[mythtv-users] CLE266 kills Mythfrontend

[Jelle Kalf]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:17:06 +1100 (EST)
"Jon Whitear" <mythtv at whitear.org> wrote:

> If I compile MythTV without CLE266 support, I can watch TV, but the
> picture is _very_ choppy (i.e. about 2 frame per second) and there's no
> sound.

Try using hdparm and reconfigure your hd settings. Setting it to use DMA and putting it into udma4 or higher will fix the choppiness. 
 
> If I compile in CLE266 support (and it's enabled in setup), when I try to
> watch TV, mythfrontend dies (just says it's 'killed'.)

try running it as user Root. It's a flaw in the libddmpeg library afaik.

> I'm using a Via EPIA M1000 with Gentoo, 2.6.1-epia kernel,
> Xfree-epia-4.3.99.902-r7, and libddmpeg 1.6.

I still use version 2.4.25 .. I find it to run more stable with all patches.