ATI Dropper support for some older cards in the fglrx driver. 8.04 is a LTS release so it should last until April 2011.
Install
USER: mythuser
Use ATI/AMD Proprietary driver
TV Out enabled
Auto Login
Video Setup
After install enable restricted video driver
Reboot
Edit xorg.conf to:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "TexturedVideo" "off"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "EnableMonitor" "crt1"
EndSection
To see what monitors are detected if video playback isn't going to external display
Run "aticonfig –query-monitor"
LIRC Setup
sudo dpkg-reconfigure setserial
— Set to Manual
Edit /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf
Add: /dev/ttyS0 uart none
cp /var/lib/setserial/autoserial.conf /etc/serial.conf
”modprobe lirc_serial” should now work. Check dmesg for errors and /dev/l* for /dev/lirc0
Setup IR Receiver
- Attach serial IR receiver
- run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc
- Choose "Home-brew (16×50 UART compatible serial port)" or whatever your receiver is.
Setup URC-6131 Remote
- Copy mplayer lirc script into ~/.lirc
- Copy mythtv lirc script into ~/.lirc
- copy lircd.conf for remote into /etc/lirc
Shutdown
Edit /etc/sudoers
ADD: mythuser ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/halt,/sbin/shutdown,/sbin/reboot,/bin/mount,/bin/umount
MPlayer
~/.mplayer/config
# Write your default config options here!
# run full-screen
fs=yes
# zoom image to fill the screen
zoom=yes
# disable mplayer's usual verbosity
really-quiet=yes
# use XVideo for video output
vo=xv
# don't enable joystick
nojoystick=yes
# if ac3 audio, send raw stream to my amp, else fall back
#ac=hwac3,
# my display is 16:9
monitoraspect=16:9
Passphrase
Set keyring passphrase to {blank} when prompted
Troubleshooting
If video is stuttering turn off OpenGL Sync in Mythtv Setup