On 5/18/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/18/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > PVR-350 > > > Cons - No Hardware Acceleration, possibly slow DIVX / XVID > > > > > > ATI 9200SE > > > Cons - A PITA to setup > > > > I think that basically covers it. > > > > the TVOut on the PVR looks stunning - I don't have much to compare it > > to, since I haven't used a normal tvout on my myth box yet, but it > > looks just as good as it does right off the cable box into the TV. The > > PVR-350 can be a PITA to set up, too, but it's def. possible. You may > > want to set both up and try them out just to see what you think. With > > that fast a system, you may want to look ahead to HD options, too. > > > > I'm considering using multiple video out ports on the mythbox into > > some kind of switch. Destroys the WAF, but I get the nice output from > > PVR and the acceleration from the normal graphics card > > With the current leaps and bounds on XV support in the ivtv tv-out > driver, it may soon be possible to have everything running through the > 350 - the output quality is superb. Getting the ATI card working (if > the 9200 has the same TVOut probs as the 9100IGP in the Pundit-R) is > probably easier than for the PVR card! One hexedit, and voila - > install the rpm, run fglrxconfig, and that should be the ATI card set > up. It is also possible to adjust overscan on the ATI, something which > at present is not possible on the 350 card. > > Using multiple output is probably the best idea at the moment, as you > get the best of both - acclerated video playback on the ATI, and > beautiful Live TV and recordings on the PVR. > > Nick >
Replying to my post - just saw your kernel version - the current ATI driver (8.12.10) I think only installs cleanly on <=2.6.10. There are patches out there for 2.6.11, but obviously this entails a bit more work to get it installed. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
