Robert, Unfortunately for me, my motherboard is rather old. The latest BIOS update for it is from April 2003. Looks like it may be time for a new motherboard for my Myth box.
-- Ian On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 20:17 -0500, Robert Del Huerto wrote: > I was getting a lot of artifacts on the captured mpegs too. Plus, my > computer would reset everytime after about 4-5 minutes of video > capture. I'm also using a VIA based motherboard. > > I went to my motherboard manufacturer's website (www.biostart.com.tw) > and downloaded the latest bios update. All of my problem went away > after I installed the update. I have been using my pvr500 for a couple > of weeks now with no problems whatsoever. > > robert > > > Ian Cartwright wrote: > > >Hello all, > > > >I've been tracking the latest versions of ivtv 0.3 since I got my > >PVR-500MCE (D492) a couple weeks ago. I haven't really had much > >success getting it to run in my main Myth box. In fact, it was causing a > >lot of reset and filesystem problems, so I decided to start testing the > >PVR-500 in my gaming box (dual boot Windows/Gentoo Linux). I reformatted > >the linux partition and installed it fresh with Gentoo 2005.0 and > >emerged all the packages needed to run MythTV. Lo and behold, the > >PVR-500 worked great! Using MythTV I can record two programs at once, > >record one program and watch live tv, etc. I even left it running all > >night watching live tv and when I came back in the morning it was still > >going strong and I can still change channels, etc. > > > >As a test, I compiled a kernel on my gaming box that would work on both > >that box and my main Myth box. I then rebooted and made sure the PVR-500 > >still worked with the gaming box. Then I moved the hard disk and the > >PVR-500 to my Myth box, took out everything else (extra hard disks, > >DVD-ROM, etc.) to make the hardware config of my Myth box look as > >similar to the gaming box as possible. I then fired up the Myth box (and > >it booted on the first try! :-). I fired up Myth and tried to watch live > >TV. Poof! Instant reset. > > > >I have also noticed in the past few weeks of testing that whenever I do > >a "cat /dev/video0 > file" and play the file, there are lots of MPEG > >artifacts in the resulting file. This only happens on my Myth box; the > >gaming box shows no artifacts. > > > >The two main differences between my gaming box and my Myth box are: > >- Gaming box: Shuttle FN41-G2 (Nforce2 Chipset) and ATI Radeon 9600 > >using fglrx drivers for X. > >- Myth box: Epox EP-8K3A+ (Via KT333 Chipset) and Nvidia 440MX using > >Nvidia drivers for X. > > > >My Myth box has been working great for all my other hardware for a few > >years now, and since it became a Myth box last year, it has not had any > >issues. > > > >With this last test I did, there is no difference in any of the software > >(except which kernel modules get loaded to support the different > >hardware). The only thing I can think of is a driver or hardware > >problem. Is there still an issue with using the ivtv driver with VIA > >based systems? Or is it more likely that there is some quirk with my > >particular motherboard that is causing this issue? > > > >Thanks. > > > >-- Ian > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > >_______________________________________________ > >ivtv-devel mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel -- Ian Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
