[mythtvnz] Zotac ion settings and issues

[Steve V]

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>From: Mark de Reeper <mark.dereeper at gmail.com>
>To: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>Sent: Sunday, 23 August, 2009 4:38:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Zotac ion settings and issues
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>On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Has anyone got a Zotac up and running and doing everything they want?
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>>I have a single core board with a Mythbuntu 9.04 install
>>2gigs of RAM
>>JYA repository for Myth
>>Nvidia 185.18.31
>>A Philips media centre remote receiver (and a Logitech remote)
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>>After a few weeks of tinkering (a little bit each day) I am about 80% happy with the way it works.
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>>Issues I have are:
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>>Sometimes on boot up it seems to start 2 instances of Mythfrontend - not absolutely sure that this is what is happening as I haven't sshed in to check what processes are running, but when it happens nothing plays well and when I use escape to exit I end up exiting Mythfrontend and find a second version sitting behind, which I then have to exit before I can restart Mythfrontend and watch stuff.
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>>Sometimes on boot networking does not start, I have to exit mythfrontend (which hasn't started properly - I get the can't find uPNP server error) and run /etc/init.d/networking restart to get networking going.
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>>Audio seems to be out of sync on most recordings, by up to 50ms. It's not out of sync on my other frontend so it must be a playback issue. Sometimes when I adjust the audio sync audio stops altogether.
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>>When I use timestretch say to 1.2x the video speeds up fine but the audio breaks up badly. "top" shows no real increase in CPU use going from 1x to 1.2x but it acts like the processor can't keep up with the required stretch. I've tried all the options for deinterlacer in case it was somehow related to the NVIDIA driver.
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>>Just wondering if anyone is seeing the same issues or if anyone has a better performing system, I'd love to know your settings.
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>Sounds like you have some answers for the multiple instances problem,  were you able to resolve the audio issues?
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>I am really close to getting one of these little beasts (PriceSpy is a big help but I have found some big differences in freight changes), just wondering how happy you are with the performance of the video playback, does it live up to all of the reviews I have read? You doing HDMI with audio or some other combo?
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>Your in WN right? Maybe we could catch up off-line to get into this in more detail.
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>Thanks
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>Mark
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Great pointers on the 2 instances of Frontend. I now no longer shutdown by holding the power button down. I shutdown properly or use suspend and no longer get the 2 instances. I'm out of town at the mo, when I get back I will sort out a fail safe fix by changing the xfce settings.

I haven't found any fix to the problem with audio on timestretch - seems like this is a feature not used by many.

The audio sync issue doesn't seem to be so bad - not that I have done anything to fix it, it just seems to have come right.

My audio is over HDMI - to the TV, then I have an optical out on the TV which I connect to my receiver for when I want surround sound.