[mythtv-users] ASUS Pundit SIS driver per Jarod's FAQ
Jeff C
tuner at hfx.eastlink.ca
Sat Oct 11 00:23:23 EDT 2003
At 10:30 PM 10/10/2003 -0300, you wrote:
>At 04:52 PM 10/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>>On Friday, Oct 10, 2003, at 15:21 US/Pacific, Jeff C wrote:
>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>Still trying to get this pundit working. I am having weird locking
>>>issues. If I use the SIS driver that Jarod has listed in his RH9
>>>install doc, the system hangs when I try and open the control panel (the
>>>one he links too is quite a bit older than the lastest rev).
>>
>>I don't actually have a Pundit, so I don't keep that section too up to
>>date. The info was sent to me a while back, and I put it in, but it
>>hasn't been modified since. If you find there are any major changes
>>required, please let me know, and I'll adjust accordingly. I'm adding a
>>disclaimer to that section also... :)
It is also necessary to enable "De-interlace Playback" in order to get the
maximum quality from the TV out on the pundit. I realize this is counter
intuitive, but I found that in the archive and it makes a huge difference
in the quality. This should probably go in too Jarod. Thanks.
>It appears to be necessary, before you attempt to access /dev/video0, to
>kill the "artsd" sound daemon that runs under KDE. I created a simple
>shell script in ~/.ked/Autostart that runs a `killall artsd` before it
>calls mythfrontend. Rather than simply sym-linking mythfrontend in to the
>autostart directory. As well, from experience, I do a `sleep 5` before
>calling mythfrontend as that seems to allow things to complete
>appropriately. This is also where I call test_ioctl to set my 2GB/hr
>setting for my pvr250.
>
>Other than the artsd problem, and using the latest driver for the SIS
>card, from the site you list, everything worked. Ignore my earlier
>message, when I started from scratch again with your docs, the above noted
>changes were all that was required. A big thanks to you and Axel for all
>your work in helping us get these systems running.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>-Jeff
>
>
>
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