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itznfb
12-28-06, 10:23 PM
I am using an ATI TV Wonder Elite, and about every 1-2 minutes the playback stutters a little bit.

It's running on WinMCE on an AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7ghz. 1gb RAM @ 200mhz. 160GB main HDD SATA 7200rpm and 400GB secondary HDD SATA 7200rpm. so the system is pretty capable.

does anyone know what could be causing this issue?
Mr. Roboto
12-28-06, 11:03 PM
plyback of what, dvd's? avi's? everythig?
itznfb
12-29-06, 11:29 AM
just analog cable TV
itznfb
12-29-06, 04:59 PM
update on the issue:

trying to use this a little more... i am completely unable to watch TV with this thing. After about 5 -10 minutes of watching TV, it begins to skip horribly. like a severely scratched CD. i have to re-start media center every 5 - 10 minutes. any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
rdrash
12-29-06, 05:36 PM
Forgive me...but are you watching "LIVE" TV or playing back "RECORDED" TV?
I am just confused.
itznfb
12-29-06, 05:56 PM
live tv. it records tv fine, and plays back recorded tv fine. but cannot watch live tv.
LandShark
12-30-06, 02:03 AM
live tv. it records tv fine, and plays back recorded tv fine. but cannot watch live tv.
what spec is your machine? I believe the tv wonder is a software base tuner card, means it's performance greatly depends on the host cpu. (but if it's your sig's machine, then it shouldn't be any problem at all even for HD)
itznfb
12-30-06, 09:58 AM
specs are in first post, and this is what it says on ATI's site:
TV WONDER™ ELITE delivers full hardware MPEG-2 compression
Maviryk
12-30-06, 10:05 AM
Check your ram usage? How full is your hard drive?

Is it possible for the card to overheat?
rdrash
12-30-06, 06:28 PM
ok..i found something that sounds like your issue: http://blogs.msdn.com/david_fleischman/archive/2006/09/05/741713.aspx

do u know if you have the Dual core optimization patch installed?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=C2AB5A48-8240-4934-BBD8-34FB8A0FCE3B

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html
itznfb
12-30-06, 10:18 PM
well rdrash, i tried those updates you suggested, and installed them per GAR's instructions on XtremeSystems thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81429

i've been watching TV for about 20 minutes and it has worked great so far! longest i've been able to watch since setting it up! i can't thank you enough for finding that thread.
rdrash
12-30-06, 11:12 PM
well rdrash, i tried those updates you suggested, and installed them per GAR's instructions on XtremeSystems thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81429

i've been watching TV for about 20 minutes and it has worked great so far! longest i've been able to watch since setting it up! i can't thank you enough for finding that thread.

NP....I am glad you found a solution. :beer:
shard
12-31-06, 12:23 AM
It is still pretty funny how much of a wrench Dual Cores still throw into the problems. :D
rdrash
12-31-06, 03:54 AM
:beer: I am surprised by the wide variety of quirks that can be associated with the DCs myself.
itznfb
12-31-06, 11:05 AM
yea, this is the first case i've run into where i actually needed the dual core driver and optimization. it's still running great! i left the TV on all night just to see if it would start skipping and it never did.