As a last resort I think I will change the O/S to see if it fixed the problem (but I'll have to use another hard disk to preserve my current recordings, etc) - it also sounds like hours of work.
I might try the 2.6 kernel (which my SuSE 9.1 box should really be using. I can't remember but it was something - maybe lirc - that wouldn't compile and made me downgrade to 2.4). I'll report back in any case. Thanks, Derek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) Sent: 28 December 2004 01:56 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV OUT stability - scrap PVR playback? Derek, I would suggest upgrading to FC2 or FC3. Jarod's guide is excellent. Perhaps its the kernel 2.6 drivers which give better stability? I am using a PVR-350 and find the play stability to be excellent - the frontend crashes every now and again (like once a fortnight) if I jump back and forward lots and lots whilst watching video - but the backend is stable as a rock - I mean it - it never stops! The tv-out quality I have seen from the PVR-350 is still above all of the other TV out cards I have seen. When you are installing Fedora Core 2/3 dont forget to put "vga=792" in your kernel boot options! Its nice and easy to do it all from RPM so all you need is "apt-get upgrade" to upgrade your packages. Michael. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Conniffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV OUT stability - scrap PVR playback? > Hi, > > I've been trying out MythTV with a PVR350 and IVTV for the last couple of > months. > > I've found that MythTV 0.15 & IVTV 0.1.9 are quite stable but I still have > [IVTV I think] hangs when I try to use MythVideo or try to pause/rewind > live > TV. I'm using the PVR 350 for TV output - I'm also using SuSE 9.1 with a > 2.4.28 kernel and a Pentium III 500Mhz gateway computer. > > With the current stable MythTV (0.16) I had problems with the backend > hanging once/twice per day and with the CVS version (0.17) I found that I > couldn't play back recorded programmes (just a black screen). > > I have no problems with recording - only playback issues (hangs). I'm now > thinking that perhaps I should scrap using the PVR 350 for TV output and > use > a different graphics card with TV out and try using software MPEG decoding > for playback (I have a few AGP graphics cards that would do and I've seen > that they have framebuffer support in the kernel). > > What do other people out there do and has anyone else had problems like > me? > > Thanks very much for any information > > Derek > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 09/12/2004 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 09/12/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 09/12/2004
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