[mythtv-users] i810/Chrontel TV-Out

[Ben Bucksch]

Jeff Monks wrote:

>If I hook up a TV, everything still works great, except for 
>playback of recorded shows or videos.  I get sound, but the video goes 
>blank.
>
You don't say how you configured it and what exactly happens. Did you do 
anything specific to configure the TV out or does it just mirror the 
monitor output? Which resolution? Or does the monitor go black when you 
use the TV out?

With "everything still works", you mean X apps? With "the video goes 
blank", you mean the MythTV window only or the whole display?

One general gotcha is that the video (and 3D) acceleration for some 
cards only works on one display, not on both. Sometimes, you can choose 
which display should use the acceleration, sometimes it's bound to the 
first display (which could be the monitor, not the TV out). If you try 
to play a video using video accel on a display without video accell, the 
relevant part of the scrren goes black or blue. That may be the reason 
in your case.

Ben