[mythtv] CVS Newbie
RoMaN
moroni at romann.net
Tue Jan 21 14:51:14 EST 2003
hi there - i'm new to cvs - could someone provide me the information to access the CVS root and login to obtain the latest development packages of mythtv???
thank you.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:47:32PM -0600, John Joseph Roets wrote:
> Hello all.
> I'm running Myth and getting jerky/jittery video.
> Video is jittery to very jittery in live TV mode (and sometimes, in
> playback mode). It seems that the mpeg4 setting gives me better
> quality, yet is much more jerky. I've been recording with rtjpeg
> settings below, and have gotten very large files (~3300-5400 KB/hr.) as
> a result (I will ask that question next, after I see the file sizes
> generated today with mpeg4 settings).
> I was hoping that it was due to dma settings, but that is apparently not
> the case.
> Would I gain much in not compressing the audio?
> Is there something in my system which inherently causes/allows this?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> I have:
> IBM Netvista P4 @ 1.8 GHz 256MB RAM
> ATI TV-Wonder VE
> Intel i810 onboard sound with ALSA
> nVidia Vanta/Vanta LT (AGP)
> RH 8.0 -- Gnome
> AVermedia AVerkey iMicro VGA to NTSC box
> 54 in. rear-projection bigscreen
>
> - What version of MythTV are you running?
> 0.7
>
> - settings file
> 480x480
> rtjpeg
> Quality=255
> mpeg4
> TargetBitrate=2200
> Deinterlace=1
> All other settings in settings.txt are default, no change.
>
> - What resolution?
> 480x480 (I've tried 640x480, as it should work fine with this box, and
> while it is clearer, it causes much slowdown/jitter).
>
> - What codec are you using?
> rtjpeg -- less jitter, but still some. Quality at 255
> mpeg4 -- seems better quality, but certainly more jitter. Target
> bitrate at 2200.
>
> - Are you using the nvidia binary driver?
> nvidia module
>
> - Is your mysql colocated on the server with mythtv?
> Yes.
>
> - What is your disk speed? 7200? 5400? Other?
> 7200
>
> - HD info [hdparm -I /dev/hda]?
> /dev/hda:
>
> ATA device, with non-removable media
> Model Number: MAXTOR 6L040J2
> Serial Number: 662205637151
> Firmware Revision: A93.0500
> Standards:
> Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
> Supported: 5 4 3 2 & some of 6
> Configuration:
> Logical max current
> cylinders 16383 16383
> heads 16 16
> sectors/track 63 63
> --
> CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
> LBA user addressable sectors: 78177792
> device size with M = 1024*1024: 38172 MBytes
> device size with M = 1000*1000: 40027 MBytes (40 GB)
> Capabilities:
> LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
> bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1
> Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific
> minimum
> R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
> Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> udma6
> Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
> PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
> Commands/features:
> Enabled Supported:
> * READ BUFFER cmd
> * WRITE BUFFER cmd
> * Host Protected Area feature set
> * Look-ahead
> * Write cache
> * Power Management feature set
> Security Mode feature set
> * SMART feature set
> * Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
> * Device Configuration Overlay feature set
> * Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
> SET MAX security extension
> * DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
> * SMART self-test
> * SMART error logging
> Security:
> Master password revision code = 65534
> supported
> not enabled
> not locked
> frozen
> not expired: security count
> not supported: enhanced erase
> 20min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
> HW reset results:
> CBLID- above Vih
> Device num = 0 determined by CSEL
> Checksum: correct
>
> - What is your disk buffer size? 2MB? Other?
> [ cat /proc/ide/hda/cache ]
> 1819
>
> - What are your dma, multcount, and prefetch settings?
> [ hdparm /dev/hda ]
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 16 (on)
> IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 4866/255/63, sectors = 78177792, start = 0
>
> - What are your "elevator" settings? [ elvtune /dev/hda1 ]
> /dev/hda1 elevator ID 0
> read_latency: 8192
> write_latency: 16384
> max_bomb_segments: 6
>
> - What is your CPU and bus speed? [ cat /proc/cpuinfo ]
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 15
> model : 1
> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 1794.252
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> 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
> bogomips : 3567.44
>
> - What is your memory type, speed, configuration, and size?
> 256MB
>
> - What is your motherboard chipset? [ a function of `cat /proc/pci` ]
> [root at mythtv root]# cat /proc/pci
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge
> (rev 3).
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4000000 [0xf7ffffff].
> Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
> PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge
> (rev 3).
> Master Capable. Latency=96. Min Gnt=12.
> Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
> PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 18).
> Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=6.
> Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
> ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 18).
> Bus 0, device 31, function 1:
> IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 18).
> I/O at 0x1800 [0x180f].
> Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
> USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 18).
> IRQ 11.
> I/O at 0x1820 [0x183f].
> Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
> SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 18).
> IRQ 5.
> I/O at 0x1810 [0x181f].
> Bus 0, device 31, function 4:
> USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 18).
> IRQ 10.
> I/O at 0x1840 [0x185f].
> Bus 0, device 31, function 5:
> Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio
> (rev 18).
> IRQ 5.?
> I/O at 0x1c00 [0x1cff].
> I/O at 0x1880 [0x18bf].
> Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 21).
> IRQ 5.
> Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf0ffffff].
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf9ffffff].
> Bus 2, device 8, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet
> Controller (rev 3).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=66. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf2000000 [0xf2000fff].
> I/O at 0x2000 [0x203f].
> Bus 2, device 14, function 0:
> Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 17).
> IRQ 5.
> Master Capable. Latency=132. Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=40.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb000000 [0xfb000fff].
> Bus 2, device 14, function 1:
> Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 17).
> IRQ 5.
> Master Capable. Latency=33. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb001000 [0xfb001fff].
>
> - What is your kernel version? [ uname -a ]
> Linux mythtv 2.4.18-19.8.0 #1 Thu Dec 12 05:39:29 EST 2002 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux
>
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