[mythtv-users] PVR-350 output support being dropped!

[Daniel A Segel]

I haven't tried it in a while, but on my system MythTV xv output from 
the 350 never looked as good as the native MPEG decoder could produce. 
The main problem was that it seemed to drop frames, although I'm not 
certain it was actually doing that - it just seemed less smooth than the 
native output, enough so that I always switched back. This was on an 
Athlon XP 1700+ system with 512MB running SD only. I'll try it again 
tonight to see if more recent versions of MythTV are any better. I 
frequently use xv with xine to watch DVD images and don't notice 
anything wrong with the video then, so I assume it's a Myth thing.

Are there any specific ivtvctl settings I should be using to make the 
output as good as possible?

Daniel

John Harvey wrote:
> The 350 works ok using Xv now though and that works ok and will continue to
> be supported ( I believe) since there is nothing that is 350 specific in
> that code.
>
> If people have problems with the Xv output I am happy to take a look at that
> (though I am busy and the response may not be as fast as you would like).
>
> John 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jason Garrett
>> Sent: 22 March 2006 18:23
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 output support being dropped!
>>
>> On 3/22/06, Jeff Simpson <llcooljeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> I just happened to read through the bug reports and found this:
>>>
>>> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/745
>>>
>>> It says that PVR-350 output support will likely be dropped 
>>>       
>> from later 
>>     
>>> releases of MythTV due to a lack of developers who want to 
>>>       
>> maintain it.
>>     
>>> Just a heads up for anyone who owns/uses a PVR-350 or is 
>>>       
>> thinking of 
>>     
>>> buying one (don't)
>>>       
>> Terrible news for me. I would probably have to go to some 
>> sort of windows alternative if 350 output is dropped. :( 
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