Details of system:
Got an old Compaq Deskpro cheap first and added stuff to it.
mythtv@mythtv:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 864.111
cache size : 256 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1712.12
mythtv@mythtv:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 247 194 52 0 2 56
-/+ buffers/cache: 134 112
Swap: 941 0 941
mythtv@mythtv:~$ lspci -v|grep MPEG
0000:02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
0000:02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
mythtv@mythtv:~$ ivtvctl -V
driver info:
version = 0x00000400 (0.4.0)
comment = (tagged release)
cardnr = 0
hw_flags = 9e
mythtv@mythtv:~$ ivtvctl -d/dev/video0|grep PVR
mythtv@mythtv:~$ ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -a|grep PVR
Card type : WinTV PVR 350
mythtv@mythtv:~$ ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -a|grep PVR
Card type : WinTV PVR 150
mythtv@mythtv:~$ cat /etc/KnoppMyth-version
R5 Alpha 16
mythtv@mythtv:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 3171520 1639196 1371676 55% /
/dev/hda3 8409172 24 8409148 1% /cache
/dev/hda4 104621276 16058716 88562560 16% /myth
mythtv@mythtv:~$
Anywho, I connected the DIN connector of the pvr350 to an RF modulator (composite ports) and from there to the coax in my tv. tv-out worked with the older ivtv 0.3.3u drivers but NOT with the 0.4 tarball. I had to upgrade the drivers to 0.4 (except the ivtvdev driver for the tv-out, for which I'm using 0.3.3) and also the firmware in order to get it to work with both the PVR150 & 350. HAd to manually config the XFree86Config-4 as per the Knoppmythwiki instructions. No major hiccups there.
Wierdness with the remote. It was the Hauppauge Silver remote (which requires patching and recompiling lirc) & I thought it was the default grey remote that they ship with the pvr350 which is supposed to work off the box in Knoppmyth. Frankly I can't tell the difference between the 2. Anywho I patched and recompiled lirc as per Knoppmythwiki (The wiki was extremely helpful no doubt abt that). I had to tweak the lircrc key-bindings.
Mplayer doesn't work with the tv-out, but xine works fine (had to add xine keybindings in lirc, but pinched the file off of a poster in this fine forum). Needs that verboten library if you wanna play commercial dvds tho
Sound works fine thru the tv-out when playing live TV. Again, followed knoppmythwiki for setting aumix. Can't get to pipe other sound (cd's, xine videos, dvd's etc) thru tv-out, but pipes thru soundcard. Workaround: My roommate had speakers to spare
Got some url's I read:
http://www.bb-zone.com/misc/LinuxPVR/#HARDWARE
http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall
http://www.mysettopbox.tv/
http://knoppmythwiki.org/
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4609&
http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html
http://www.mythtvtalk.com/
http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-view_articles.php
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/m ... 3578#23578
http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Ivtvctl
http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto