[mythtv-users] ASUS Pundit SIS driver per Jarod's FAQ

[Jeff C]

At 10:30 PM 10/10/2003 -0300, you wrote:
>At 04:52 PM 10/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>>On Friday, Oct 10, 2003, at 15:21 US/Pacific, Jeff C wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>Still trying to get this pundit working.  I am having weird locking 
>>>issues.  If I use the SIS driver that Jarod has listed in his RH9 
>>>install doc, the system hangs when I try and open the control panel (the 
>>>one he links too is quite a bit older than the lastest rev).
>>
>>I don't actually have a Pundit, so I don't keep that section too up to 
>>date. The info was sent to me a while back, and I put it in, but it 
>>hasn't been modified since. If you find there are any major changes 
>>required, please let me know, and I'll adjust accordingly. I'm adding a 
>>disclaimer to that section also... :)

It is also necessary to enable "De-interlace Playback" in order to get the 
maximum quality from the TV out on the pundit.  I realize this is counter 
intuitive, but I found that in the archive and it makes a huge difference 
in the quality.  This should probably go in too Jarod.  Thanks.

>It appears to be necessary, before you attempt to access /dev/video0, to 
>kill the "artsd" sound daemon that runs under KDE.  I created a simple 
>shell script in ~/.ked/Autostart that runs a `killall artsd` before it 
>calls mythfrontend.  Rather than simply sym-linking mythfrontend in to the 
>autostart directory.  As well, from experience, I do a `sleep 5` before 
>calling mythfrontend as that seems to allow things to complete 
>appropriately.  This is also where I call test_ioctl to set my 2GB/hr 
>setting for my pvr250.
>
>Other than the artsd problem, and using the latest driver for the SIS 
>card, from the site you list, everything worked.  Ignore my earlier 
>message, when I started from scratch again with your docs, the above noted 
>changes were all that was required.  A big thanks to you and Axel for all 
>your work in helping us get these systems running.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>-Jeff
>
>
>
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