[mythtv-users] imported nuv choppy and no audio
Paul Fielding
paul at fielding.ca
Tue Nov 15 22:27:33 EST 2005
Hmmm... I did some more digging. Here's what I've found (below):
Looks like I do have ivtvdev running(?) Any thoughts?
Paul
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
<snip>
(II) IVTVDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) IVTVDEV(0): using /dev/fb1
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(**) IVTVDEV(0): Depth 24, (**) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) IVTVDEV(0): RGB weight 888
(==) IVTVDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) IVTVDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) IVTVDEV(0): Hardware: iTVC15 TV out (vidmem: 2025k)
(**) IVTVDEV(0): Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
(II) IVTVDEV(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) IVTVDEV(0): mode "720x480" ok
(II) IVTVDEV(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) IVTVDEV(0): Virtual size is 720x480 (pitch 720)
(**) IVTVDEV(0): Mode "720x480": 34.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 37.2 kHz, 73.9 Hz
(II) IVTVDEV(0): Modeline "720x480" 34.56 720 752 840 928 480 484 488 504 -hsync -vsync
(==) IVTVDEV(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(**) IVTVDEV(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
<snip>
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument
(==) IVTVDEV(0): Backing store disabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
<snip>
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
(EE) IVTVDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
<snip>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael T. Dean
To: Discussion about mythtv
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] imported nuv choppy and no audio
Paul Fielding wrote:
> From what I can tell I'm running ivtv 2.6.13.2-chw-3 . Is this not
> recent enough?
It's not a kernel module you need. It's an X driver.
> (I'm running Knoppmyth). Or am I missing something I need to set.
> As I mentioned before, straight recording and playback without any
> transcoding, through the 350, gives perfect results. It's the
> playback of transcoded material brought over from another box that
> giving me a hard time.... *shrug*
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/
Search for:
PVR-350
Xv
John Harvey
X driver
in whatever combinations and you'll find plenty of info...
Mike
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Michael T. Dean <mailto:mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> *To:* Discussion about mythtv <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2005 11:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] imported nuv choppy and no audio
>
> On 11/15/05 00:39, Paul Fielding wrote:
>
> > Further to my last message, I'm starting to suspect that the
> problem
> > may be in formats and horsepower. The new box that I'm
> importing to
> > is a HushPC SP13000 MB. Could it be that the transcoded nuv files
> > I'm importing are, since they've been transcoded, in a format
> that the
> > PVR 350 cannot use hardware playback for? I've fixed the audio
> now
> > (I had a mixer setting set bad). This tells me that the PVR
> card is
> > not doing the decoding (?)
>
> Install John Harvey's ivtvdev X driver for the PVR-350.
>
> Mike
>
> >
> > The possible downside to this is that I'm suspecting that the
> SP13000
> > is not powerful enough to munge out the video if it doesn't have
> > hardware decoding to work with. Could that really be the case? I
> > was under the impression that a ~1Ghz box should be able to do
> regular
> > playback without much difficulty.... *shrug*....
> >
> > paul
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Paul Fielding <mailto:paul at fielding.ca>
> > *To:* Discussion about mythtv <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2005 10:11 PM
> > *Subject:* [mythtv-users] imported nuv choppy and no audio
> >
> > So after setting up a new mythtv box, I wanted to import a bunch
> > of recordings from another box. I used nuvexport to export the
> > nuv files with sql database entries, copied them to the new
> > mythtv, and ran (as root) mysql mythconverg <filename.sql>.
> >
> > The recordings appear in the database and I can play the files.
> > However, are *extremely* choppy and have no audio.
> >
> > The old mythtv box did have auto-transcoding set to reduce the
> > filesize of the recordings to roughly 1GB, while on the new
> box I
> > haven't touched any transcoding settings yet. I'm wondering if
> > this is having an effect, even though I'm not sure why.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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