I ended up buying an Abit NF7 motherboard a couple days ago. My PVR-500 works great now. It's a bummer that I hadda plunk down the extra cash, but now I'm happy because It Just Works(TM). :-)
Ian On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 15:20 -0500, Robert Del Huerto wrote: > Bummer. Another user, who posted to this mailing list some time back, > was able to get his card working by tweaking his PCI settings in his > BIOS setup. You may want to try doing that before replacing your > motherboard. > > robert > > > Ian Cartwright wrote: > > >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. 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