[mythtv-users] CrystalHD playback problems

[PJBrs]

On 12/22/2011 02:16 PM, diespambox at gmx.net wrote:
> PJBrs<ml_pjbrs at floorenpj.xs4all.nl>  wrote:
>> On 12/22/2011 01:04 PM, diespambox at gmx.net wrote:
>>> PJBrs<ml_pjbrs at floorenpj.xs4all.nl>   wrote:
>>>> Anyway, I want to make a final check--is anyone else having playback
>>>> problems with CrystalHD? Or, more specifically, a bcm970015 with an
>>> Hi,
>>> i had playback issues until built the crystalhd kernel modules
>>> myself. I don't know what linux distribution you are using, but their
>>> kernel modules may be to old and do not support the bcm970015. I'm using the
>>> module from git://git.wilsonet.com/crystalhd.git
>> Hello Tobi, I did, it says "Loading crystalhd v3.10.0" when I insmod
>> crystalhd.ko. What other hardware do you use? CPU? GPU? Distro? Did you
>> have to apply specific settings to get it working?
>>
>> I use Slackware-13.37 with a 2.6.38 kernel. In fact,
>> http://git.wilsonet.com/crystalhd.git/ says that this repository is
>> deprecated. It is now over at
>> http://git.linuxtv.org/jarod/crystalhd.git. However, there haven't been
>> any commits since this transition.
>>
> I'm running this on a wetab, but the tablet is turned off right now
> and i won't be at home before tomorrow so i can't give you more details on my
> dmesg output... Distro is yawos which is some sort of ubuntu, kernel
> could be 2.6.38 but I'm not sure...
> I think i did nothing special but loading the module and setting
> mythfrontend to use crystalhd.
Thanks for the info!

I checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeTab . You have an Atom N450 
with a GMA3150 GPU, more advanced than what I have (Atom N270 with 
GMA950). So there's a difference in hardware that my explain why it 
doesn't work in my case. so maybe this _is_ a bug...?

PJBrs