[mythtv-users] EXTREMELY choppy video

[Mark L. Cukier]

Helge:

I confess to being somewhat green at the whole Linux thing (though 
installing Myth has brought me a llloonng way... :-) )... any chance you 
can shed some light on how to do this?? I'd much appreciate it....

Thanks,
   Mark

Helge Jensen wrote:

> Mark L. Cukier wrote:
>
>> Hello all:
>>
>> My video is extremely choppy. I'm running a fairly fast (Intel 2.4C 
>> HT) processor, and I'm running a PVR-350 and nVidia TVout, so I'm 
>> fairly confident it's not processor overload. Choppy is pretty vague, 
>> but it's the best word to describe it. The video will run smooth for 
>> 5 seconds, and then chop up!!! It's pretty consistent, and I haven't 
>> seen it go more than about 15 seconds without chopping. Obviously, 
>> it's totally unwatchable....
>
>
> I had this exact problem when playing the sound through ALSA dmix.
>
> I workarounded it by using the actual ALSA hardware device instead.
>


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