[mythtv-users] bt878, kernel 2.6.2, and nvidia binary

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Wednesday 18 February 2004 10:11, David Bishop wrote:
> I've decided to do a 'test' setup of myth on my existing hardware, before
> going out and spending the big bucks on a nice htpc.  That means using an
> old Hauppauge WinTV card, bt878 based, and my existing geforce 440mx vid
> card.  I also recently upgraded this machine to 2.6.2, and (after a little
> struggle) am running the latest nvidia binary drivers.  I am still in the
> prep work (I have yet to apt-get install the myth stuff), but want to make
> absoluetly sure that everything is hunky dory outside of myth, thus
> restricting the possible cause when I run into the inevitable problems
> (inevitable because that's the way I am, not a knock on myth itself).  When
> I use mplayer, my vo is xv, and everything works fine.  When I use xawtv
> (to test the bt878), if I use xv all I get is a blue screen.  Using the
> -noxv switch makes everything work great, except that 'full screen' isn't
> (it *is* bigger than the default, just not full screen, more like 1/2 or
> 1/3).
>
> So, my question is, how do I verify that xv is working (completely) on my
> machine?

xvinfo

> And, since the *main* purpose of my myth install will be to watch
> divx and vcds, am I going to run into problems if I *don't* have xv support
> (i.e., will some other method work as well)?  Sorry if I come across as
> paranoid, I don't mean to be...

You'll just need to rely on your cpu more. With the nvidia driver, you did 
something wrong if you don't have xv working.

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