[mythtv-users] ATSC content heavy pixel-ating every 15 sec's

john roberts homepagez at lycos.com
Fri Dec 31 20:46:34 EST 2004


Hey - get this!  The latest CVS (today) seems to have fixed this issue.

Go figure.

-John

----- Original Message -----
From: "john roberts" <homepagez at lycos.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATSC content heavy pixel-ating every 15 sec's
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:35:43 -0500

> 
> 
> Sorry - I should have included this.  This is the output from running the 
> frontend with verbose playback.  I get these msg's every 15 sec's while 
> watching recorded ATSC content.
> 
> 2004-12-31 20:34:23.936 A/V diverged by -6.94108 frames, dropping frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:23.936 A/V diverged by -6.27726 frames, dropping frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:23.936 A/V diverged by -5.53213 frames, dropping frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:23.936 A/V diverged by -4.71852 frames, dropping frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:23.936 A/V diverged by -3.86855 frames, dropping frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:24.505 A/V diverged by 3.44872 frames, extending frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:24.572 A/V diverged by 5.04412 frames, extending frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 2004-12-31 20:34:24.639 A/V diverged by 6.00839 frames, extending frame to 
> keep audio in sync
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john roberts" <homepagez at lycos.com>
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] ATSC content heavy pixel-ating every 15 sec's
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:52:30 -0500
> 
> >
> >
> > I'm running a CVS build from mid-Dec and I've noticed that every 15 sec's 
> > on recorded content I get heavy pixel-ation (if that's a word).
> >
> > For a while I thought it was due to a weak station - but it does this for 
> > all recordings.  And the fact it does this EVERY 15 sec's makes me think 
> > there is something odd going on.
> >
> > I was thinking it might be a DMA issue - but the drive seems to be set 
> > correctly:
> >
> > htpc / # /sbin/hdparm -v /dev/hdb
> >
> > /dev/hdb:
> >   multcount    = 16 (on)
> >   IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
> >   unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
> >   using_dma    =  1 (on)
> >   keepsettings =  0 (off)
> >   readonly     =  0 (off)
> >   readahead    = 256 (on)
> >   geometry     = 19929/255/63, sectors = 163928604672, start = 0
> >
> > My setup:
> >
> > - P4 3.2G
> > - Dec CVS build
> > - Gentoo
> > - HD2000
> > - HD3000
> >
> > Thanks!  Could this be a Myth issue?
> >
> > -John
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