[mythtv-users] Should a Via Epia V8000 (PLE, no CLE!) be able to do livetv?
Francesco Peeters
francesco at fampeeters.com
Tue Apr 11 21:52:00 UTC 2006
R. G. Newbury schreef:
> Francesco Peeters wrote:
>
>>R. G. Newbury schreef:
>>
>>
>>>Francesco Peeters wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Before I put any more time in this, I was wondering:
>>>>
>>>>Will an Epia V8000 (800MHz C3, 256 MB RAM, PLE VGA (So no CLE H/W MPEG),
>>>>Hauppage PVR250) be able to playback recordings and livetv?
>>>>
>>>>I have 2 big issues right now:
>>>>1)No Audio (might be drivers, haven't put any time in that yet)
>>>>2)Stuttering video.
>>>>
>>>>As to #2:
>>>>About every second a few frames are dropped. This happens irrespective
>>>>of the MPEG2 source: both livetv and playback of a recording do the same.
>>>>Processor seems to be at a staggering 86% usage when playing either
>>>>livetv or recording, which seems to be a bit high to me, even for a
>>>>'meagre' 800MHz processor
>>>>
>>>>The VGA driver being used is the Trident XFree driver included in KnoppMyth
>>>
>>>
>>>1) Go to the alsa-driver site, download and compile the via82xx driver.
>>>Should work for your board.
>>>
>>
>>
>>The KnoppMyth distro contains via82xx drivers, and those are loaded, but
>>I still do not have audio... :-(
>>
>>I'll try with the drivers from Via themselves as well, but like I said,
>>I haven't put too much time in that yet..
>>
>>
>>
>>>2) Possibly you can use the xvmc enabled video driver, if your chipset
>>>is described as 'unichrome'. If so the easiest method would be to
>>>upgrade to a recent kernel 2.6.16 where the unichrome driver is included
>>>with the kernel. Note that the unichrome pro extensions are not covered
>>>by that module. For that you need the upgraded xorg from openchrome (an
>>>rpm is available from kelkoo.net.
>>>
>>
>>AFAIK the unichrome drivers are only for the CLE266 and above... Anyway,
>>the VIA and other sites clearly state that the PLE does not have H/W
>>MPEG, so I am afraid that's a no go...
>>
>>I tried using the VIA driver for X11, and then XFree wouldn't even
>>start, so I reverted to the Trident driver, which is slightly (but
>>really only marginally so) faster than the VESA driver...
>>
>>As the Via EPIA V8000 doesn't have an AGP slot, and only 1 PCI slot, I
>>may be looking at getting a PVR350 instead... :-/
>>
>>If this really doesn't work out, I'll have to see what is cheaper... A
>>new EPIA board or a 350... :-o
>>
>
>
> Via make a 2 slot PCI riser extension card, which will allow you to have
> 2 PCI cards installed. Quite cheap. Mine cost about $25US and another
> $10 for shipping from LogicSupply in Waterbury, Vermont. THere are
> sources for this in Europe. (If your case gives you problems, the answer
> is flexible PCI extension cable, also cheap considering the problems it
> can fix.)
>
> If you go that route you can install an NVidia chip based video card and
> get the hardware enhancements for output (xvmc) and a PVR500 and get the
> MPEG encoder in hardware as well.
>
>
> Geoff
>
I did not know VIA had a 2 slot PCI riser... Hmm... Thanks for the tip,
I'll check that out!
--
Francesco Peeters
Via EPIA V8000 - 256M RAM - 160GB Maxtor - PVR-250
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