[mythtv-users] PIP jerky, stuttering, playing too fast - Is this normal?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:07:57PM +0200, huffman at graze.net wrote:
> mark at colormemine.com,  Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> wrote: 
> > I have just installed a second PVR250, both 980.
> > Thanks to the posts on this board, what I thought may
> > take a few days took maybe an hour to get it going. I
> > have a couple of questions:
> > 
> > 1. When I press M then PIP/Enable it takes about 10
> > seconds before PIP is displayed.
> > 
> > 2. The PIP playback is jerky, pauses for a couple of
> > seconds then plays like double speed then pauses or is
> > jerky again.
> > 
> > When I press Y to switch cards it plays fine. When I
> > bring up the video0 in PIP it does same thing in PIP
> > as video1. However they both play fine when I switch
> > to use that card.
> > 
> 
>     I have *all* of the same problems you're experiencing...and I don't have a
> solution for you.  I heard some talk that this may have started occuring in the
> ivtv drivers right around ck100.  However, I have not gone back and installed
> anything earlier to test.  I just sort of accepted it.  :-(  

We're seeking them as well; they started post-ck100z.  Anyone who is
annoyed enough to tickle Crhis Kennedy about them, and help him hunt
them down, will likely receive a pleasant reception.

Cheers,
-- jra
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