Does the new ivtvdev support overlay, yuv, hardware scaling, and vsync? > I was playing with mythmusic the other night and the > cpu usage with the latest driver is pretty similar to > what i am seeing using my nvidia card which took me by > surprise. > > Reverting is pretty easy. The latest x driver is the > same as the old one appart from Xv support and it > detects whether the ivtv driver can support it so > running with an older version of ivtv gives exactly > the same behaviour as using the 0.8 xdriver. > > Alternatively you can just copy the old one back on > top if you find problems. > > Ivtv is pretty similar. A bit depends on how you got > the original version and what you are using. But what > happens is that the ivtv files are copied into the > kernel modules. Copying back the old ones and > rebooting restores the original version. > The only problem i've had is that at some point it > copied files into a different subdirectory (extra -> > ivtv or something like that) so you need to make sure > you end up with just one set of kernel modules. > > John > --- Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've noticed the talk about this new ivtvdev driver >> over a few messages >> recently and I'm thinking of giving it a go. >> I originally used my 350 for TV-OUT when first >> setting up my (only) MythTV >> box, but changed to using the TV out on my Geforce >> FX5600 so I could >> accelerated X (hey, I like the pretty pictures that >> Goom gives when playing >> music !). >> >> How difficult is it / will it be to try the new ivtv >> stuff , while at the same >> time keeping the possibility of going back to my >> current (working) setup >> without a complete reinstall.? >> >> If I can get this new ivtvdev driver working with >> it's accelerated vid/X >> performance etc I'll be reverting back to using the >> 350 for both capture and >> playback :-) >> >> >On Friday 17 June 2005 10:08, Patrick de Brabander >> [mythtv] wrote: >> > > I guess what I'm also asking is that if I do >> want the most versatility >> > > for the future (newer codecs, eventually DVD >> playback, other myth front >> > > ends, and whatever else who knows) would I be >> limiting myself if I used a >> > > PVR-350 >> > > as my only TV-out. >> > > >> > >This is true : it is not yet possible to watch >> properly divx, dvd and >> > >other stuffs on the pvr350 tvout. >> > >> > With the new ivtvdev_drv from John Harvey, you can >> now perfectly play DVD >> > and video trough the tv-out. Divx i haven't try >> yet. >> _______________________________________________ >> mythtv-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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