[mythtv-users] Different ringbuffer locations per tuner?

[IvanK.]

The instructions are not that great, but installing the audio drivers
(assuming you use one of the supported distros) is no big deal.

You unzip the 74audio* file, and cd into that directory
cd RedHat (or Mandrake, whatever)
cd 7.3 (or whatever version you're using)
You will see some ".gz" files.  Don't be fooled!  These are compressed tar
files.  Just
tar -xzf 74(arch).gz
cd 74(arch)
su
../vinstall

And you should be done.  If you already have a half-botched alsa install
lying around you may have some problems (as I did), but I did a clean
install and then the steps above and had no problems after that.

You can email me privately (or on the users list, I don't care) if you
have any questions.

And I was the one who tried the new slim driver.  It seems to work great
on distros that use gcc 2x, not well on distros that use gcc 3x (according
to the chatter on viaarena).

Larry


> I'm still working on audio.  I did download the RH8 driver but was a
> little daunted by their installation "instructions", if you could call
> them that.  I have a copy of a xConfig file from someone who's got it
> working and he indicated the performance was much better.
>
> Shawn Edwards wrote:
>> Have you tried the new X driver from via?  I've seen others post here
>> that it was a great improvement for playback.
>>
>> http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=60
>>
>> I'm considering an EPIA 'board for my playback machine but I wanted to
>>  hear more reviews of the new driver.  Anyone out there want to post a
>>  review?
>>
>> -sedwards
>>
>> usenet at wingert.org wrote:
>>
>>> I bought an EPIA 800.  I can say I am very unimpressed with its
>>> performance,
>>> I can see why Cyrix went away.  At DVD rate MPEG2, mplayer has to
>>> drop  frames
>>> to keep up with the bitrate.  I'll have to note that this is
>>> something my PIII-450 does fine.  On the other hand power consumption
>>> is pretty  impressive at 12 watts at idle (my Athlon and PIV systems
>>> pull about  80 watts).
>>>
>>> I also got an X-Box to play with as a front end.  There again, I am
>>> unimpressed.  The XBox is a monster and very noisy.  It also draws
>>> about 60 watts when running.
>>>
>>> If VIA gets their butt in gear and provides MPEG source or binary
>>> hardware
>>> support for MPlayer, Ogle, ...., there will be a pretty good feather
>>> in their hat.  I think I'll stay away until they do.  I can't see a
>>> 200 MHz increase in processor speed being able to reduce the
>>> processor  load significantly (in Intel terms maybe, but not Cyrix).
>>>
>>> Anyone know of a low power Athlon/PIII/PIV setup capable of decoding
>>> DVD rate MPEG2 and still having 20% idle?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, I have heard this as well - and in fact have confirmed this.
>>>> Stores are now selling the current M10000 as "M-10000A".
>>>>
>>>> Also: In April they plan to release a dual 1ghz mini-itx board with
>>>> the new nemiah processors.  That outta be fairly impressive. Can't
>>>> wait for that!
>>>>
>>>> --Micah
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone considering purchasing a VIA EPIA M10000 might want to check
>>>>> out this story from mini-itx.com first:
>>>>> http://www.mini-itx.com/default.asp#story0144
>>>>>
>>>>> Apparently, the M10000 will have 2 versions, the one currently
>>>>> being sold which is based on the existing processor core and a
>>>>> version "II" that will be based on the new Nehemiah core (with
>>>>> better floating point performance). All this according to the above
>>>>> news item. I'd love to hear different. FYI, YMMV, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------------------------------
>>>>> This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> mythtv-users mailing list
>>>>> mythtv-users at snowman.net
>>>>> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> mythtv-users mailing list
>>>> mythtv-users at snowman.net
>>>> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> mythtv-users mailing list
>>> mythtv-users at snowman.net
>>> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> mythtv-users mailing list
>> mythtv-users at snowman.net
>> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users