On Sun, December 16, 2007 9:20 pm, Joshua Penix wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Lan Barnes wrote:
>
>> Unless there is an unreported conflict between PVR-250s and PVR-150s.
>
>
> Before your re-installation, try taking the PVR-250 out.  Then at
> least you'll be in the same situation as with your old box - a pair of
> PVR-150s, and the comparison of "the old box didn't do it" will be
> more telling.
>

A good test, certainly, but I have another observation to share that begs
a different test first.

On Sunday we went to a seasonal party in the afternoon (stick with me,
this is going somewhere), and I set the Chargers/Lions to record. We got
home late, and I started watching on the TV downstairs (output through
Gus's nVidia card that I downloaded drivers for my own inadequate self).

The playback was herky-jerky in video and sound. Awful. If it hadn't been
Chargers football, I'd have deleted it right then.

Then the 5-yr-old kicked me off in favor of Scoobey-Doo, so I went
upstairs to the remote FE on my wife's Linux desktop. Watched the first
three quarters (who _are_ these guys ... and what have they done with the
2007 San Diego Chargers?). It was smooth as silk, sound and video.

So I'm thinkin' the root cause is probably the Lan-loaded nVidia drivers,
and the preferred solution is the dongle on your card. And then I can
return the nVidia to Gus. Everybody is served and my conscience is
lightened (I love to abuse Gus in writing, but not in fact).

Does that sound reasonable?

-- 
Lan Barnes

SCM Analyst              Linux Guy
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