Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:06:00 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PVR-350 and the pvr250 port - report Message-ID: <20061012180600.f55deee3.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20061012000142.GA33493@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <20061011234939.4ab582d5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20061012000142.GA33493@keira.kiwi-computer.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:01:42 -0500 "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> wrote: > I thought the -m option was tha channel set for if you specify a Yes, that's what the '-m' option is for. It's just a leftover from earlier testing with channel sets. > channel (not a frequency)? You've already set the geometry and > selected the input in the first command. What happens if you remove > the "-m 4" option? Nothing. :-) Ie, the setchannel command work as good or as bad as before. > AFAICT, whenever you set the frequency, the tuner resets itself, so it > doesn't matter whether that frequency was working previously. As > usleepless suggested, it sounds like an AFC problem. Maybe AFC isn't > working correctly? I'm just reporting my experience, I haven't (at this point at least) got any clue to what is causng this behaviour. Perhaps, AFC isn't working properly - impossible to tell. I do know that adding '-a on' or -a off' to the setchannel command don't change anything, AFAICT. > The seek fails because of some buffering problem between mplayer and > the device. I've had a terrible time getting this to work. Try this I will hasten to point out her that 'mplayer /dev/cxm0' works *most* of the time. It fails in perhaps one of five attempts. > cat /dev/cxm0 > somefile.mpg & > mplayer somefile.mpg For some reason, this command fails more often (2 out of 3 attempts) than the other command. > and I'll bet your seek problems will disappear (until you seek past > the end of the stream, obviously). How much did you bet? :-) Seriously, my guess is that the failures are related to this message in /var/log/messages: Oct 12 18:00:04 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: encoder dma not enough buffer space free Oct 12 18:00:04 kg-quiet last message repeated 21 times > This sounds like an AFC problem. Try the setchannel with "-a on" and > make sure to do the cat & mplayer separately. I've tried, it doesn't change anything. Today, the pictures are better than yesterday. Reason unknown. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20061012180600.f55deee3.torfinn.ingolfsen>