[mythtv-users] Running well but with quirks

[John F. DeLuca]

On 7 Mar 2004 at 22:23, Nowhere wrote:

> 
> Got my first myth box running quite well now with the basics. Many
> thanks to Jarod for his fantastic HOWTO.
> 
> I have 3 quirks now with my relatively stable system and haven™t seen
> much mentioned about them specifically. I™m looking for a few comments
> on either the quirks or troubleshooting, if anyone has any.
> 
> 1. mythfrontend hangs if I get to œaggressive� with the remote while
> viewing recorded or live TV. I can™t decide if I like the auto backup
> after REW/FF feature yet and I certainly haven™t gotten used to it. As
> a result I tend to FF thru a section and when I hit play it backs up
> to far so I hit FF again then it backs up to little and I hit REW and
> this is where the frontend just gives up and hangs. Ctrl-
> alt-backspace and I am back in business (most of the time, see #2) ¦
> This a known issue or just me?

I assume you are using a PVR-x50 as this is a bug with the ivtv driver.  It happens very 
infrequently with me.

http://www.poptix.net/ivtv/Jan-2004/msg00345.html

> 
> 2. Intermittently, my keyboard totally stops responding while the
> front end is running. I cannot even Ctrl-alt-backspace to reset. As I
> have no other machine networked to the mythbox yet, I am forced to hit
> the power button. I haven™t spent a lot of time yet trying to
> determine exactly when it hangs (it is hung right now but everything
> else is fine so I haven™t reset yet). It™s gonna be a toughie since
> the keyboard seems to hang and not affect any other aspect of the
> system. 

I have not experienced this.

> 
> 3. Video artifacts when watching live AND recorded TV. Hard to
> describe but its like every so often one frame is offset down and to
> the left. I am assuming this is an ivtv issue and I am heading over to
> join the lists there. I™ve seen mention of œvideo artifacts� on list
> and they have typically been blamed on ivtv. This sound like a typical
> ivtv thing?
> 
> FYI My hardware is:
> 
> MSI K7N2GM-L MB (nforce2, onboard sound/GF4)
> Corsair XMS 1x512MB DDR400 
> Athlon XP 2GHz
> 2 x PVR-250
> Seagate Barracuda 7200 80GB single platter HD
> Coolmax PSU from newegg (VERY quiet!)
> Coolermaster ATC-610 case
> 
> 
> And software is identical to that in Jarod™s guide except the updated
> 2174 kernel and rebuilt drivers.
> 
> 
> Thanks for any comments!
> 
> Eric
> 
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