[mythtv-users] WinTV PVR-350/Radeon 9600/PIP configuration questions

[Robert Buchanan]

Hello,

Let me start out by saying that without the help of the community of 
users of mythtv and particularly the installation guides on the web, I 
don't hink I would have been able to get this software working on my 
own. Bravo!

My question concerns configuring my display. I have a computer which 
must do double duty as my PVR and as my workstation. It has enough 
RAM/CPU/HD to do the job. I have a Hauppauge PVR-350 and an ATI Radeon 
9600-based graphics card (with 256MB video RAM). The graphics card has 
DVI, S-Video, and analog outputs. I suppose everyone is familar with
the 
outputs on the PVR-350. I have them connected to a Samsung SyncMaster 
192MP display. I really like this display since it is a 19" LCD display 
that contains a NTSC tuner. The display accepts input from DVI, analog, 
component video, S-Video, and analog cable TV, as well as various audio 
inputs. One of the features on the Samsung is PIP, which takes input 
from one source and displays it in a 16:9 aspect ratio window overlaid 
on whatever is in the 19" display window. For example before I started 
with mythtv, I could work from home on the computer and watch TV in the 
small window on the screen. This feature has really come in handy while 
installing mythtv. I can have the installation guide open in a browser, 
a terminal window open, and hit the PIP button on the side of the 
display to see if I'm getting anything out of the PVR-350 --- no 
disconnecting cables.

I would like to configure mythtv and X-windows to play nicely with each 
other. Ideally I would like to have the PVR-350 always use its S-Video 
output to display TV (either with PIP, or occupying the whole screen, 
which I can get by changing my input source from DVI to S-Video with 
another button on the remote or side of the display). Do I have to 
change anything in xorg.conf to achieve this? Is it necessary to run X- 
windows on the PVR-350 to do this? If I need to have X running on the 
PVR-350, could some one point me to some example xorg.conf's which 
illustrate how to have X controlling two video cards?

Finally, if I'm missing some really cool configuration possibilities
due 
to my limited imagination, please make some suggestions.

Thanks, 
Bob Buchanan