<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">> On 10/1/2008, Steve Daniels <steve.p.daniels@googlemail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> On 10/01/2008, Ken Williams <<a ymailto="mailto:kenwilliams@oddpost.com" href="mailto:kenwilliams@oddpost.com">kenwilliams@oddpost.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Hi everyone,<br>> ><br>> > I'm new to MythTV, built my first box and am having some trouble.<br>> ><br>> > Here are my particulars...at least the ones I can think of that would<br>> > matter!<br>> > I bought a used Dell GX280 and put in a PVR-350. I only have a 200GB
SATA<br>> > drive in it for now. I wanted to make sure it works before I invest
more $$<br>> > for<br>> > a bigger drive. I loaded Mythdora 4.0, and couldn't get it to work.
Then I<br>> > downloaded<br>> > the latest fixes, compiled it and it started working!! I haven't
hooked it<br>> > up to a TV<br>> > yet, but it works on the monitor and to my PC using MythTV Player. If<br>> > everything<br>> > works well, I'll probably get another, smaller PC for the frontend
and<br>> > figure out<br>> > how to get it hooked up.<br>> ><br>> > So my problems are these:<br>> > 1. The picture skips about once a second....almost like a heartbeat.<br>> <br>> What graphics do you have?<br><br>I am currently using the on-board graphics adapter, which is an Intel i810. On my F/E machine,<br>I'll get a better graphics card, but for the B/E that will never be connected to a TV, I don't want<br>to spend more than I have to.<br><br>> What processor do you have?<br><br>It's an Intel P4 3.2GHz machine with 1GB of memory.<br><br>> Have a look at top and tell us if the processor usage is max'd out<br>> whilst watching TV?<br><br>It is around .10 load average.<br><br>Tonight, I played a DVD ISO image that I ripped using MythDVD and it looks fine....no stuttering and<br>the sound is correct. While playing the DVD, the load average was around .80, which makes sense, because<br>the DVD is either
higher resolution or progressive scan, isn't it?? This is looking more like the PVR-350 <br>and/or the ivtv driver, isn't it?? <br><br>> > 2. The sound is kind of funny...like people have been on helium!! I
have the<br>> > output from the stb plugged into the PVR-350.<br>> <br>> Follow the link in the second post, and if that doesn't work, read the<br>> third post and look for that thread maybe... this might also be the<br>> cause of #1.<br>> <br><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264455?search_string=helium;#264455" target="_blank">> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264455?search_string=helium;#264455</a><br>> <br>> ><br>> > 3. I have DirecTV, have my account on Schedules Direct, and
everything is<br>> > fine<br>> > there except for the local channels. I'm in the So. Cal. area and I
can't<br>> > find the<br>> > local independents, like KCAL and KTLA. Is that something with
Schedules<br>> > Direct, or is it a mapping problem I need to fix?<br>> <br>> Can't help you there...<br>> <br>> ><br>> > Any help would be appreciated. If any of this is documented
somewhere,<br>> > please<br>> > let me know where. I've searched the docs on several sites, and
watched this<br>> > list<br>> > for a week or so now and haven't found anything that helps!! HELP!!<br>> <br>> Searching Gossamer is the goldmine of all knowledge ;-)<br>> <br><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/" target="_blank">> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/</a><br>> <br>> ><br>> > Thanks<br>> > Ken<br>> ><br>> <br>> I hope some of that helps.<br>> <br>> Steve Daniels<br>> <br>Thanks again for any help!!<br><br>Ken<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>