[mythtv-users] SBLive and RH9 with default drivers?

[Jeff C]

At 10:30 PM 5/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
I have just completed the ALSA 9 driver install.  I just checked Myth and 
it still had the jerkiness problem with live TV :(.  I am going to reboot 
just to make sure I don't have two sound drivers etc loaded.
>>In the mean time, here is the output from xvinfo.  Anything you can 
>>suggest to tune things up would be greatly appreciated - especially since 
>>we have very similar settings.  I am also running the latest NVIDIA driver.
>>
>>[root at experiencetv utils]# xvinfo
>>X-Video Extension version 2.2
>>screen #0
>>   Adaptor #0: "NV10 Video Overlay"
>>     number of ports: 1
>
>hmm, that's funny.  my xvinfo doesn't show this.  i have no idea what it 
>is, i had just assumed xv was xv, i only show this part:


>>   Adaptor #1: "NV05 Video Blitter"
>>     number of ports: 32
>
>what did you have for video cards again?  two of them?  someone who knows 
>xv better than i, is the 'Video Blitter' one good enough for highspeed 
>mythtv images?  i've noticed some lines accross the screen, like the image 
>is updated in the middle of a refresh (i know that the vsync is supposed 
>to fix this properely) i just wouldn't have thought i'd have as many 
>artifacts like that as i am.

The card is a generic (MSI) GeForce2 MX 64 MB with TV out...  Encoder is a 
WinPVR 250.


>anyway, back on to _your_ problem jeff  ;-).  the other thing that caused 
>me problems, was that i had dma transfers turned off, and i had the 
>debugging output from the ivtv driver.

Debug is off and DMA is on.

Drat..... I'm almost back to doing a fresh install and punishing myself all 
over again...

One other question... I can't seem to find alsactl or figure out how to 
unmute things with the mixer...  How do you ensure your sound is enabled at 
bootup?

-Jeff