[mythtv] CVS Newbie

Mark Musone mmusone at shatterit.com
Tue Jan 21 17:20:02 EST 2003


i believe the CVS server is down right now..

-Mark

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:21:00PM -0600, RoMaN wrote:
> hmmm..  that's what i'm doing except i get connection refused?
> 
> i'll have to check my firewall settings.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 01:06:20PM -0800, Cedar McKay wrote:
> > http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-1.html
> > 
> > cedar
> > 
> > RoMaN wrote:
> > 
> > >hi there - i'm new to cvs - could someone provide me the information to 
> > >access the CVS root and login to obtain the latest development packages of 
> > >mythtv???
> > >
> > >thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:47:32PM -0600, John Joseph Roets wrote:
> > > 
> > >
> > >>Hello all.
> > >>I'm running Myth and getting jerky/jittery video.
> > >>Video is jittery to very jittery in live TV mode (and sometimes, in
> > >>playback mode).  It seems that the mpeg4 setting gives me better
> > >>quality, yet is much more jerky.  I've been recording with rtjpeg
> > >>settings below, and have gotten very large files (~3300-5400 KB/hr.) as
> > >>a result (I will ask that question next, after I see the file sizes
> > >>generated today with mpeg4 settings).
> > >>I was hoping that it was due to dma settings, but that is apparently not
> > >>the case.
> > >>Would I gain much in not compressing the audio?
> > >>Is there something in my system which inherently causes/allows this?
> > >>
> > >>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >>Thanks in advance.
> > >>
> > >>I have:
> > >>IBM Netvista P4 @ 1.8 GHz 256MB RAM
> > >>ATI TV-Wonder VE
> > >>Intel i810 onboard sound with ALSA
> > >>nVidia Vanta/Vanta LT (AGP)
> > >>RH 8.0 -- Gnome
> > >>AVermedia AVerkey iMicro VGA to NTSC box
> > >>54 in. rear-projection bigscreen
> > >>
> > >>- What version of MythTV are you running?
> > >>0.7
> > >>
> > >>- settings file 
> > >>480x480
> > >>rtjpeg
> > >>Quality=255
> > >>mpeg4
> > >>TargetBitrate=2200
> > >>Deinterlace=1
> > >>All other settings in settings.txt are default, no change.
> > >>
> > >>- What resolution?
> > >>480x480 (I've tried 640x480, as it should work fine with this box, and
> > >>while it is clearer, it causes much slowdown/jitter).
> > >>
> > >>- What codec are you using?
> > >>rtjpeg -- less jitter, but still some.  Quality at 255
> > >>mpeg4 -- seems better quality, but certainly more jitter.  Target
> > >>bitrate at 2200.
> > >>
> > >>- Are you using the nvidia binary driver?
> > >>nvidia module
> > >>
> > >>- Is your mysql colocated on the server with mythtv?
> > >>Yes.
> > >>
> > >>- What is your disk speed? 7200? 5400? Other?
> > >>7200
> > >>
> > >>- HD info [hdparm -I /dev/hda]?
> > >>/dev/hda:
> > >>
> > >>ATA device, with non-removable media
> > >>       Model Number:       MAXTOR 6L040J2
> > >>       Serial Number:      662205637151
> > >>       Firmware Revision:  A93.0500
> > >>Standards:
> > >>       Used: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
> > >>       Supported: 5 4 3 2 & some of 6
> > >>Configuration:
> > >>       Logical         max     current
> > >>       cylinders       16383   16383
> > >>       heads           16      16
> > >>       sectors/track   63      63
> > >>       --
> > >>       CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
> > >>       LBA    user addressable sectors:   78177792
> > >>       device size with M = 1024*1024:       38172 MBytes
> > >>       device size with M = 1000*1000:       40027 MBytes (40 GB)
> > >>Capabilities:
> > >>       LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
> > >>       bytes avail on r/w long: 4      Queue depth: 1
> > >>       Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific
> > >>minimum
> > >>       R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
> > >>       Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
> > >>       DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> > >>udma6
> > >>            Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
> > >>       PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> > >>            Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
> > >>Commands/features:
> > >>       Enabled Supported:
> > >>          *    READ BUFFER cmd
> > >>          *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
> > >>          *    Host Protected Area feature set
> > >>          *    Look-ahead
> > >>          *    Write cache
> > >>          *    Power Management feature set
> > >>               Security Mode feature set
> > >>          *    SMART feature set
> > >>          *    Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
> > >>          *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
> > >>          *    Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
> > >>               SET MAX security extension
> > >>          *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
> > >>          *    SMART self-test
> > >>          *    SMART error logging
> > >>Security:
> > >>       Master password revision code = 65534
> > >>               supported
> > >>       not     enabled
> > >>       not     locked
> > >>               frozen
> > >>       not     expired: security count
