[mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's

John Harvey john.p.harvey at btinternet.com
Sat Jun 4 16:42:48 UTC 2005


Yes you need 0.3.5 for the Xv driver to work.
It works fine in PAL. I am in PAL land so it tends to work there first and
then I have to fix it up for NTSC :)

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of mythtv
> Sent: 04 June 2005 14:31
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
> 
> Thanks Patrick. I can see from the thread that these guys seems to be
> using ivtv-0.3.5e + Johns patch. From my log I can see that my
> ivtv-version is 0.2.0 (rc3j) which I assume is the latest stable
> version. So does this mean that I have to moove into "bleeding" to get
> ivtv-0.3.5e and to - maybe - make x work properly?
> 
> As a newbie I don't even know how to apply Johns patch, and also not
> whether it would work for me on a PAL system.
> 
> Strange to me that PVR-350 is such a commonly used tuner if it has such
> large deficiencies with x.
> 
> Mogens
> 
> Patrick de Brabander [mythtv] wrote:
> 
> >Check the forum for John Harvey's patch for enable the tv-out of the pvr-
> 350
> >for mplayer and xine.
> >
> >Here is a link,
> >http://www.gossamer-
> threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/20741?search_string=patch%2
> >0yuv;#20741
> >
> >And download :  ivtvdev_drv.o.gz
> >
> >Gr
> >
> >Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >>Van: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> >>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] Namens mogens lunde
> >>Verzonden: zaterdag 4 juni 2005 8:57
> >>Aan: Jay; Discussion about mythtv
> >>Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 and playing DVD's
> >>
> >>I tried to install xine following Jarods description in "Tips
> >>& Tricks".
> >>  Found out that I had to install xine-devel also after I did
> >>a xine-check. xine still reports "The amount of dropped frame
> >>is too high", despite that I have DMA enabled. Runing a
> >>xine-check reports "Your x server doesn't support YV12 overlays"
> >>
> >>The DVD plays extremely slow and unstable, and it almost
> >>locks my computer. No sound either :(
> >>
> >>Mogens
> >>
> >>Jay wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 6/3/05, *Daniel Segel* <mythtv at archer-segel.com
> >>><mailto:mythtv at archer-segel.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    What problems have you had? I'm starting to set this
> >>>
> >>>
> >>up, and so far xine
> >>
> >>
> >>>    seems to be able to play DVD images (iso's) well, or at
> >>>
> >>>
> >>least it plays
> >>
> >>
> >>>    the video well - I don't have sound configured correctly yet.
> >>>
> >>>    Daniel
> >>>
> >>>    mogens lunde wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     > I have tried to play DVD's using my PVR-350 and both xine (as
> >>>     > suggested by Jarod) and mplayer. Not very good.
> >>>     >
> >>>     > From other posts I have seen that the PVR-350 cannot
> >>>
> >>>
> >>play DVD's. Is
> >>
> >>
> >>>     > this correct, or is there a workaround?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I am using John Harvey's patch from
> >>>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/20741 ..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>the PVR350
> >>
> >>
> >>>plays DVDs and videos using xine quite well now.
> >>>
> >>> - J
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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