Playstation 2 with IVTV and hauppauge PVR 150?

Master_d

Hi,

Ive wanted to hook up a real PS2 to my PVR-150 for some time now and I can do it but the problem is that the hardware mpeg encoder will take some time (about 1-2 seconds) to encode the video and that results in the video I see on the monitor being behind what I am doing on the PS2 controller. It works fine for live TV since it doesnt matter that the audio and video are behind a couple seconds but for playing games on a console it simply does not work.

I found this "hack" as a way to get around the problem in windows....

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:45 am Post subject:

Hi.

Are you trying to use this setup with Gentoo? Are you asking for help with the kernel module for the card or are you trying to find some software that allows you to use the card without delay?
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Master_d · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:02 am Post subject:

any solution to this problem would be great.... yes I am using gentoo and the card has been set up properly and works just fine with mythtv for recording programs off television but it doesnt technically "work" for playing games on a PS2 or other peripheral due to the 1-2 second lag involved when you connect such a device to the composite input of the hauppauge card.

Right now I am reading about the IVTV drivers and trying to find a way to "bypass" the hardware mpeg encoder and just display the raw stream immediately to alleviate this problem. Apparently under windows this has been done but I dont think it works under linux yet.
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Master_d · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:05 am Post subject:

Im not sure if anyone else is trying to hook up some sort of system to their PVR card but I found a solution that "sorta" works. its not 100% lag free but its alot better.

anyways I found out /dev/video32 is a raw YUV video format but it is a "proprietary" hauppauge YUV format so you would think you would have no chance of playing it back but it turns out mplayer can play back this format!! unbelievable. I have alot of respect for the people coding for mplayer now

heres how to play it back

this for NTSC

El_Presidente_Pufferfish · Veteran Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1179 Location: Seattle

Master_d · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:04 am Post subject:

hmmm thats odd... the video on mine looked ok just maybe a little dark. I did notice if you tried to fast forward or rewind the video then it start looking very strange. As far as the audio goes Im not sure where you are plugging your device in but if it is the back of the hauppauge card try this

babyford · n00b Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Texas

Dude, you're awesome.

I was having the same issue, plugging my xbox into my pvr 500 (150). The prebuffering was killing me, but i'm also exhibiting similer symptoms with another channel forcing it's way into half of my screen. However! The delay that made the xbox unplayable are gone, i'll keep looking at your flags.

Thanks again.

El_Presidente_Pufferfish · Veteran Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1179 Location: Seattle

Ah, so now we have