On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM, fogna <fogna80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Il 01/18/2010 06:33 PM, Markus Rechberger ha scritto: >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Devin Heitmueller >> <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hello Markus, >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Markus Rechberger >>> <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Just fyi there's a hardware bug with the 0072/terratec hybrid xs fm >>>> (cx25843 - xc5000): >>>> >>>> http://img91.imageshack.us/i/00000004qf8.png/ >>>> http://img104.imageshack.us/i/00000009cp4.png/ >>>> >>>> nothing that can be fixed with the driver. >>>> >>> Interesting. If it cannot be fixed with the driver, how does the >>> Windows driver work then? Is this some sort of premature hardware >>> failure that occurs (after which point it is irreversible)? >>> >>> >> conexant cx25843 - xceive xc5000 failure (as what I've heard conexant >> laid off people in that area years ago while xceive (see their driver >> changelog if you have access to it) tried to fix it with their >> firmware but didn't succeed), it also happens with windows. Those >> screenshots are taken from a videoclip >> it was of course a big problem for business customers (almost all of >> them happily switched away from it) >> This is the same retail hardware as everyone else uses out there. XS >> FM is not being sold anymore. >> I only know one company in Ireland still sticking with it, also in >> terms of videoquality I'd avoid that combination. >> >> Markus >> >> >>> Thanks for taking the time to point this out though, since I could >>> totally imagine banging my head against the wall for quite a while >>> once I saw this. >>> >>> Devin >>> >>> -- >>> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs >>> http://www.kernellabs.com >>> >>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >> > Hi Markus, thanks for the info, i didn't know of this hardware problem, > i have this usb stick and at the moment all works normally, now i know > when it will be time to replace it :) > it happens sporadically sometimes 1 time/5 minutes sometimes 1 time/10 minutes. I think in windows it sometimes drops frames it also happens there and can be seen with VLC maybe some codecs also compensate it a little bit. There's no generic rule about this the xc5000 overdrives the videodecoder (it's not empia related issue actually moreover conexant/xceive) Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
