On May 22, 2007, at 3:26 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote:

>> On May 19, 2007, at 2:14 PM, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I would appreciate it if people could start testing the latest  
>>> ivtv on
>>> the 0.10 branch, available here:
>>
>> Excellent! Always looking forward to some new & improved code.
>>
>>> The current driver has a problem with copying data from the MPEG
>>> card to
>>> memory that are done using PIO instead of DMA (for good reasons).
>>> Unfortunately PIO accesses are slow, so too much time is spent  
>>> inside
>>> the interrupt handler. This can lead to missing clock ticks and
>>> problems with remotes (key hits that are missed).
>>
>> The missing ticks have certainly gone away. My clock keeps up just
>> fine while making recordings now.
>>
>>> However, I did not have much time to test it thoroughly, so I'd very
>>> much appreciate it if people could start testing this and report
>>> whether or not any new problems were introduced.
>>
>> Well, as it seems, I am still having the same problems (on PPC) with
>> the radio patch that was posted a while back. Regressing that patch
>> from the 0.10 branch yields a perfectly stable and usable ivtv
>> subsystem and machine.
>>
>> To recap on what happened post-radio patch, if I'm recording with the
>> PVR-350 and try to use the xdriver (on the 350's TV-out) for some
>> mplayer -xv playback, the screen will go black and there will be
>> audio for a second, then mplayer crashes. Here's some more info on
>> what mplayer (and X) complain about:
>
> Are you recording the radio or TV? If recording from TV, did you do a
> radio capture earlier or was radio not used at all?

Radio was not used at all; I've never configured a program to use it.

- Rick




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