[mythtv-users] Latest IVTV driver(PVR-250) CVS and myth

[Roby Adams]

I never had much of a whine problem.  You might give it a hsot though.  It
looks like they have done a lot of work
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt" <matt at mmc.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Latest IVTV driver(PVR-250) CVS and myth


> Roby:
>
> What about the audio whine?  Did the latest ivtv CVS cure that as well?
> If it isnt fixed, I may go back to a bttv driver.  I cant STAND the whine.
>
> matt
>
> -- 
>
>
> Roby Adams said:
> > Well,  I got my MythTv box pretty much squared away.  All the modules
work
> > and everything looks good.  Now that it is stable I decided to get the
> > latest cvs of the IVTV driver (I had an pretty old one) and lo and
behold
> > many of the problems I had with the driver are solved.
> >
> > No more ghosting is resolutions less than 720x480!
> > Bitrate changing works!
> > Improved control over brightness and contrast.
> >
> > All of these I can set via the test_ioctl proggie that comes with IVTV.
> > The only issue that I am seeing is problems with sound when running at a
> > different bitrate than the default.  When I change the bitrate and view
> > live TV, myth correctly reports the bitrate but there is some sound
> > stuttering.  When I changed back to 8000000 and 16000000 peak it goes
> > away.  I am not getting any rebuffering messages or any messages from
myth
> > at all.
> >
> > I can use the same bitrate settings with mplayer by using "mplayer
> > /dev/video0"  That works fine and I get no stuttering.  (It does take a
> > sec to sync.)  I can also cat /dev/video0 >sample.mpg and that plays
fine.
> >
> > Is anyone else having this with the latest CVS of IVTV?  If not then it
> > may be a soundcard issue or an issue with my build, in which case it
would
> > be an IVTV users group issue.
> >
> > Looking for some direction.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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