[mythtv-users] CLE266 hardware mpeg

[Adam Wood]

Hi Jelle,

I tried Gentoo. Didn't have much success and since it wasn't for me I
had a time constraint and gave up and installed RedHat. It's an M-6000
(as I think I said) so I really need the hardware decoding. Do you know
if mplayer is using it yet? My friend is really keen to use DVDs through
it, but I didn't set up VIAxp for him.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jelle Kalf
> Sent: 01 December 2003 10:50
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: FW: [mythtv-users] CLE266 hardware mpeg
> 
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> Are you using gentoo as well? I use the howto on 
> http://blade5.bvu.edu/ Don't forget with gentoo you compile 
> EVERY package you have. So it basically ment I took a stage3 
> tarball and started compiling from there on. Xfree, mozilla, 
> gnome, mythtv, transcode and mplayer (included ALL codecs).
> 
> I'm using a linux 2.4.23-pre9-epia1 kernel as described in 
> http://blade5.bvu.edu/. When I load via_v4l_drv I get my 
> /dev/video0 video1 and video2 devices. I haven't tried 
> putting anything through that yet because I wasn't done 
> compiling yet. I started Sunday morning 4:30am (don't ask, I 
> just had to get it up and running).... And from then on it 
> compiled straight through the day, at night the PSU broke 
> (have to get a new one) and from this morning on it's 
> compiling transcode / gnome / moz-firebird-cvs).
> 
> 
> Jelle.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Adam Wood
> Sent: maandag 1 december 2003 11:29
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] CLE266 hardware mpeg
> 
> Hi Jelle,
> 
> What kernel did you use with Gentoo? And more importantly 
> does hardware decoding work?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam
> 
> P.s. You think 2 days was a long compile time, I'm using a 
> M-6000! Well worth it though if I can get hardware decoding to work.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jelle Kalf
> > Sent: 01 December 2003 10:09
> > To: raltieri at earthlink.net; 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] CLE266 hardware mpeg
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Russel,
> > 
> > I'm working on an epia-M as well. I haven't tried it since I bought
> > the machine last Saturday. But Tako Schotanus in this 
> mailinglist has 
> > more experience with it.
> > 
> > I'm using Gentoo Linux for my VCR. Currently it seems my machine has
> > compiled everything just as it should and also the hardware mpeg 
> > driver seems to be working. Do know that getting gentoo 
> installed will 
> > take you 2 days straight compiling ;) but it will offer up to 20% 
> > speed advantage as apposed to RedHat. That's because I 
> compiled every 
> > piece of optimization I could find for the epia-m board.
> > 
> > Don't just use xfree stock btw. Do install the special 
> via-drm drivers
> > to get a better performance on your Xfree.
> > 
> > I'm running a 2.4.23-pre9-epia1 kernel.
> > Http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/ has all the > patches to patch a vanilla
> > 2.4.22 kernel up to 2.4.23-pre9 :)
> > 
> > 
> > Jelle Kalf.
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On > Behalf Of Russell
> Altieri
> > Sent: maandag 1 december 2003 5:33
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] CLE266 hardware mpeg
> > 
> > Hi,
> >    I was wondering if someone could summarize there working epia-m
> > with hardware decoding.  there is little documentation and I can't 
> > seem to get it working.  Currently I am running redhat 9.0 2.4.20-8.
> > It's mostly the stock kernel,  just trimmed down a bit.  
> Stock xfree 
> > and
> > CLEXF40030 files.   I don't really care what version of 
> > kernel or linux
> > I use.  I am unable to watch live tv right now without 
> really crappy 
> > resolution.  I've tried to compile myth from scratch with 
> the cle266 
> > enabled but it doesn't seem to be any different.  How can I tell?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 	Russ
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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