On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 21:34, ps1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm so sorry for the buzz...
Don't worry. These messages are achived and tthese get indexed by search engines. Someone might have the same question and it will help that person. >> In fact, as I read everywhere that "all ivtv drivers are now in the >> kernel", I didn't understand that the ivtv X11 driver is still needed :-( The kernel modules have, yes. But the xdriver is like the x11 radeon driver. >> I think a big warning about the fact that *this* driver is still not >> part of the distro will not be too much ! I am not sure how many distro's are packaging it nowadays... But the howto's usually point you to 3rd party repositories. >>> Ah, yes it changed name. If someone does not beat me to it I will >>> update the wiki next week >>> >> No no !!! Don't update ! Just write that the ivtv X driver is mearly >> mandatory,even on latest kernel ! (I think that most people installing >> a TV on a PVR-350 out want to play videos ;-) Now that I read it again and checked the wiki I noticed the wiki is already up to date. I also misread this section of your e-mail :-( The driver should definately need to be ivtv in the device section. Changing it to fbdev you will not get accelerated xvideo! >>> *If* you use the mpeg decoder then yes it will also put audio out. The >>> xdriver will not output audio as it is not using the decoder chip but >>> uses the framebuffer directly bypassing the decoder. >>> >> OK, I had added a spare sound card in the system anyway. I see the >> next step then ! Just a warning, the decoder chip can only handle mpeg audio. So things like vorbis, flac or aac will not play through it. In that case you will need a soundcard. >> I'm so happy, running the same video with 30 % cpu usage If configured properly I think you can get this down with another 10%. >> (under X, >> because I suppose that I cannot use the ivtv X driver with a >> framebuffer mode !) Xdriver uses the PVR-350's framebuffer but unlike the plain framebuffer driver it can accelerate xvideo. Greets Sander _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
