I have a patch for the blank screen when closing EPG which I will try to finish tonight.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ivtv-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 March 2005 07:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] Stuttering live tv with program guide > > > 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! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > >> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > > >> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > >> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > > >> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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