[mythtv-users] PVR-350 TV-out problems

[Nick]

On 23/09/05, P.O. Siggerud <trailer at netcom.no> wrote:
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> Hi all! This is my first post here, so maybe I should tell a little bit
> about my setup..
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> I just started using MythTV, and I'm very impressed. Installing it was
> pretty straight forward, and after some configuration it's working very
> well.
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> The setup:
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> I have one Gentoo backend machine placed in a storage room.. it is headless,
> but I'm using vnc to remote control som downloads etc. from my laptop.
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> As frontend, I'm using a Xbox with the XBMCMythTV script.. everything but
> the EPG works fine. For scheduling and watcing recordings, I'm using my
> laptop and mythweb/DSMyth.
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> Versions:
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> MythTV 0.18.1-r1
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> Ivtv: 0.2.0_rc3-r5
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> The plan:
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> 1. To use the PVR-350 tv-out to transmit video via a wireless AV system to a
> regular 21" PAL TV in  my bedroom closet. The wireless system also
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> has a IR transmitter/receiver , so I can (hopefully) use my remote from
> there.

This will probably degrade the video quality a fair bit. Is it too far
to use a good quality S-Video cable?

> 2. To install another PVR-card. I can't really decide if I should biy
> another PVR350.. or PVR500. Prices on these cards are about the same here in
> Norway. anyone with experience?

If it's going in the same box, there's little point getting another
PVR-350. I'd go for a -500 or -150 card, depending on how many tuners
you want.

> The Problem:
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> I'm getting picture on the TV-screen/PVR350 output, butI can't seem to get
> XV support working .. so the video is quite choppy and useless so far..

Video choppy outside of MythTV itself? MythVideo will make use of the
XV support when launching mplayer or xine. In MythTV, make sure that
Use 'PVR-350 decoder' is checked in the frontend setup.

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> Is there a solution to this?
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Use the latest version of the X driver, make sure it's loading in your
xorg.conf file, and upgrade your ivtv drivers.

Nick