mythtv has got output on the 350 working fairly well from what I read - including osd and their gui (via X I think).
Thanks to the wonders of open source we can just see what they've done (I don't have one btw, just letting you know). On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:39:10 -0400, "Rob Shortt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Dave Graham wrote: > >>"Bart Heremans" wrote: > >> > >>>I have a epia M and a PVR350. > >>>I have been able to run X over the framebuffer driver for the pvr350 and > >>>load freevo. But If try loading a divx or other file and output it with > >>>mplayer ont the pvr350 it is very very slow. > >> > >>So you use the pvr350 aus tv out? That works? Isn't it a dvb card? It > >>should be possible to use the framebuffer stuff for Freevo and use the > >>dvb output for mplayer and xine. > >> > >>Dischi > > The PVR-350 is an analog tv card, not DVB. The only thing it has in > common with DVB cards is that most DVB cards also have an mpeg2 decoder > and tv-out. You can't playback mpeg2 with mplayer's dvb support with a > PVR-350. > > I think the only way to playback using mplayer or xine would be through > the framebuffer or x11, both of which will be slow as hell. I am kind > of surprised that neither of those apps support the 350's output yet. > > > I was actually curious about that too. The way i see it, the PVR-350 is > > able to do all the MPEG2 encode/decode onboard without much overhead. > > Since i want to run this directly through the PVR-350 (and am using the > > mini-itx solely for it's size and power to drive the card), will i still > > run into streaming problems? > > It would be a fun project to wite a player for the PVR-350. This could > be done in python an integrated right into Freevo. It should be trivial > to create a basic player but I don't have the hardware to work on (not > that I have lots of free time either!). > > I don't think it will be long before mplayer or xine support the > PVR-350's mpeg decoder and output. > > -Rob > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
