[mythtvnz] DTT testing - Wellington

[Steven Ellis]

On Sat, April 19, 2008 6:05 pm, Kenneth Dixon wrote:
> Here are the results of my terrestrial testing and attached
> is the channels.conf for Mt Kaukau (Wellington), a bit of
> guess work went into it it, but it seems to work OK.

Great to get a WLG tester on board.

> Hardware:
> MB:		M2A-VM
> GPU:		Intergrated X1250 (690G chipset)
> CPU:		AMD64 x2 4200

Nice.. I'd be interested to hear how you find the ATI based board

> Software:
> Mythbuntu 8.04 Beta4
> FGLRX 8.3
> Mplayer SVN - 17/04/08
>
> TESTING:
> mplayer -vo xv -zoom -fs -vf pp=fd videofile.ts
>
> 720p:
> Tested: Freeview | HD, TV ONE, TV2
> Load:
> 	- Mplayer - CPU - 60-100%
> 	- Xorg	  - CPU - 8-12%
> Video: - OK, (Some tearing, due to video driver setup)
> Audio: - OK
>
> 1080i:
> Tested:
> Load:
> 	- Mplayer - CPU - 60-80%
> 	- Xorg 	  - CPU - 10-12%
> Errors:
> 	- VO: [x11] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 Planar YV12  [fs] [zoom]
> 	- [ASPECT] Warning: No suitable new res found!
> 	- [swscaler @ 0xb538d0]using unscaled yuv420p -> rgb32
> special converter
> Video: Looked OK, played in slow motion (about 1/2 speed) -
> See above error, possibly due to video settings?
> Audio: OK
>
> 576i:
> Tested: TVNZ 6, TVNZ 7, C4
> Load:
> 	- Mplayer - 35-55%
> 	- Xorg    - 5-10%
> Video: Artifacts
> Audio: OK
>
> Radio:
> Audio: OK

So what are you using for video out at the moment?


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
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