[ivtv-users] losing horizontal sync here and there

[Tony Ross]

Devin Heitmueller wrote:

>> Only two relatives were savvy to the fact that I had to eat my words
>> about Linux having the capabilities to do anything imaginable, but
>> I'll revisit that fact after having some time to read and figure out
>> the pdf file about the Hauppauge / Conexant registers, and
>> eventually finding which particular chip register setting solves the
>> problem.
>
> Is this the issue where there is occasional horizontal tearing with
> VHS sources?  we hit the same thing on the tvp5150 decoder a couple of
> months ago, and it only required me to poke one register to fix.  I
> suspect there is probably something comparable for the cx25843.

Yes, after Andy's description I'm certain there is a solution there
somewhere. Not being conversant in such technical matters it'll take me some
time to digest the 289-page document and figure out which registers to
experiment with, and indeed, how to do so, as it sounds like a many-headed
beast.