So then, all things considered, you'd recommend the tv-out on the 6600. I lose the on-board decoding of the 350, but the CPU is AMD64 3800, so I should be fine. Now - and maybe I'm being dense - the issue of X over the tv-out of the 6600. My presumption is that I'll do most of what I can with tho box hooked to my monitor. At some point, I'll move it and hook it to the TV. From here on out, I could work on it via VNC and PuTTY, or I could enable X over the tv-out and work on it that way (this is both the backend and frontend box). If using Myth is going to require X over the tv-out anyway, then I might as well do that. If it doesn't then I have other factors to consider (using other X apps via the tv). So, my real question is, does Myth require me to enable X over the tv-out or can Myth use the tv-out with-out X? If Myth does not require X, which method is easier/preferred - X over tv-out, or not. Again, sorry for being dense.
-----Original Message----- From: PAUL WILLIAMSON To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: 2/2/2005 12:13 PM Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] New install - SuSE 9.2, x86_64, PVR-350 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/2/2005 10:02:35 AM >>> > I have 1 350 and 1 nVidia 6600 GT (s-video out, dual dvi out). >Have a pre-existing ripped CD collection and music playing >solution (www.slimdevices.com), but I will be using this box to >rip more CDs as well as DVDs. So I guess if the standard setup >is to run Myth via X on a tv-out, then I'm fine with that b/c it >makes a-lot of other things easier. My concern was that it >complicated other things, and wasn't necessary for Myth (I was >guessing Myth did some magic by working directly with the raw >tv-out device), and I could do most other things command-line >anyway (the music system is all web driven). But again, if the >"standard" install is to go x over tv-out, then ok. I guess if I had read the subject line again, most Q's would have been answered. I've got a squeezebox too (actually 3). Ripping CDs and DVDs with Myth is painfully slow. If you only watch TV or other mpeg-2 content on the 350 TV-out, you're fine. Anything else, it does not seem like it is worth the hassle. I've seen the tv out of the 350 compared to my s-video on an fx-5200, and I'm not all that impressed. Also, there is no hope if you want to play games using any of the emulators (or any game for that matter). Make sure that if you want to use the Slim Devices web interface, just put it into the Websites and then go through Mythweb to assign a shortcut to it. The MythMusic feature is ok, but the lack of some of the features of slim have kept me from using more than I absolutely have to. Paul _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
