bob_ml at stuffofmine
Mar 4, 2009, 5:27 AM
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Re: Question about HVR-1600 and stuttering
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Scott Harris wrote:
> Howdy all,
> Continuing my quest to get the HVR-1600 working perfectly....
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> From the mythtv wiki:
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> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
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> Issues and Problems
> 2. The first analog capture after modprobe experiences dropped frames
> and/or no audio. All subsequent analog captures are fine.
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> What happens if the subsequent captures are just as bad as the initial?
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> I've tried adding the startup script further down the page, no luck
> there. I've also tried outside mythtv. But for some reason tvtime
> and xawtv throw errors and "cat /dev/video0" just results in an
> empty file.
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> I didn't want to just litter this email with a bunch of attachments,
> what specifics could I provide?
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> Thanks,
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> Scott
You might want to consider updating the drivers. I just installed the
latest v4l drivers and they do work better.
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain%2C_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
The picture quality is sill disappointing, but they seem more stable.
Bob
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