Mac Michaels wrote: >On Friday 08 July 2005 04:55 pm, Michael Krufky wrote: > > >>Mac Michaels wrote: >> >> >>>On Thursday 07 July 2005 11:46 am, Michael Krufky wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Mac Michaels wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Wednesday 06 July 2005 11:30 pm, Michael Krufky wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>After applying the read status fix and using >>>>>>us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256, I got >>>>>>the attached output from atscscan. Then I ran >>>>>>mplayer and got beautiful HD video. SD worked even >>>>>>better. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>>dumping lists (256 services) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Great! It was worth the time it took to create the >>>>>center frequency lists :-) >>>>> >>>>>-- Mac >>>>> >>>>> >>>>For some reason, I'm not always getting good results >>>>like I did last night. When I first ran that test >>>>last night, I got the 256 locks as stated above. >>>>After rebooting, I got status 0x00 across the board, >>>>and after rebooting again, I got all the locks again. >>>>I suspect that there is another factor here that I >>>>must be overlooking... >>>> >>>> >>>This is ugly. Intermittent problems are usually very >>>hard to find. >>> >>> >>It seems to work more often from a cold boot... I've also >>noticed the following.... I have been having intermittent >>problems with my ps/2 mouse, regardless of what kernel I >>am running, but have NO mouse problems in windows. When >>the ps/2 mouse isnt working, I just use my usb mouse >>instead. Anyhow, I have noticed that when the ps/2 mouse >>doesn't work, DVB doesn't work either. The module loads >>up and everything seems correct, but I just cant get a >>lock.... In these cases, I will always get status code >>0x00. >> >> >This means the tuner is not seeing any signal at all. On >cable I would expect to see at least a 0x01 on almost every >channel. > > When I run atscscan, I can hear the tvaudio coming from my pc speakers while it is scanning... On the lower frequencies, I can hear full audio of the channel that is currently tuned, although i still get 0x00 (this is what happens when atscscan tunes to an analog channel?) When it actuallt gets a digital lock, I dont hear any sound in the speakers. (the audio is encoded in the mpeg ts, so no analog sound comes from the pc speakers) ..... This behavior doesn't surprise me, but I thought I'd mention it just in case. >You probably have a hardware problem on the motherboard. > >>The HD streams seem to be more volitile than the SD >>streams. I haven't had a HD stream last for much longer >>than a minute or so, but I've had SD stream last for as >>long as 20 minutes. >> >> >I"ll bet the something is heating up, probably the processor >or power supply. HD is a bigger strain than SD on the >processor. Mor success with coldboot also indicates >processor heat problem. Is the heatsink installed properly >with conductive grease? Fans slow or clogged with dust? >Overclocking? The list goes on... > > Mac- I don't think that I have a physical hardware problem on my motherboard -- I only have these problems in linux -- not in windows. I am NOT over clocking. The hardware that I'm using is all less than 8 months old. I am using a Shuttle ST61G4 machine. (this box is tiny, and has extremely efficient cooling mechanisms. 3.06 GHz 533 bus, hyper-threading.... 1024 DDR2 400 mhz ram ... Using Radeon 9100 IGP. Maxtor SATA hard disk (irrelevant). There is nothing else connected to this machine besides what comes built-in to the FT61 mainboard, some usb stuff, and a CF-to-IDE adapter. Also, I should have mentioned, I said that sometimes a cold boot helps -- Once I get a lock during a session, I have no trouble getting digital locks on any channel up until my next reboot. I really think this could be caused by some bug in the kernel that I haven't had the chance yet to figure out. I have never seen this problem using the gentoo stock 2.6.11-r9 kernel, up until I started using video4linux cvs (without lgdt3302 driver) .... I don't use 2.6.11 any more. I do have this problem when using the mainline kernel series 2.6.12 and on, and I also have these problems in -mm. If the bug is coming from video4linux cvs, then I'm sure we will be alerted by some bug reports soon, since Mauro just sent the final updates over to lkml, containing all the latest v4l code. Any time that I boot the machine up into windows, all of these problems go away. I think the bug is somehow in relation to initialization of some memory/register/something-or-other. The bug MIGHT be in lgdt3302 code, or it might be elsewhere. Nothing explains my ps/2 mouse problems. I should also mention, there were a few times where I couldn't get a lock using azap, then I ran atscscan for a few seconds, tried azap again, and got a lock. I really need to pick up another hard drive, or set aside a new partition, and install debian sarge on it. For all I know my problems can be because of some gentoo quirk. >>>>Also, what would be involved with fixing ber and signal strength? >>>> >>>> >>>I can do that. Do you have any idea what units are expected for ber? >>> >>> >>I don't know anything about this.... (ber) Maybe someone reading the list will respond with some info.... >> >> -- Michael Krufky
