I've always had this problem (various drivers, mythtv versions). Simply pause/unpause to get the picture back.
Sound continues running while the picture is black, which suggests to me that it probably has something to do with the OSD alpha values not always being set correctly when myth closes the EPG. Stanley. On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 08:02:34AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using a P3-1000 and have the same problem with the program guide > exiting, which leaves a black screen. > In 0.16 i didn't had this problem, but after upgrading it appears. > > Used several ivtv drivers. no luck yet > > > > > > I'm using an AMD Athlin XP 1800, so I know my problem is not > > caused by hyperthreading. And, FYI, you can usually turn off > > hyperthreading in the bios. > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Mathew Boytim wrote: > > > >> I have the exact same problem with 2.6.10, myth 0.17, ivtv-0.3.2e w/ > >> corresponding ivtvdev_drv.o, and pvr-350 tvout. I tried a few other > >> ivtv's with same result. When the live tv is stuttering the program > >> guide is kinda stuck too. Also (but probably unrelated), when I exit > >> the program guide it goes black rather than transparent and I need to > >> do some other osd function to get it to go transparent so I can see tv. > >> > >> I don't see any messages in the the log either, nor does top indicate > >> heavy cpu loading. I have seen some discussion regarding > >> hyperthreading causing problems. I have celeron that reports > >> hyperthreading - from /proc/cpuinfo > >> > >> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > >> pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm > >> > >> I don't know what ht on a celeron means but just from other strange > >> reports with ht I was wondering if maybe that could have anything to do > >> with it. > >> > >> I very seldom use myth for live tv so this hasn't been a big deal for > >> me. I use it almost exclusively for recording. I have two pvr-350's > >> in the same machine mostly for recording two programs simultaneously. > >> The recording function has worked flawlessly since first setting it up > >> with myth 0.14 and ivtv. The frontend, however, with ivtv and tvout > >> has always had problems that range from various glitches to > >> crashing/lockups. Currently, with the exception of this program guide > >> issue, it is working pretty darn well. > >> > >> Matt > >> > >> --- Michael Papazoglou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > I've been trying to solve the problem of a stuttering TV > >> > picture/audio > >> > when I bring up the program guide on MythTV, but have not yet made > >> > any progress. The problem is, when I bring up the program guide, > >> > and > >> > start scrolling around, sometimes the TV picture and audio will start > >> > to stutter. Sometimes it fixes itself, other times I have to exit > >> > out > >> > of live tv mode. Nothing shows up in the logs. > >> > > >> > I'm running ivtv-0.2.0-rc3g with mythtv 0.17, using TV-out on the > >> > 350. I > >> > even went and bought an nvidia fx-5200 card, and used that for a > >> > while, > >> > and the problem doesn't show up there. I just can't stand to watch > >> > NCAA > >> > hoops with it, so I've switched back to tv-out on the 350 in time for > >> > the > >> > upcoming tournament.... Also, I hate the thought of having THREE > >> > tv-out's > >> > on my computer (I also have onboard Unichrome that I can't get > >> > working...) > >> > > >> > Anyone else run into this? > >> > > >> > Mike > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> Yahoo! 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