Re: [mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 10:10 pm, Joe Barnhart wrote: > --- Isaac Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:39 pm, Brad Templeton > > > > wrote: > > > Myth's xvmc support still has some issues as far > > > > as being able to seek, > > > > > with various other ones reported. > > > > Would you stop repeating this crap? As far as I'm > > aware, it's not true. > > I can state with some certainty that XvMC does not > work under Myth 0.16 with nVidia 6111 drivers. I am > not on CVS so I can't state that XvMC doesn't work > with current code, right now. But I have not heard of > anyone having success with HDTV streams using XvMC > under Myth. You're using a several months old release with old drivers. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
--- Isaac Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:39 pm, Brad Templeton > wrote: > > Myth's xvmc support still has some issues as far > as being able to seek, > > with various other ones reported. > > Would you stop repeating this crap? As far as I'm > aware, it's not true. I can state with some certainty that XvMC does not work under Myth 0.16 with nVidia 6111 drivers. I am not on CVS so I can't state that XvMC doesn't work with current code, right now. But I have not heard of anyone having success with HDTV streams using XvMC under Myth. Issues are: The display freezes when you try to skip forward or back, it also freezes whenever the OSD goes away. I have not heard of any checkins which address these problems, but I may not have seen them go by. There are also playback problems with 720p and 1080i streams with slow motion, jerky motion or stuttering in time, but there have been checkins to address these issues and they may be fixed now. __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:17:22PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:39 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > > Myth's xvmc support still has some issues as far as being able to seek, > > with various other ones reported. > > Would you stop repeating this crap? As far as I'm aware, it's not true. > My apologies, I was indeed repeating it from reports by others such as Jarod Wilson. Is it now fixed or was it an incorrect report? Sorry I didn't hear about this sooner, for I did indeed advisea few folks there could be trouble running xvmc. This is great because xvmc opens up a whole new raft of machines to playing videos and hdtv. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:39 pm, Brad Templeton wrote: > Myth's xvmc support still has some issues as far as being able to seek, > with various other ones reported. Would you stop repeating this crap? As far as I'm aware, it's not true. Isaac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:05:10PM -0800, Paul Mietz Egli wrote: > Barry Smoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Does myth frontend, running on xbox use the hdtv output to get better > > picture? > > Yep. I've got an XBox hooked up to a 37" Sharp AQUOS HD set and > displaying at 480p. My backend has a PVR-250 and records regular analog 480p is known as EDTV, it is not HDTV. The CPU in the xbox certainly is incapable of doing a software decode of HDTV, especially 1080i. The nvidia graphics chip in the xbox could do xvmc, but my attempts (not on an xbox) do do hardware decoded 1080i on such a CPU did not succeed, so I doubt the xbox could do it but I have not tried an xbox itself. Myth's xvmc support still has some issues as far as being able to seek, with various other ones reported. So my guess would be, unless somebody pipes up, that the answer is no, you won't get HDTV from an xbox, though you could get fine EDTV. The xbox is cheap and quiet but high end hardware is now costing not a lot more than it, though it's not as quiet because it needs bigger fans. Right now if you want HDTV your curse is you need a big enough CPU to need a fan you can probably hear, though there are lots of people who sell fans and cases that are pretty quiet. Even if the fan is quiet when the CPU is idle, decoding will use most of your CPU and crank up the heat. So does commercial elimination or transcode. I find it amusing that, if I pass by the TV room just _after_ a show I have recorded is on, the machine gets loud for a while. I need to move commercial skip to a different backend. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: xbox myth and hdtv
Barry Smoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does myth frontend, running on xbox use the hdtv output to get better > picture? Yep. I've got an XBox hooked up to a 37" Sharp AQUOS HD set and displaying at 480p. My backend has a PVR-250 and records regular analog cable at 480x480 using the standard bit rate settings. Once you get everything running, you might want to experiment with 720x480 and higher bitrate settings -- the default bitrate is barely adequate, though it saves on disk space. You will need the following to get started: * a modded XBox. I installed the Xecuter3 chip from Team Xecuter (http://www.teamxecuter.com/), but if you're not handy with a soldering iron you should either use the software mods described at xbox-linux.org or use a solderless chip. * an XBox HD cable (http://www.xbox.com/en- us/hardware/highdefinitionavpack.htm) * mythtv-xbox (http://bit.blkbk.com, apparently under reconstruction at the moment following a phpBB2 hack) Once you have MythTV installed on your XBox, follow the HDTV HOWTO: http://www.xbox-linux.org/Xbox_HDTV_HOWTO. I've found that my XBox doesn't have enough memory to display 720p, but it works fine at 480p. I've also discovered that if I boot into the Microsoft BIOS and turn on any of the HD options in the Video Settings screen, Xebian craps out shortly after booting. This doesn't appear to affect whether it uses HD resolutions, so I just turn on 480p setting when I want to play Halo 2 and turn it off again afterwards. If you're not using the XBox to play hi-def games, you won't have this problem. Make sure you turn on one of the deinterlacing options in the MythTV setup if you're using a progressive resolution like 480p. > does it use progressive out for dvd's, Not sure on this one. I'll try it tonight when I get home. > and does myth play dvd iso's, just like xbox media center does? Sure. You can rip VOBs or transcoded movies within MythTV and play them back using either an internal player or an external player like mplayer or xine. > and does it support dvd menu's from the iso files? As Paul W. said in the previous message, xine supports menus. Good luck! p. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
