[mythtv-users] bttv driver & Aver Studio TV Tuner

[Harley Peters]

Saravanan Subbiah wrote:
> appeee ....
> 
> After trying different version of bttv with all possible different
> options, I finally changed the IRQ loop count in the bttv-driver.c from
> 20 to 200 and preliminary tests all passed. I was able to watch *and(
> switch channels in mythtv without any VIDEOSYSC problem. Will do more
> testing in the evening.
> 
> I am now having a test m/c with ATA33 Hardddisk which I am planning to
> upgrade. I see that when I watch TV the pictures kind of jitters. Would
> it be coz of ATA33 ? Is ATA 33 enough to sustain the data pumped in by
> MythTv ?
> 
> -Saravanan
> 

ATA 33 should be fast enough. When i first started using mythtv i was 
using a slow ata66 drive running in ata 33 mode and had no problems.

One thing you do need to make sure is that you have dma turned on.

Harley Peters