I did not get the time to test much today, I'm sorry. To be honest I'm not that sure what to test either, but here's a short summary of what's happening. I'm using kernel 2.4.20 with latest v4l2 patch, dated december 18, and saa7134 0.2.2. The capture board is a Terratec Cinergy 600. My computer is a Asus CUV266-DLS Dual P3 1ghz, integrated scsi, Radeon 9700 Pro, using ATI's binary drivers (might have something to do with it?), scsi harddrivers, dvd, etc. XAWTV: ====== Actually, my first try to start xawtv tonight gave me this error, and a picture like when using overlay, even though it was colour this time, but displaced from the xawtv frame, and some striped and noise in the picture: ioctl: VIDIOC_DQBUF(index=0;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;bytesused=0;flags=0x0 [];field=ANY;;timecode.type=0;timecode.flags=0;timecode.frames=0;timecode .seconds=0;timecode.minutes=0;timecode.hours=0;timecode.userbits=""; sequence=0;memory=unknown): IO-error This was with xawtv set to "grabdisplay". With overlay, I get a black and white picture, which is displaced from the xawtv frame. Other than this first time, xawtv in grabdisplay mode works perfect, as it always have. Zapping: ======== In "Capture mode" I get the same as with tvtime, every second frame is green. (Probably it is not every second, but maybe ten green, and ten frames with good picture). In overlay mode I get the same as with xawtv. Tvtime: ======= Excactly the same behaviour as Zapping in Capture mode, green frames half of the time. Besides, sometimes it segfaults at startup, but with the latest v4l2 patches, it doesn't seem to freeze my computer anymore.. Mplayer: ======== When running mplayer as a user, I got this message first: ioctl mcapture failed: Ugyldig fildeskriptor "Ugyldig fildeskriptor" should be something like invalid filedescriptor (perhaps..) And this fills up my screen, and I have to kill it with ctrl+c. Second try I got this message: ioctl set tuner failed: Ugyldig argument "Ugyldig argument" should be invalid argument. And mplayer exits. BUT, when running mplayer as root, I get the same errors as a normal user, but sometimes it starts, and it's like tvtime and zapping in capture mode, half the frames are green. I really don't get it. VCR: ==== Works perfectly (well, I don't get sound, but I don't think that's a problem with the driver). I really don't think this helps anyone, but it seems that everyone with the saa7134 driver seems to have more or less the same problems. Btw. I get the same results with kernel 2.5.56, except that xv doesn't seem to work, but I blame that on the ATI drivers, and haven't investigated any further yet. If someone would join me on that, I would donate half the money to buy a Terratec 600 if someone would try fix these issues... Oh well, time for some sleep. I do understand that this most likely just makes everyone more confused, but please get back to me with what I shall do if anyone has any ideas. Best regards, Stian Jordet søn, 2003-01-12 kl. 03:44 skrev Billy Biggs: > Stian Jordet (liste@xxxxxxxxx): > > > > What do you think the problem might be? I'm still unclear on when > > > things crash and why. The first bug report we got (bug 633039) was > > > just about the tuner not letting us set its mode, but I thought we > > > had that fixed. Now it seems that there is a difference between > > > kernel versions, and that kernel panics are happening? > > > > I have already talked to you about this, both on mail and irc. I > > really don't think it's a problem with tvtime, but with the saa7134 > > driver. I'll try to do some more debugging tomorrow and file a > > bugreport with more info. > > Sorry, I remember now. :) I think the only way to get this fixed > will have to be more specific investigation by someone with a card, or > if you have any suggestions for what I can do... And yeah, there should > be a tvtime bug about this. :) > > > But what DO happen (with SAA7134 0.2.2 (latest) and kernel 2.4.20 with > > latest v4l2 patch) is that xawtv works perfect in grabdisplay mode, > > but overlay gives black and white picture, which is a bit to the left > > of the xawtv frame. Several users have reported this. > > Yeah, and this is confusing to me. Why would xawtv work in > grabdisplay mode, and tvtime would fail? What was interesting was this > user who says that xawtv using the XVideo/v4l module causes the crash. > This makes me wonder if something is conflicting there between XVideo > being used and tvtime at the same time. > > > Tomorrow I will try some v4l1 applications, and tell you about it. But > > as I remember, tvtime sometimes freezes my pc when I launch tvtime, > > some times it starts, but gives green pictures every second frame (or > > something). This is quite similar with mplayer. So I'm quite sure it > > is the saa7134 driver. > > I'm sure too but I want to help get this fixed soon, since the bug > reports are annoying. :) > > > But I'll get back to you. > > Thanks, > Billy
