[mythtv-users] cvs compile problems

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At 18-2-03 21:24, Larry Matter wrote:
>On the Via forums, in a discussion about using the EPIA M as a settop box,
>a comment was made that X/XVideo is a poor choice when your target display
>is a TV.  The argument, if I understand it correctly, was that X/Xv was
>designed for non-interlaced displays.  There wasn't a suggestion for a
>better way, but I'm guessing maybe framebuffer.  I'm a total novice when
>it comes to this stuff so I'm seeking comments from the experts on this
>list.

Very untechnical explanation: when displaying on TV control over which line 
goes where is important, you only have a handful. If you start scaling you 
lose information. And you started off with the same TV resolution input 
anyway, so there is no need to scale with any ugly factor, not on grabbing 
and not on displaying.

>So my question in a nutshell is, "what would be an alternative to Xv that
>would be light on resources and not be difficult to port Myth to, etc.".
Framebuffer.

Will be offered in the medium-distant future when the new output widget is 
in place, which I am writing to support runtime configurable keybindings. 
(For the logic between thet connection read the source of MythTV and QT :-)

>I realize that the outcome of this discussion won't benefit very many 
>people...
More people have asked for it. Real TV-only output is one reason, 
non-XV-able VGA cards another.

Erik