Andrew McNabb wrote:
> I've been using the driver from trunk for a day or two, and overall it's
> been working really well.  The only problem that I'm having is that I'm
> getting a bunch of these:
> 
> ivtv1: All encoder MPEG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
> ivtv1: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.

Basically the application is not reading fast enough and ivtv has to go 
somewhere with the data. So it does the only thing it can do and throw 
away some.

> I'll have to pay a little closer attention, but I think the video stream
> gets a little choppy when this happens.  Was there a message in an
> earlier thread that said something about an option that adds more
> buffers and will fix the problem?

It is very likely this is what is causing the "choppy"  video. Although 
increasing the buffer for ivtv probably solves it the problem lies with 
the application, and I suspect it is mythtv?

To increase the buffer for mpeg load ivtv with module option 
enc_mpg_buffers=8 for example.

The real problem is that mythtv (If you are using Mythtv) wants to do 
too much in one go. I read there is a patch on the mythtv tracker but I 
do not know the bug number or name of the patch. Probably the USER-LIST 
knows this as I read it there.

Greets
Sander

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