[mythtv-users] Picture in picture not working....?

[Ivor Hewitt]

Jules Gosnell wrote:
> Andrew Wilson wrote:
> 
>> I've got dual DVB-T tuners in a VIA M10k with debian 2.6.9 and
>> unichrome drivers. Myth is going nicely, but for a few problems.
>>
>> I can't get picture in picture going at all. V is supposed to toggle
>> it on/off, right? Doesn't do anything for me. Each tuner works fine. I
>> can record off both simultaneously, and the Y key to change inputs
>> works.
>>
>> Has anyone got this feature working?
>> Andrew
>>  
>>
> Are you using the unichrome driver with h/w mpeg support enabled - I am 
> and seem to have sacrificed the on-screen-display - I was thinking of 
> getting another DVB card and started wondering how the pic-within-pic 
> and OSD were implemented - perhaps using the h/w support on the Via m/b 
> closes the door on both of these - can anyone more knowledgeable comment ?
> 

This was mentioned recently. The normal XvMC and XvMC-VLD modules do not 
enable Pip. There is an experimental version in the "Experimental Colour 
OSD HACK"(tm) patch but it's, well, experimental.