[ivtv-users] hvr-1600 update

[Mark Jenks]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Al McIntosh <al at allanmcintosh.com> wrote:

> Oh, wow! Okay, I was wondering what kind of testing or data would be
> helpful but sounds as though it's all covered. Impressive work  Andy.
>
> Al
>
> On 12/20/08, Andy Walls <awalls at radix.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 15:15 -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 :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have the next 2 weeks off from work, so, I have extra time. Is there
> >> anything I can do to help understand this? Or is the cause known?
> >
> > Jeff Campbell and Mike Bradley have been doing extensive (!)
> > investigation and pointed out problem areas too me.  Due to their
> > prompting and what they've found, I've got some fixes in progress this
> > weekend that should be good enough for the average user.  It should make
> > SVideo and CVBS watchable with buffering.
> >
> > The problems are mostly audio and clock related.  Maybe by Sunday night
> > I'll have something checked into my v4l-dvb repo.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >> Al
>

Hey Al!

I was working on setting up a hvr-1600 today with svideo/audio capturing to
mpeg for mythv from a SA4250HD.  Everything went great except for the video
skipping issue that I could not get rid of.  I was very happy to find this
thread and I am extremely glad to see that a fix might be right around the
corner for this.

I would of picked up a pvr-250, if they were easier to find, but I heard
that this card would work. (it does, except for that one glitch).

I am awaiting directions to try out your patch when it shows up.  If you
need me to run a test on it, it might take me a few days, but I can get it
for you.

FYI, it's running a M3N78 Pro motherboard, quadcore,4gb of ram w/ HDMI video
& audio out.

-Mark
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