On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 01:45 -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:
> I am recording from the SVIDEO input. 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Al McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>         I have been testing the HVR 1600 mostly using mythtv, 
>         
>         1 recording had hyperfast audio playback and I am also
>         noticing intermittent skips in audio, silence for about a 1
>         second. 
>         
>         Is this currently common behaviour?

This is a known problem with the first analog (e.g. SVIDEO) capture
after modprobe.  All subsequent captures after that one should be fine.

I have an idea on how I might fix it.  It's on my todo list.  Since it
has a simple workaround, it's pretty low on the list.



>         I noticed this in my dmesg :
>         
>         [ 3087.476431] cx18-0: Cannot find buffer 33 for stream
>         encoder MPEG
>         [ 3087.476442] cx18-0: Could not find buf 33 for stream
>         encoder MPEG


This is the first message in a downward spiral of dropping buffers out
of the driver <-> firmware buffer transfer rotation.  If enough of those
happen during a capture, the capture will stall.  It is caused by a long
interrupt response latency in your system (with the driver contributing
to that latency). and the driver not checking for the firmware to driver
mailbox being stale and possibly overwritten by the firmware.

My latest changes in my experimental repo addresses precisely this
problem.  See my recent announcement on the lists.


Regards,
Andy


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