> > >>       not     supported: enhanced erase
> > >>       20min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
> > >>HW reset results:
> > >>       CBLID- above Vih
> > >>       Device num = 0 determined by CSEL
> > >>Checksum: correct
> > >>
> > >>- What is your disk buffer size? 2MB? Other?
> > >>[ cat /proc/ide/hda/cache ]
> > >>1819
> > >>
> > >>- What are your dma, multcount, and prefetch settings?
> > >>[ hdparm /dev/hda ]
> > >>/dev/hda:
> > >>multcount    = 16 (on)
> > >>IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
> > >>unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
> > >>using_dma    =  1 (on)
> > >>keepsettings =  0 (off)
> > >>readonly     =  0 (off)
> > >>readahead    =  8 (on)
> > >>geometry     = 4866/255/63, sectors = 78177792, start = 0
> > >>
> > >>- What are your "elevator" settings? [ elvtune /dev/hda1 ]
> > >>/dev/hda1 elevator ID           0
> > >>       read_latency:           8192
> > >>       write_latency:          16384
> > >>       max_bomb_segments:      6
> > >>
> > >>- What is your CPU and bus speed? [ cat /proc/cpuinfo ]
> > >>processor       : 0
> > >>vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> > >>cpu family      : 15
> > >>model           : 1
> > >>model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
> > >>stepping        : 2
> > >>cpu MHz         : 1794.252
> > >>cache size      : 256 KB
> > >>fdiv_bug        : no
> > >>hlt_bug         : no
> > >>f00f_bug        : no
> > >>coma_bug        : no
> > >>fpu             : yes
> > >>fpu_exception   : yes
> > >>cpuid level     : 2
> > >>wp              : yes
> > >>flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> > >>mca cmov
> > >>pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
> > >>bogomips        : 3567.44
> > >>
> > >>- What is your memory type, speed, configuration, and size?
> > >>256MB
> > >>
> > >>- What is your motherboard chipset? [ a function of `cat /proc/pci` ]
> > >>[root at mythtv root]# cat /proc/pci
> > >>PCI devices found:
> > >> Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
> > >>   Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge
> > >>(rev 3).
> > >>     Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf4000000 [0xf7ffffff].
> > >> Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
> > >>   PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge
> > >>(rev 3).
> > >>     Master Capable.  Latency=96.  Min Gnt=12.
> > >> Bus  0, device  30, function  0:
> > >>   PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 18).
> > >>     Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=6.
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  0:
> > >>   ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 18).
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  1:
> > >>   IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 18).
> > >>     I/O at 0x1800 [0x180f].
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  2:
> > >>   USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 18).
> > >>     IRQ 11.
> > >>     I/O at 0x1820 [0x183f].
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  3:
> > >>   SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 18).
> > >>     IRQ 5.
> > >>     I/O at 0x1810 [0x181f].
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  4:
> > >>   USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 18).
> > >>     IRQ 10.
> > >>     I/O at 0x1840 [0x185f].
> > >> Bus  0, device  31, function  5:
> > >>   Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio
> > >>(rev 18).
> > >>     IRQ 5.?
> > >>     I/O at 0x1c00 [0x1cff].
> > >>     I/O at 0x1880 [0x18bf].
> > >> Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
> > >>   VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 21).
> > >>     IRQ 5.
> > >>     Master Capable.  Latency=248.  Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
> > >>     Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf0ffffff].
> > >>     Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf9ffffff].
> > >> Bus  2, device   8, function  0:
> > >>   Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet
> > >>Controller (rev 3).
> > >>     IRQ 11.
> > >>     Master Capable.  Latency=66.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
> > >>     Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf2000000 [0xf2000fff].
> > >>     I/O at 0x2000 [0x203f].
> > >> Bus  2, device  14, function  0:
> > >>   Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 17).
> > >>     IRQ 5.
> > >>     Master Capable.  Latency=132.  Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=40.
> > >>     Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb000000 [0xfb000fff].
> > >> Bus  2, device  14, function  1:
> > >>   Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 17).
> > >>     IRQ 5.
> > >>     Master Capable.  Latency=33.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
> > >>     Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb001000 [0xfb001fff].
> > >>
> > >>- What is your kernel version? [ uname -a ]
> > >>Linux mythtv 2.4.18-19.8.0 #1 Thu Dec 12 05:39:29 EST 2002 i686 i686
> > >>i386 GNU/Linux
> > >>
> > >>-- 
> > >>
> > >>/**
> > >>* john joseph roets
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> > >>
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