card?
> 
> Thanks,
> cythraul