I run mythfrontend in window mode (don't forget to restart after activating it) which can be placed nicely in the viewable area with preset size and offset. Haven't found a solution for OSD yet :(
What did you patch in LIRC? I noticed that it is necessary to reload ivtv after using lirc once.
Ciao, Tilman
James Harrell wrote:
Hi folks,
Spent the last week getting myth to run on my box with a PVR350, remote, X11 direct to my TV etc. I've done lots of reading, submitted a patch for the native LIRC support, and have a generally good technical feel for the product. :) Pretty cool toy! (Just upgraded to 0.17 btw)
Now onto the "easy" stuff- which either I can't find in the docs or I've just read too many pages to remember where to find this type of stuff. So hopefully you won't mind too much if my questions are covered already somewhere else and I haven't found the answers yet:
Setup / frontend Configuration Q's:
1) PVR350: What's the best/proper UI resolution? - NTSC appears to be 720x480 ? - Seems TVs are generally 640x480 ? - Looks decent on my monitor at 800x600
2) Portions of screen not visible: Whether I run in a window or full screen on my monitor or X through the TV OUT, the window is too small. Some configuration screens are chopped to the point that I can't even see the "Back/Next" buttons. I think this is something about overscan, but can't find how to fix this. Recommendations? Note: screen resolution from Q1 doesn't seem to change this behavior.
3) Button Text chopped off: The text in the buttons seems to be larger than the button display area. Any letter such as 'j' or 'y' isn't displayed fully (the lower half of the letter is chopped off). How do I fix this?
Usage Q's:
1) Programming Guide: Seems it's only useful for scheduling recordings rather than channel-surfing. I'd like to find a TV show in the guide, and click "OK" to watch it live. Is this not supported? Can I (easily) add this to the menu?
2) If I hook up my (external) DVD player to the s-video & audio in of my PVR350, how do I add a "button" to the frontend to switch from TV to DVD input mode?
3) Front-end on separate box: Can I stream the audio & video in raw format rather than setup file sharing?
4) Remote-contexts / Key bindings: I've found the SQL database containing many context-references for what the key mappings are. But it doesn't seem all contexts are represented. For example, there is no context for the guide. I'd like to re-map the keys for the guide so they work differently than in live-tv mode. Do I have to do this in the source?
Hardware Questions:
1) Anyone sell a "myth-frontent" embedded-style box? ie: Something like a nice little Via-EPIA with a PVR150, or some other cool little device? I've considered just buying parts and making one, doesn't seem I can do this for under $400 though.
2) Anyone aware of other very-low-cost off-the-shelf hardware (preferably with a hardware decoder) that would make a good mythfrontend? I've seen some references saying an old Tivo or ReplayTV can't be used for this... but surely it's possible! :)
Many thanks for a cool product, and thanks for your time if you've gotten this far.
cheers, james
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