hi darren, there are a couple of us out there who dont have exception tv out quality from the 350. i think we're a PAL group. are you able to dump the registers from your 350 for us to have a look at? i believe teh command is ivtv -r
regs Jason On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:41:22 -0800, Darren Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 15:51 -0500, Fred Squires wrote: > > > > > But my question is what does it mean that everything comes through a > > > framebuffer - is that actually inferior quality or simply more processind > > > needed? > > > > The framebuffer is basically just what it sounds like, a buffer (some > > memory) where X can draw the video (or frames). The reason why it's > > not as good is not because it's a framebuffer but because the pvr 350 > > doesn't do any video processing itself (except for mpeg2) so all > > processing must be done by the cpu. This is different from most > > regular video cards (like the nvidia cards) where some of the video > > processing can be offloaded to the card. > > I currently use the PVR-350 and am very happy with the quality of > recorded video playback. The pvr-350 has outstanding tv-out quality - > but you can only really use it for playing videos it recorded or > non-demanding graphics (like the myth tv ui). > > It isn't good for playing DVDs or VCDs or any other kind of video, and > you certainly wouldn't want to use it for mame or other games. Once the > ivtv guys get direct yuv support working, the other video types should > play fine as well, but I doubt games will ever work well on it. Also > note that the alpha channel of the png icons in mythtv aren't fully > supported on the pvr-350 output. Rather than varying levels of > transparency, you only get transparent and opaque - so you just have to > pick a theme that looks good in that mode and you'll be fine. > > As far as using a video card and a pvr-350, I have an nvidia card with > svideo out going to VCR1 on my receiver and the pvr-350 goes to > DTV/CABLE. So I can watch the boot logs and use the console if the ssh > isn't working if I need to - but I *almost* never use it. AFAIK you > need to have the svideo connected at boot for the nvidia cards to use > the tv-out - so having them both plugged into the receiver satisfies > that requirement. > > Good luck. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > -- > Darren Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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