> Could you define mosaic? Would you be able to post a picture of some kind?
> To be honost, I haven't updated the hdplayer3 stuff for some while now.
> So it could be related to a new update in the svn in the reelbox plugin/hdplayer3.

I guess the correct term would be "artifacts"?
I can see the video but here and there across the screen are small "boxes".

I also get in my log file:
video vdr: [2037] buffer usage: 100% (tid=2036)
video vdr: [2037] ERROR: 1181 ring buffer overflows (222017 bytes dropped)

The harddisk has DMA on.
To me it seems that the eHD can't get the stream quickly enough.

When I run lspci -b I get 3 devices sharing with IRQ 5:

02:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device aa09
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
        Memory at 00000000dfefc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 90) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device aa09
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at f400
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

03:0f.0 Multimedia controller: Micronas USA, Inc. Unknown device 8100
        Subsystem: Micronas USA, Inc. Unknown device 8100
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at d7ffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

[test@video tv]# hdparm -i /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

 Model=ST3320620AS                             , FwRev=3.AAK   , SerialNo=            9QF6E4RS
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=625142448
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: Unspecified:  ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7


Regards,

Josce

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