[MPlayer-users] 2 tv problems

[Karl Stiefvater]

         OO      i'm having two problems with tv mode in mplayer.
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     O    O      the "immediatemode" switch does not appear to
     OO          work. i get a usage error when i try to use it.
     O           looking at the code - it seems to be implemented
     O           for only HAVE_TV_BSDBT848.
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O               how can i get mplayer (which does not handle my
O    O          audio correctly) to treat audio in the same
O  O O          way as mencoder (which DOES handle my audio
O  O    O       correctly)
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       OOO       when watching tv, i get glitchy video. no amount
       OOOO      of struggling with the switches seems to fix it.
       OOOO      about once every two seconds, the video jumps or
       OOO       jerks.
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  OOO   OOO      among other things, i've tried "-autosync 1000",
  OOO   OOO      "-mc 0", "-nosound", "-noframedrop". none of
  OOO OOOOO      these switches stops the glitching.
  OOO   OOO
  OOOO   OO      xawtv has no troubles whatsoever.
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OOO    OOO      strangely enough, the "-benchmark" switch DOES
OO     OOO      fix the problem. however "-benchmark" is not
OO OO  OOO      supported by mencoder - so my recorded video
OO OOO  OO      still jumps and jerks.
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OOOOO OOO       my info:
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OOOOO  OOO      MPlayer 0.90rc5-3.2.2 (and previous versions, too)
O OOOO          redhat 9.0 (and previous versions, too)
OOOOOO  OO      2.0G pentium 4
OOOOOO  OO      wintv card via v4l and bttv
OOOOOO  OO      i810_audio for audio
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OOOOOOOOOO      K.