Mat Kyne wrote:
After 5 attempts to get myth running correctly on FC3, I tried (for
the 3rd time) to install Knoppmyth.
I am pleased to report that after much online research, the drivers
were loaded for my pcHDTV 3000, and eventually, my nVidia 5200 FX. So,
after calling my wife at work and demanding that she cross her
fingers, I selected the option "Watch TV" . . . And there it was!
GLORIOUS HDTV !!! . . . . For about 2 seconds. Then it froze and
crashed. :(
Well I had heard that HDTV live was not all that great, So I set it to
record Lost in ABC.
-I had to schedule a manuel recording, because the myth guide times
were off by several hours- I will ask about that in a later post.-
Well, while I was watching the show on SDTV, I saw my HDD light start
to blink, so I knew it was recording. Yeah!
So after my wife went to bed, when I am allowed to "Play with my
stupid computer" I tried to watch the show I recorded. --You can
probably tell that this is not going to end well --
Well the picture was amazing, but the playback was choppy/jittery. If
I tried to fast-forward or skip a commercial, The system would just
hang. I was able to Ctrl-Alt-Esc out ant try again. Then I remembered
reading Jarod's Guide (You da man!), and what he had written about
giving Myth root privileges (I think it's called suedo-root). So I did
that, and tried again. No real improvement, and when I tried to skip a
commercial, the system crashed. I couldn't even ssh in to do a nice
reboot.
So my question that I lay before the all-knowing Mythtv guru's is
this, What am I doing wrong. Do I just need a faster processor (I
currently have a 2.4 Ghz Celeron that I bought just for this)? Or are
there other things that I can try first. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks -Mat
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First, you should try XvMC for playback if your card supports it, also,
I have found that when you are decoding in the CPU that mplayer gives
you a few more options that can make the output a bit smoother: Try:
mplayer -vo xv -framedrop -mc 0.001 (the -mc is video motion correction
timing. The lower the value the less 'aggressive' it is.).
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John Sturgeon <><
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