[ivtv-users] Please test not loading the firmware twice

[Andy Walls]

On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 14:58 -0500, Al McIntosh wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM, igloocentral hotmail
> <igloocentral at hotmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         > I don't have a convenient S-Video source to test with.  Do
>         you notice the same symptoms on Composite (CVBS) inputs?
>         
>         
>         I just tried composite and the symptoms are the same as
>         s-video. video skips every few seconds, sometimes putting
>         artifacts on the screen for a split second as it jumps
>         forward. It sounds similar to the guy who posted about it
>         skipping every 67 frames, although I haven't counted. I also
>         have to use a set-top box so the HVR-1600's s-video/composite
>         is the best option for me but the skips make it hard to watch
>         for any length of time :)
>         
>         ATSC works great - but apartment buildings tend to frown on
>         big antennas!
>         
>         Thanks again

Gents,

Could you please try the attached patch to the cx18 driver to not load
the firmware twice?  Things to expect:

1. The first analog capture shouldn't have problems

2. If you unload and reload the cx18 driver, the digital TS will *not*
work until you unload and reload the cx18 driver *another* time

3. *Hopefully* your audio skips will disappear.

4. You will likely still need buffered playback, either with MythTV or
mplayer -cache blah blah blah...

Regards,
Andy


> Did you notice if there was a lot of movement in the video at the time
> of the skips? I recorded a few shows last night through SVideo and
> noticed people were moving when skips occured. I noticed skips did not
> occur when there was no movement, or could just be coincidence.
> 
> Al

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