>> My preference is to stick witj 2.4.xx with some low latency kernel >> patches for now, but also whats people's opinion on 2.6.0 test? > > 2.6.0-test works great for me :) > > I had some problems with the saa7134/v4l2-patches for 2.4, but that's a > long time ago and I think it's all fixed. Now I just use 2.6 because > it's a very nice kernel :) > > If you are having problems with framedrops, do you have > > A) Enough processor time? Yup. Athlon XP 2k+ capturing full D1 Pal to HuffYUV runs 25-30% > B) Enough capture buffers? Yup again. I'm currently using ffv1rec from the avidemux project > C) A strong, clear signal? Using a vcr and feeding its composite signal rather than the native local tuner so I get a very strong signal. Typically get 1 frame a minute drop, which is ok for basic work, but no good for some professional use I'm aiming for. Same hardware under windows gives no frame drops. Hard drive is raid 0 on a promise controler using the fast track driver. Steve
