Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-07 Thread Ben Dash
--- George Nassas wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 10:20 PM, Ben Dash wrote: since I changed to a 2.6 kernel I get no errors I'm running 2.4 because I read the 2.6 fatx driver isn't quite ready for prime time. Do you do any updating of the xbox's filesystem while you're in linux? No. The only

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-07 Thread Ben Dash
--- David Whyte wrote: On 11/6/05, Ben Dash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any advice? I can play Std Def at no more than 20-30% CPU, and all I have is a sempron 2400. My advice, use the nvidia drivers if you can. Hardware MPEG 2 decoding is definitely the way to go if it's an option. Since

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-07 Thread Cymen Vig
On 11/7/05, Ben Dash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- George Nassas wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 10:20 PM, Ben Dash wrote: since I changed to a 2.6 kernel I get no errors I'm running 2.4 because I read the 2.6 fatx driver isn't quite ready for prime time. Do you do any updating of the xbox's

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread Ben Dash
--- Alberto Alonso wrote: I'd be surprised if the fstab has anything to do with this. I thought it may be a point of problems due to the fact that I'm running the xBox pseudo diskless with an NFS root. Did you look at xbox specific settings? I would look at audio buffering, acceleration,

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread George Nassas
On 5-Nov-05, at 7:48 PM, Ben Dash wrote: Has anyone else managed to get their xBox working as a totally stutter free Mythfrontend? Yes. There is an initial hiccup when I start playing any recording but after that it's rock solid. Did you have an NFS root? No. Did you use the nv Xorg

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread Ben Dash
--- George Nassas wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 7:48 PM, Ben Dash wrote: Has anyone else managed to get their xBox working as a totally stutter free Mythfrontend? Yes. There is an initial hiccup when I start playing any recording but after that it's rock solid. So it IS possible :-) Are you

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread George Nassas
On 5-Nov-05, at 8:23 PM, Ben Dash wrote: Are you running at 640x480 or did you cut the resolution down? 640x480. It doesn't look as bad as I expected. Also, during X startup there are a bunch of messages in the log about how it doesn't like something about the hardware. They're harmless but

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread Ben Dash
--- George Nassas wrote: On 5-Nov-05, at 8:23 PM, Ben Dash wrote: Are you running at 640x480 or did you cut the resolution down? 640x480. It doesn't look as bad as I expected. Also, during X startup there are a bunch of messages in the log about how it doesn't like something about the

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread David Whyte
On 11/6/05, Ben Dash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any advice? When I started with my myth BE/FE combo, I had severe stuttering. I solved this by getting an old TNT2 dedicated video card rather than the onboard thing I had with the crappy mobo I was running. This improved things, but I did still

Re: [mythtv-users] diskless xBox stuttering - was Help Diskless frontend

2005-11-05 Thread George Nassas
On 5-Nov-05, at 10:20 PM, Ben Dash wrote: since I changed to a 2.6 kernel I get no errors and I'm running 2.4 because I read the 2.6 fatx driver isn't quite ready for prime time. Do you do any updating of the xbox's filesystem while you're in linux? Besides regular myth I'm also playing