[mythtv-users] Mythtv.9 - increased choppiness of video/ dropped frames

[cmisip]

Only on the TV wonder , not the VE.  I use the SB live line in for the
VE line out.  

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 14:52, Aran Cox wrote:
> When you say you are you using btaudio, you are using it with the TV
> Wonder and not the VE, right?  If you know some trick to getting it to
> work with the VE, please clue me in... I gave up on it and just stuck
> with pass-thru sound.
> 
> Thanks,
> Aran
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:29, cmisip wrote:
> > Seems like not everybody is having these problems.  Some have even
> > reported increased speed.  Maybe it is system specific.  My system is an
> > AMD Athlox XP 2400+ with Soyo KT400 motherboard and dual TV tuners: ATI
> > TV Wonder and ATI TV Wonder VE, using SB Live 5.1 and btaudio.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:19, cmisip wrote:
> > > I have been trying to find out what is causing this.  I reverted to my
> > > previous norton ghost install with the mythtv cvs version of 5/25/03 and
> > > redhat 9 kernel version 2.4.20-13.9 thinking that it was a kernel
> > > problem.  That mythtv cvs version works fine without the choppy video. 
> > > Still thinking it was the kernel, I installed the latest cvs version of
> > > mythtv and reproduced the choppy video.  So it cant be the kernel. 
> > > Reverted to my norton ghost backup of last night prior to the mythtv .9
> > > install.  Now under the kernel version 2.4.20-18.9.  The cvs version of
> > > 5/25/03 = no choppiness.  Installed mythtv current cvs (0.9) and there
> > > the choppiness is back.  There;s gotta be something in the new mythtv
> > > release causing this.  I have had no hardware changes at all.  All
> > > settings are the same.  And now no apparent difference with different
> > > kernel versions.  
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 17:05, Mark Chou wrote:
> > > > I too have observed this increased choppiness as well.  I think 
> > > > something changed on or around 5/27 in CVS that rendered playback (or is 
> > > > it encoding?) choppy compared to before.  Ever since that time 
> > > > subsequent recordings have had dropped frames lasting around 1 sec. or 
> > > > so, and generally comes in bunches...
> > > > 
> > > > I can't put my finger on where in the code is responsible for the 
> > > > choppiness coming from, but my system has had no change (HW/SW) besides 
> > > > mythtv for at least two months now.  I've even turned off cron to 
> > > > eliminate this possibility but it still happens...
> > > > 
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Issac Richards wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 04:19 pm, cmisip wrote:
> > > >  > Just upgraded last night to .9. I noticed that I seem to have very
> > > >  > noticeable frame drops and video jerkiness especially when there are 2
> > > >  > recording sessions going on.  Has the system requirements increased ?
> > > >  > This was not an issue with cvs from 5/25/03.  I notice rebuffering
> > > >  > messages when I quit mythfrontend.  If its a bug, hoping to get it fixed
> > > >  > in .9.1.  Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > Nothing of importance changed in that time period.
> > > > 
> > > > Isaac
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > 
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