[mythtv-users] pvr-350 tv-out hanging in live tv

Juan C. Gallardo jgamo at cantv.net
Tue Dec 14 18:30:28 UTC 2004


So, what wxactly did you do to solve the problem?

To the second question.
I am using Xorg, with ivtvdev driver from the ivtv-0.2.0-rc3
And I have DMA enable in both my DVD and my Harddisk


Juan

Egon Burgener wrote:

>Hi 
>
>I am using kernel 2.6.8-1 and I had pretty the same problem with the
>ivtv-driver. But since I have patched my kernel to use software suspend
>2 the tv-out has never been hanging again. The software suspend patch
>breaks the ivtv code, so you have to adapt it (I had to change 2 lines
>in the driver source code). 
>
>Second problem:
>Which Xserver do you use? 
>I really recommend ivtvdev_drv_o. You will find it in the utils
>directory of ivtv.
>Do you have DMA enabled on your DVD-Drive?
>Do you have DMA enabled on your Harddisk?
>
>cheers
>Egon
>
>Am Di, 2004-12-14 um 14.03 schrieb Juan C. Gallardo:
>  
>
>>Hello
>>
>>I just manage to get the pvr-350 work over X. It looks great! and I will 
>>like to keep using it, but I am having two problems.
>>The first as says on the title. When I try to watch live tv it hangs, 
>>after a minute or something like that.
>>I have selected to use the pvr-350 in the tv setup.
>>My videos plays perfect with mplayer, from inside and outside of 
>>mythfrontend.
>>
>>The second problem is that if I try to watch a DVD is veeeery slow. I am 
>>using xine to play DVDs. I am guessing that it has to be something about 
>>playing MPG movies over X with the ivtv driver. So is tehre a way to use 
>>xine to play dvd over X using the pvr-350 tv output?
>>I think I have read something about a special version of xine to use 
>>with the pvr-350. Is that what I should use? if so, where can I found it?
>>
>>Of course, the first problem is the most important. I really want to use 
>>the pvr output, it looks soooo much better than my nvidia output, the 
>>colors are perfect.
>>
>>Any idea, anyone?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Juan
>>
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