2005/12/20, Hartmut Hackmann <hartmut.hackmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > Tim Small wrote: > > Jos? Luis Bolos wrote: > > > >> I was the one having problems with the 300i, and I manage to get it > >> running with 2.6.12.5 and 20050627, but I'm having the same problems > >> as you, there's extreme blockyness and artifacts in audio and video. I > >> was starting to think than that may be reception problems, but maybe > >> it isn't. The card is running ok in analog mode. I have tried to get > >> the card running in windows with pinnacle's software (which is utterly > >> cr**, btw) but it refuses to store the detected digital channels. > >> > >> Are they (the artifacts) a known bug? is there a way to get the card > >> running correctly? Any help is appreciated. > >> > >> > > > > If I tune the card under 2.6.12/20050627, and then reboot into 2.6.14.1 > > + current CVS, the output looks fine, and works for about 10 seconds, so > > it looks like the artefacts are fixed in the current CVS code. It then > > stutters, and stops. I get this sort of thing in the kernel message log > > (saa7134 i2c_debug=2): > > > Hm, there was a bug in the TS DMA code of the SAA7134. I found and fixed it > after the driver update in 2.6.13. This can explain the artefacts. The bug > was not visible on all PCs. > I've applied successfully v4l_653_ts_dma_buffer_synchronization_was_inverted.patch (which I suppose is the patch you was reffering to) to 2.6.12.5+20050627, but I don't know if it has been of any help. Right now reception with channels < 850Mhz is flawless, but 850 and higher and unviewable. I noticed yesterday that the reception of the first channels was better, so it may be an example of the 'sometimes it worked' you were refering to.
