[mythtv-users] newbie needin help with PVR-350

[Jason]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 08:42:11AM +0000, David Watkins wrote:
> On 20/12/05, Jason <jason at monsterjam.org> wrote:
> > hey folks, just set up a new myth box on a PII Celeron 400Mhz box with 512Megs of memory.
> > mythtv ~ # uname -a
> > Linux mythtv 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 #3 PREEMPT Thu Dec 15 17:57:43 EST 2005 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) Genui
> > neIntel GNU/Linux
> >
> > Ive got: mythtv-0.18.1-r1 and ivtv-0.4.0-r2 installed. The gui menu comes up fine, but when I
> > "watch tv", the cpu utilzation for mythfrontend goes up to 70-80%, and the actual video on the TV is
> > choppy every second or so. Ive got xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 with the ivtvdev_drv for the tv-out.
> >
> 
> Make sure that you've enabled the PVR 350 output in mythfrontend
> setup.  I can't remember where it is because I've not used my PVR 350
> since version 0.16, but there's a tickbox somewhere, probably under
> General or Playback.

Ive doublechecked this and this is selected..

when I start mythtv as the mythtv user, In an Xwindow on a remote system, I get the following output.. 
Im guessing its  because Im displaying it over X, but when I watch on tv, I get the same bad 
video/audio performance..

2005-12-21 20:35:36.620 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-12-21 20:35:36.635 Using protocol version 15
2005-12-21 20:35:36.735 Using protocol version 15
2005-12-21 20:35:39.128 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-12-21 20:35:39.129 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
XvQueryExtension failed.
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
XvQueryAdaptors failed.
***
* Couldn't find Xv support, falling back to non-Xv mode.
* MythTV performance will be much slower since color
* conversion and scaling will be done in software.
* Consider upgrading your video card or X server if
* you would like better performance.
***
* No XShm support found, MythTV may be very slow and consume lots of cpu.
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
2005-12-21 20:35:39.267 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
You likely won't get any video.
2005-12-21 20:35:40.015 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2005-12-21 20:35:40.051 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
2005-12-21 20:35:40.558 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2005-12-21 20:35:40.990 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:41.864 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:42.787 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:43.739 prebuffering pause
* Your system is not capable of displaying the
* full framerate at 600x400 resolution.  Frames
* will be skipped in order to keep the audio and
* video in sync.
2005-12-21 20:35:45.491 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:46.778 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:47.960 prebuffering pause
2005-12-21 20:35:48.986 prebuffering pause
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
2005-12-21 20:35:49.617 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
You likely won't get any video.
2005-12-21 20:35:49.989 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None


regards,
Jason