[mythtv-users] MythTV questions...

[papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu]

	OK... just for grins, it'd be worth grepping for the model number in 
the kernel source to verify that it's blacklisted.  I had a drive once that 
wouldn't turn on DMA because it was known to be buggy.  There was a line-item 
in the kernel driver for that model that disabled it.

	WRT the channel changing speed, on a fully funtional system, it's just 
a few seconds.  Say, 2-4 sec or so for my dual PIII-933 with PVR-250.  It's 
enough so you don't want to "surf" with it, but you can configure it to just 
switch the OSD as you surf and find a channel... then 'Enter' to actually 
switch.

-Cory

 On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, John Sutherland wrote:

> I'm fairly sure its the drive.. I've had the drive in numerous machines in
> the past, and its always been slow.. Even in machines where I get 40M/sec
> on other drives.. And DMA is turned on.. along with 32bit mode, etc...
> 
> I think its a known problem on that drive.. I usually just keep it around
> for backup.. I'll endup buying a new drive anyways (40G is too small for
> Myth anyways).. I was using it only cause I have nothing else right now :)
> I really would liek to avoid buying another mahcine though, so I'm hoping
> the channel switching problems will go away with a new drive..
> 
> 

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