[mythtv-users] MythShyte: One unhappy customer

antec antec30 at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 19 16:38:32 EDT 2005


Your absolutely right, its not the fault of this project that the 
reuiqrements for MPEG4 are high. I apologise once again.

Thanks for the info, I can now see why it was pausing. will look into an 
hardware based capture card.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kuhn" <kuhn at razorsys.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythShyte: One unhappy customer


> from the docs
>
> -A PIII/733MHz system can encode one video stream using the MPEG-4 codec 
> using 480x480 capture resolution. This does not allow for live TV 
> watching, but does allow for encoding video and then watching it later.
>
> your just barely cutting it.. if you want to use that 1ghz system 
> effiecntly get a hardware based tv card like the PVR-250,350,500,150 or 
> lower the bitrate and resolution that you are using to record with your 
> software based card..
>
> shitting all over mythtv will get you nowhere.. i suggest wording things 
> better in the future..you're lucky there is some really good guys on this 
> list..
>
>
>> 25fps
>> no HD
>> no xvmc
>> 512Mb ram
>> VIA chipset
>> 640x480resolution
>>
>> the pauses were less on the 1Ghz, so the system was marginally faster, 
>> but still paused. I cant imagine what would happen if I tried to record 
>> something!
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Big Wave Dave" 
>> <bigwavedave at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythShyte: One unhappy customer
>>
>>
>> What is the framrate of your captured videos?
>> Is this HD?
>> Are you using xvmc?
>> How much RAM do you have?
>> What chipset is your motherboard using?
>> What resolution are you outputing?
>>
>> I'm sure others will have more questions... but I'm sure those are
>> some things people will need to know before they can help.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 7/19/05, antec <antec30 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am atill getting prebuffer pause even though I have done everything
>>> recommended in the documentation pages:
>>>
>>> * bought and installed a geforce card
>>> * got xwindows working with nvidia
>>> * upgraded machine to a P3-1Ghz. (not a celeron!)
>>> * checked and reconfigured all of the TV settings under mythtv.
>>>
>>> Mythtv on my system was build using fc3 and atrpms. So I compiled 
>>> nothing.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something crucial here, or is this just a case of sloppy 
>>> code.
>>> This project has cost me time and money to get a result that is no 
>>> better
>>> than "myth-shyte". After all, why would I now go and buy a p4-3.3 to 
>>> watch
>>> tv, when I can just plug in my P1 and do the same thing (without 
>>> buffering
>>> naturally).
>>>
>>> Unless Im blind in both eyes and delusional, I think the next step is to
>>> return to freevo aka bugvo and give mythtv the myth-skip.
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>>
>>
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