[mythtv-users] Re: mpeg2 playback glitches

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Tue Jul 22 16:30:46 EDT 2003


On Tuesday 22 July 2003 03:23 pm, Lan Barnes wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:15:40PM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 July 2003 02:58 pm, Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Just wanted to let you know that I also have this glitch in display
> > > from time to time, but as I mostley watch normal programme, I don't
> > > notice it that much (and I'm dealing with other, more urgent issues
> > > right now).
> > >
> > > I'm using RedHat9 on a nVidia nForce 2 board with onboard GF4MX.
> > > Display drivers from nVidia. My recording hardware is Hauppauge Nexus-S
> > > (DVB-S).
> > >
> > > So the problem might be located in the software decoder that MythTV
> > > uses.
> >
> > If it's the same, original, glitch talked about in this thread (the lower
> > half of the screen goes wonky for a frame, like the data's a couple
> > frames old), it's a bug in the encoder firmware -- same thing happens on
> > Windows.
>
> Just trying to understand (_before_ buying equipment): is the bug in the
> firmware of the Hauppauge Nexus-S only? All Hauppauge cards including
> the PVR-250? Or somewhere else?

I meant the pvr-250, sorry.

Isaac


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