> Thanks for the reply. Can I ask what bitrates (normal & max) you use with > your PVR-150? > For most recordings I record at 720x480 with max bitrate set to 6000 and normal set to 4500.
> Also, this thread > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/users/34764 > implies that PIO mode is in my version of the driver. I just checked and my patch for gentoo ivtv-0.10.5 does indeed set that setting from 0 to 1. --- driver/ivtv-streams.c.new 2007-05-20 23:08:35.000000000 -0400 +++ driver/ivtv-streams.c 2007-05-20 23:10:29.000000000 -0400 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ { /* IVTV_ENC_STREAM_TYPE_MPG */ "encoder MPEG", VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, 0, - PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE, 0, V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE, + PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE, 1, V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE, &ivtv_v4l2_enc_fops }, { /* IVTV_ENC_STREAM_TYPE_YUV */ > However, the reply > indicates that the DMA errors may be caused by RAID. I am using softrade > (mdadm) for a raid 5 array. Is there anything I can do to mitigate the > impact of raid on my PVR-150? > I am not sure. I to am using software raid5 for the os only but I had the same issue when I was using the os on a single drive. The videos have always been on individual drives as I need all the storage I can get... John _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
