Hello all. Ok, I have had my set top box up and running for over a month now and we are really enjoining all the features. I am very appreciative of all the development that has gone into MythTV and KnoppMyth.

I am having one reoccurring problem that is pretty annoying that I thought I would post to see if I could resolve. Basically, when I go into watching "live" TV from the main menu, the video and audio of the current channel comes up and streams fine. I have no problem pausing or resuming video and do not loose any frames or see/hear any stuttering. However, if I use the up channel or down channel button on my remote control or wireless keyboard to go to another channel while channel surfing, the channel that comes up will start to stutter (both audio and video). Sometimes the stuttering will last on 5-10 seconds and other times it will not ever stop. If I keep changing the channel I get the same result on every channel. I have been getting around this problem by once I get to a channel that I want to watch, if it is stuttering, then I simply exit to the main menu and re-enter into the TV mode again to the current channel. If I do this then the channel plays fine. I only have problems if I change channels. What ever the default channel is that comes up when I first go into the TV section always play fine....

So, here are my specs for my top box:

Pentium II (Deschutes)
448.051 CPU MHz
3/4 gig memory
120 gig hard drive
PVR-350
GeForce 4 440 64MB DDR
Sound Blaster Live
Logitech Cordless Keyboard and Mouse

can't say that I've seen that issue. I get a slight studering as the osd goes away, but that's it. I haven't ever had it continue.

I also had a stutter when the OSD faded away. I found this post on Gossamer:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=92946;search_string=hardware%20osd;guest=2656425&t=search_engine#92946

I have installed the "hardware OSD" and no stutter since. May be worth trying. Just extract the hardwarecodeosd.tar.bz attached in the Gossamer thread in /usr/share/mythtv/themes/ and select it from Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback.

It's not as pretty as the default OSD but works just fine.

Willem, that fixed it!!! Well done. Thank you for sharing that with me. It is really nice to have been able to resolve this issue. Thanks again for the post!!

-Brian