3) The yuv discussion is about the pvr 350 which has a tv out. It is not of relevant to a 500 at all. If you are using mplayer to watch the tv then it can be resized while viewing it. This is down to whatever you are using to view the picture and how it interacts with your display/X driver.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ivtv-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Richardson > Sent: 28 June 2005 03:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ivtv-devel] newbie user > > Ive been reading the list for a few weeks now. I have purchased a pvr-500 > and > after moving to the last drivers had little trouble getting it to work. > > I just wanted to say thatnks and great work. > > I also had a few questions. > > 1) I currently have a windows computer setup to be my PVR/movies/ets. But > I > am using it like a regular computer. Ie no TV out. I have a desktop and > watch TV with an ATI all-in-wonder card. I would like to duplicate this > in > linux, but I havent seen a good TV viewer program for the desktop. I have > mythtv setup on my pvr-500/linux system, but it is aimed more for the TV > out > user. I want to be able to do other things while watching TV. Is there > anything out there that I can use to do this with on the pvr-500? Mplayer > and ivtvctl is real close to what I want... > > 2) I would like to be able to switch channels faster. Right now running > 0.3.6s it takes ~4 sec to change the channel. I am a channel flipper. I > need fast channel changes. I should have probably done more research on > this > before buying the pvr-500, but Im here now. :) > > 3) Lastly I was wondering if it is possible to shrink the size of the > image to > a smaller window. I think this is what is being discussed (and developed) > in > the threads about YUV, but Im not exactly sure thats what YUV is. > > thanks, > Aaron Richardson > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
