[mythtvnz] DTT testing - Wellington

[Kenneth Dixon]

Hey Steve, yeah I'm running video through the integrated
X1250 (as of fglrx 8.3 xvid support has been added), the
rest of the motherboards features seem to work out of the
box.
fglrx 8.4 has just been released, might have to give it a
go.


Ken



----- Original Message Follows -----
> 
> 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
> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
> 
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