From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 06:28:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFF837B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:28:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bremen.shuttle.de (bremen.shuttle.de [194.95.249.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A08443FAF for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:28:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from schweikh@schweikhardt.net) Received: from bremen.shuttle.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bremen.shuttle.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7D917D85 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:28:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from uucp@localhost)h3PDSIEc027406 for multimedia@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:28:18 +0200 Received: from hal9000.schweikhardt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3PDRo0I018119 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:27:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from schweikh@hal9000.schweikhardt.net) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h3PDRohi018118 for multimedia@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:27:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:27:50 +0200 From: Jens Schweikhardt To: multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030425132750.GA4975@schweikhardt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Abysmal frame rate during disk IO X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:28:22 -0000 hello, world\n I wonder if there is anything I can tune to get a decent frame rate from my tv card identifying as bktr0: mem 0xc2000000-0xc2000fff irq 5 at device 10.0 on pci1 bktr0: Hauppauge Model 38104 B208 bktr0: Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Philips PAL I tuner. The frame rate is okay if the system is idle (ASUS A7N8X, AMD Athlon 2500+, FSB 333, 1GB RAM, 4-STABLE) but as soon as there is a lot of disk IO, say find / or cvsup, the picture often halts for fractions of a second. Audio continues without interruption. Is there anything in the BIOS, X11 config or kernel I can tune to make the frames display smoothly even when disk IO is significant? Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)