[mythtv-users] Some Fedora Myth(TV)ology notes...

[Paul Bender]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 12 March 2005 20:23, Rob Greene wrote:
> 
>>>>Now I've just got the skipping/stuttering when playing. I'm watching
>>>>threads on those...
>>>
>>>No clue there. I don't watch live TV. :-)
>>
>>Actually, it's for recorded programs.  I don't watch live TV either...
> 
> 
> Huh. I've taken a look at some of those myself. Exactly why it is seemingly 
> only happening with the latest kernels and then only to some people, I dunno. 
> I'm running the latest kernel on just about all my boxes, no ill effects...

I suspect it may have to do with the interaction between backend and 
frontend hardware.

For my backend, I use FC3 running on a P4 2.4GHz HT with 3 PVR-250 
cards. For my frontend, I use MiniMyth running on an EPIA ME6000.

Until I reverted to an earlier FC3 kernel (version 681_FC3), my system 
had bad stuttering with both live and recorded. With the earlier FC3 
kernel, it has occasional stuttering with live and no stuttering with 
recorded.

In addition, there have been reported problems with XvMC on nVIDIA. 
Therefore, it is possible that the EPIA ME6000's use of XvMC VLD may 
contribute to the problem.