[mythtv-users] LiveTV jerky on FC3

[Tom Lichti]

gerhard aldorf wrote:

> Hi,
> I installed mythtv .17 on FC3 from scratch following Jarods guide. 
> LiveTV is very jerky  and pauses every 2-3 seconds. recorded programs 
> work ok This is on my test system. with two screens and one  PVR 250
>
> mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 works fine after a reboot but behaves the 
> same way as mythtv after I run mythtv.
> Can anyone please tell me on what could be wrong here.
> Thank's
> Gerhard
>
I (and many others) have the same problem. My system will hard freeze as 
well sometimes because of this. Everytime there is a 'prebuffering 
pause' message, the video/audio hiccups. The only fix I found was to 
disable XvMC, which is disappointing since it really kept the CPU usage 
down. But at least I can watch TV without it burping every few seconds.

Tom