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The problem: As others reported before: playback is choppy because XVideo is not available and MythTV falls back to XSHM for playback.
 
The problem: As others reported before: playback is choppy because XVideo is not available and MythTV falls back to XSHM for playback.
  
The other way to get it working better would be to use Qt/Embedded and directFB to use MyhtTV directly from the conosle.
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The other way to get it working better would be to use Qt/Embedded and directFB to use MythTV directly from the console.
  
 
=Information found on the web=
 
=Information found on the web=

Revision as of 13:30, 28 March 2007

This will be a hub to gather all info around using MythTV on the Playstation 3.

Current status

MythTV is running under YellowDogLinux with packages from atrpm. The problem: As others reported before: playback is choppy because XVideo is not available and MythTV falls back to XSHM for playback.

The other way to get it working better would be to use Qt/Embedded and directFB to use MythTV directly from the console.

Information found on the web

For now I found the following interesting bits of information regarding MythTV on the ps3:

Framebuffer related

General bits of information

  • Here is a thread of someone reporting about having YellowDog Linux on the PS3: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/258573
    Not very informative, but who knows what will be replied to that thread in the future...
  • Here is a task in the Myth-Trac which relates to a new branch (mythtv-vid) in MythTV which aims to work on the video-output of mythtv: http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2287
    The howto in this wiki mentions that this branch should be used when using MythTV in a framebuffer


Whats next?

First i will try to get Gentoo running on my Playstion 3. This will be the better base to compile and modify mythtv on my own. I will then try to get MythTV compiled with Qt/Embedded and directFB. I will report back when there is progress...