Re: Info

[Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM, fogna <fogna80@gmail.com> wrote:
> Il 01/18/2010 06:33 PM, Markus Rechberger ha scritto:
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Devin Heitmueller
>> <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Markus,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Markus Rechberger
>>> <mrechberger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just fyi there's a hardware bug with the 0072/terratec hybrid xs fm
>>>> (cx25843 - xc5000):
>>>>
>>>> http://img91.imageshack.us/i/00000004qf8.png/
>>>> http://img104.imageshack.us/i/00000009cp4.png/
>>>>
>>>> nothing that can be fixed with the driver.
>>>>
>>> Interesting.  If it cannot be fixed with the driver, how does the
>>> Windows driver work then?  Is this some sort of premature hardware
>>> failure that occurs (after which point it is irreversible)?
>>>
>>>
>> conexant cx25843 - xceive xc5000 failure (as what I've heard conexant
>> laid off people in that area years ago while xceive (see their driver
>> changelog if you have access to it) tried to fix it with their
>> firmware but didn't succeed), it also happens with windows. Those
>> screenshots are taken from a videoclip
>> it was of course a big problem for business customers (almost all of
>> them happily switched away from it)
>> This is the same retail hardware as everyone else uses out there. XS
>> FM is not being sold anymore.
>> I only know one company in Ireland still sticking with it, also in
>> terms of videoquality I'd avoid that combination.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for taking the time to point this out though, since I could
>>> totally imagine banging my head against the wall for quite a while
>>> once I saw this.
>>>
>>> Devin
>>>
>>> --
>>> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
>>> http://www.kernellabs.com
>>>
>>>
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> Hi Markus, thanks for the info, i didn't know of this hardware problem,
> i have this usb stick and at the moment all works normally, now i know
> when it will be time to replace it :)
>

it happens sporadically sometimes 1 time/5 minutes sometimes 1 time/10 minutes.
I think in windows it sometimes drops frames it also happens there and
can be seen with VLC
maybe some codecs also compensate it a little bit. There's no generic
rule about this the xc5000
overdrives the videodecoder (it's not empia related issue actually
moreover conexant/xceive)

Markus