[mythtv-users] Gentoo + VIA Binary driver + m10000

[Mikhail D'Vane]

>From: Travis Kelley <rhatguy at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: cvpsmith at ncche.olemiss.edu,        Discussion about mythtv 
><mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Gentoo + VIA Binary driver + m10000
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:10:10 -0400
>
>Hey.  I've been trying to get a m10000 working for about a week now
>under a 2.6 kernel.  I suppose thats why I'm having so much trouble.
>Would you mind giving me a quick rundown of the versions of these peices
>of software that you are using?

My Epia M10K system is:

>
>kernel(ck,gentoo,epia?)

2.4.24-epia1, gentoo linux distribution.  Setup following the gentoo install
guide at http://www.epiawiki.org/wiki/tiki-index.php

>myth(.14 gentoo builds?)

MythTV 0.14-r1 installed via gentoo ebuilds (a few hacks to get around
CPU stepping issues and enable HW decoding).  I'm personally eagerly
awaiting 0.15, as 0.14's stability over multiple hours of playing live TV
is a bit lacking (known issue... fixed in Myth CVS, but I don't want to
go there... WAF is already pretty low).

>ivtv(oh the issues)

0.1.9.  Not very tough to setup, really, but I get occasional out-of-
sequence frames if I capture in 480x480 resolution.  Waiting for stable
release of 0.1.10.  (That WAF thing, again.)

>lirc(gentoo ebuild?)

I'm running 0.6.6 from gentoo ebuild, but I'm not using the PVR's
remote (it's not supported in anything less than 0.7.x).  I built a
homebrew serial receiver, instead (so I can use my TV's universal
remote).

>
>I had myth working on an older board before I got this m10000 with a 2.6
>kernel but I'm ready to switch back to a 2.4 now if thats what it takes
>to get it going.  Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
>Travis
>
>On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 09:47, Paul W. Smith wrote:
> > I pretty much have my M10000+PVR250+Gentoo system set up now, except for 
>the
> > fact that my CPU is hitting 100% when watching LiveTV, which causes
> > occasional freezing.  I've tried adjusting all of the MythTV settings, 
>as
> > well as the EDX field correction in cputest.c.  I've also gone through 
>this
> > post:
> >
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/
> > gforum.cgi?post=110741;search_string=epia-m10k%20mpeg2%20decoder%
> > 20performance;guest=2880558&t=search_engine#110741
> >
> >
> > I'm at the point now where I'm seriously considering attempting to go 
>with the
> > VIA binary driver to see if this helps any.  A few quick questions:
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a difference in the playback of live TV 
>when
> > using the binary driver as opposed to Ivor's open source driver (does 
>live TV
> > even use the hardware decoding of the M10000)?
> >
> > Is there a procedure on the net somewhere that will help me to get the 
>VIA
> > binary driver working with Gentoo 1.4 (2.4 kernel)?  Is this even 
>possible?
> >
> > Could my problem have more to do with my X configuration, rather than a 
>driver
> > issue?
> >
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > PS.  Thanks everybody for the excellent help that I received on previous
> > issues that I was having!
> >
> >
> >
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