Have you tried ivtv 0.2. The behavior of the frame buffer/X is slightly different that could possibly have an effect on this and it would be interesting to know if it makes a difference.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ivtv-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathew Boytim > Sent: 10 March 2005 01:48 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] Stuttering live tv with program guide > > 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. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- 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. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
