On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 00:12:44 +0100, jerome lacoste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am setting up my first mythtv box. So running into loads of > problems, and slowly sorting them out :) > > I looked at various docs and list archives but am getting stuck. > > So far I can play music well. That's a good start. The box plays TV > well with xawtv & tvtime, but that doesn't prove mythtv will work.... > > I've tried the mute input line + aplay /dev/dsp trick. The box is > responsive although the sound is cracking at best. Not sure of what to > do with that, I went on. > > The other problem I am having is a lot of "prebuffering pause" > messages output by the frontend. At the same time the backend logs a > single "strange error flushing buffer". I've noticed that while this > is happening the ring buffer is getting filled, but I guess that is > normal. If I pause the TV while playing then unpause it, it doesn't > solve the problem. The box is at 98% CPU while I do that, so it may be > a CPU problem. Bit I thought that my setup was not that untypical... > see below: > > - EPIA M (Nehemiah) box > - Terratec Cinergy 600 TV (saa7134) > - mythtv 0.17 as taken from Debian unstable + patch for unichrome XvMC > - kernel 2.6.10 + various patches for EPIA > - alsa 1.0.8 > - .asoundrc for via82xx > > Any input appreciated. > > Jerome >
It looks to me like you need a more powerful cpu or a capture card with onboard encoding. Those C3 chips don't have enough power for encoding and decoding on the same machine. If you stick a PVR250 in there instead of the Cinergy, most of your problems should go away. Tom
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