[mythtv-users] Back to 0.16 ... all is well

[Will Dormann]

After wrestling with 0.17 for a while and not really getting anywhere 
with figuring out why mythbackend won't stay running, I've restored my 
system to the state where it was running 0.16.

Everything's running fine now.  No NFS errors, no mythbackend crashing. 
   Perhaps at some point I may give 0.17 another shot, but right now I'm 
liking having a system that I don't need to worry about.   :)

An interesting post I've found is this:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/84015#84015

Very good information there about how to get good looking video output. 
  I had installed an nVidia MX4000 card in my Pundit.   By default it 
seemed to help a bit, but where it really shines is the ability to do 
vsync stuff.   With the 6629 drivers and GLX Vsync support compiled in 
MythTV, the difference is quite significant.

With no deinterlacing, the output looks very nice.  Vsync really helps 
with the jitter I'd see with the Pundit's onboard SIS graphics.   I've 
played around a little bit with Bob deinterlacing.   The smoothness of 
the motion with Bob enabled is spectacular.  However the resolution 
slightly suffers as a result.   I guess you need to choose which is more 
important to you, resolution or smooth motion.  Without dedicated 
hardware such as the PVR-350, that's probably as good as it gets.


I can't say what exactly was wrong with my MythTV 0.17 setup, but from 
what I have gathered, at least a few others here were seeing the same 
sort of problems with mythbackend just disappearing.   Considering the 
time I've put into the thing lately, I think I'm more than happy to just 
leave it at 0.16 unless I or somebody else has a brainstorm as to the cause.


-WD