On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Andy Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 14:58 -0500, Al McIntosh wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM, igloocentral hotmail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't have a convenient S-Video source to test with. Do > > you notice the same symptoms on Composite (CVBS) inputs? > > > > > > I just tried composite and the symptoms are the same as > > s-video. video skips every few seconds, sometimes putting > > artifacts on the screen for a split second as it jumps > > forward. It sounds similar to the guy who posted about it > > skipping every 67 frames, although I haven't counted. I also > > have to use a set-top box so the HVR-1600's s-video/composite > > is the best option for me but the skips make it hard to watch > > for any length of time :) > > > > ATSC works great - but apartment buildings tend to frown on > > big antennas! > > > > Thanks again > > Gents, > > Could you please try the attached patch to the cx18 driver to not load > the firmware twice? Things to expect: > > 1. The first analog capture shouldn't have problems > Andy, yes this appears to have fixed the first time capture. I rebooted twice to verify. I did not see the accelerated audio. I only see the intermittent video and the odd audio skip as mentioned previously with SVideo capture. With regard to my previous attempt to test this patch, the ivtv module was the culprit for the poor results. I modified lirc_pvr150.c to load cx18 instead. I attached the changes I made. > > 2. If you unload and reload the cx18 driver, the digital TS will *not* > work until you unload and reload the cx18 driver *another* time > > 3. *Hopefully* your audio skips will disappear. > > 4. You will likely still need buffered playback, either with MythTV or > mplayer -cache blah blah blah... > > Regards, > Andy > > > > Did you notice if there was a lot of movement in the video at the time > > of the skips? I recorded a few shows last night through SVideo and > > noticed people were moving when skips occured. I noticed skips did not > > occur when there was no movement, or could just be coincidence. > > > > Al > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users >
lirc_pvr150-cx18.patch
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