[mythtv-users] black tv-out if watching TV

[Gert van der Knokke]

Markus Amann wrote:

>Sound. If i switch it of i can see the TV very choppy because there is no XV 
>Support for the Pundit videocard. And if i use the "/dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha 
>-localalpha" the screen turns into back :-(( what is wrong ?
>  
>
Hi Markus,

I also run MythTV on an Asus Pundit still with a simple bttv card but 
with the Winischofer drivers for the SiS chipset I have simultaneous (is 
this correct..) output on the monitor (for daylight viewing) and the 
TV-Out (hooked up to a Sharp LVC1E beamer for evening viewing) and it 
runs OK. So XV support is there, even on both outputs (the Pundit has 
the needed video-bridge, standard Xfree driver doesn't use it though)

Still the LiveTV part freezes up sometimes but 'Direct View' through 
xawtv works perfectly as does the mplayer part (audio and video/DVD).
Since the beamer is pretty low-res the quality of the TV-Out is more 
than enough :-)

My old VCR and/or Playstation2 are hooked up to the bttv card 
(Pixelview) and this way I can even play PS2 games on the monitor as 
well as the beamer..

Gert