From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 11:14:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66F616A407 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:14:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C4F913C44C for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:14:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (aphax.nl [82.92.29.227]) by smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l01B2OWN052403 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:02:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Message-ID: <4598EA3F.4050006@xs4all.nl> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:02:23 +0100 From: Hans Nieser User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norberto Meijome References: <20061227183704.374658c3.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20061229004709.GH78631@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20070101202536.60f2a686@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070101202536.60f2a686@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MythTV port X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:14:01 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:17:10 +1030 > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 27 December 2006 at 18:37:04 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >>> AFAIK, the situation is like this: the MythTV port is created, but >>> there are not many success reports yet. Perhaps because not a lot of >>> people have tried it yet, or perhaps because the port has problems. >> There's a good chance that both apply. >> >> As nominal maintainer, I should confess that I haven't found time to >> try it out. I'm more interested in doing it well than doing it >> quickly, and I'll probably spend a lot of time ensuring that it >> configures easily. Any help I can get there is welcome. >> >> After that, I'll only be using it for playback, at least until we get >> some DVB tuner support. > > > Hello everyone, I've been following the mythv threads for a while... I've got > a Shuttle Zen ( model ST62K [1] ) P-4 3Ghz with a PVR-150 . It > didn't use to work with 5.3 (UDMA disk access was a dud), but since then I > tried it quickly with 6 and that issue was solved. > > I'll be happy to try the mythv,etc , but I was wondering whether anyone knows > the support status of the ATI TV-OUT port - the card is a ATI Radeon 9100, with > Linux ATI drivers (binary only) > > Would those linux ATI drivers work if I installed the linux-Xorg port, > instead of native? > > [1] http://global.shuttle.com/Product/barebone/brb_OverView.asp?B_id=29 > I've got the TV-out on my 9200 Pro (RV280) working with the patches at http://megahurts.dk/rune/tv_output.html and the guide at http://wiki.gcu.info/doku.php?id=bsd:xorg_ati_tvout (which is in French, but hopefully you can follow it by looking at the examples and commands like I did). I did not have to install any Linux stuff. It was kindof tricky to get the TV-out to work because it only works with specific settings in my xorg.conf. The relevant parts from my xorg.conf: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" # TV-Out won't work with anything but VertRefresh 60, it seems: HorizSync 30.0 - 40.0 VertRefresh 60 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Driver "ati" Option "AGPMode" "8" # This option enables TV-output when using patches from # http://megahurts.dk/rune/tv_output.html : Option "TVOutput" "PAL" #Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" #Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE, AUTO" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection