hey, i've been trying both options (NVidia TV-OUT and the PVR-350), and the PVR is indeed of much better quality.
I would not advise anyone to drop it in favor of any card TV-OUT. I've learnt a lot from the wiki at http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=TvOutHowto, and doc/README.xdriver in the source distribution is very helpful, too. That's where you'll get all the necessary info ... You have to load ivtv-fb, then edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or the relevant config file if you're using XFree). I'm quoting the relevant sections of mine as reference. a monitor entry for my PAL TV (the wiki has one for NTSC) Section "Monitor" Identifier "PAL Monitor" HorizSync 30 VertRefresh 50 # Modeline "720x576_50" 27.15 720 736 880 896 576 578 579 606 # 27 MHz, 30.3 kHz, 50.0 Hz # Mode "720x576" # # D: 41.475 MHz, H: 44.693 kHz, V: 74.488 Hz # DotClock 41.476 # HTimings 720 752 840 928 # VTimings 576 580 584 600 # Flags "-HSync" "-VSync" # EndMode Mode "720x576" # D: 41.477 MHz, H: 41.477 kHz, V: 65.836 Hz DotClock 41.478 HTimings 720 752 840 1000 VTimings 576 580 584 630 Flags "-HSync" "-VSync" EndMode EndSection That's where you declare your hauppauge TV-OUT Section "Device" Identifier "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer" Driver "ivtvdev" Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0" # <-- modify if using another device Option "ivtv" "/dev/fb0" # <-- modify if using another device BusID "PCI:2:9:0" # <-- obtain from lspci (see later) EndSection And finally the screen layout for your setup ... Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer" Monitor "PAL Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 DefaultFbbpp 32 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 FbBpp 32 Modes "720x576" "640x480" #Modes "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection You'll see that the PVR-350 has a big overscan, so part of the X11 display is not visible. Yet the only way i found to get around this is to adjust mythtv interface size in the settings. Live TV, recordings and DivX (MythVideo) play just fine ! On 12/11/05, Joel Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 11 December 2005 03:43 pm, Niels Dybdahl wrote: > > Niels, > > Thanks for help. > > > I can see that you are trying to use a PVR-350 for TV-out. > > If you want to have everything (MythTV, X, KDE...) on the TV-out, then you > > must make X run on the TV-Out. I have tried that and I have given up after > > advice from this mailing list. > > Instead I bought a FX5200 board... > I already bought all 2-3 items for the MythTV Box. I don't want to have to > spend anything more to get it running. I know it CAN be done, just trying HOW > to do it. > > I have myth working perfectly with the network. I can record shows and watch > shows. I just have this last minor issue and the remote control to get > working and I am done. > > > Alternatively you can make just MythTV run on the TV-Out. That should be > > much easier (probably just set it up in Myth). > Any questions on how this is done?? > > > You will probably need a > > monitor to set it up (or a VNC access), but afterwards you will not need > > the monitor. In this case your xorg.conf should not make X run on the > > PVR-350, but on some other graphics adapter. > > I remember reading on another website that they had the first X session to be > exported out, and the second session was where a user could log onto the > machine to start off with. > > I am just wondering if I can get "cloning" to work on this. > > > Niels Dybdahl > > -- > Thanks Again, > > Joel Webb > President and CEO > PropBot.com L.L.C. > Home of: > PropBot.com > TheCreativeInvestor.com > AllYouCanRent.com > SellAnyHouseQuick.com > 703-778-5755 x101 > > -- > Thanks Again, > > Joel Webb > WebbGroup Property Management > webbgroup.com > 336-841-7241 > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
