James Cammarata wrote: > Hi all, I have a Dell 400SC and a Hauppage PVR-150. Full system specs here: > > # PSU: Dell 250w > # MOTHERBOARD: Dell, made by Intel (875P chipset) > # CPU: P4 2.4GHz (hyperthreading disabled) > # RAM: 512MB PC3200 > # CPU HEATSINK: Stock Dell > # NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK: Passive > # HDD: 250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA > # GRAPHICS CARD: ATI 9xxxx series, 256MB > # SOUNDCARD: Integrated > # TUNER CARD: PVR-150 > > Based on research from the KnoppMyth forums, this should be supported just > fine. In fact, KnoppMyth does install great and I have no problems with any > hardware being recognized and the MythTV setup runs flawlessly. > > My problem occurs when I try to watch TV. The system freezes up hard, and > becomes totally unresponsive. After reboot, there are only two log entries > from before the freeze in /var/log/messages: > > Feb 13 21:25:46 mythtv -- MARK -- > Feb 13 21:29:06 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: All encoder MPEG stream buffers are > full. Dropping data. > Feb 13 21:29:06 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading > fast enough. > Feb 13 21:41:48 mythtv syslogd 1.4.1#20: restart. > > The syslogd message is the first message logged when the system reboots. > > I can run this command just fine and see the video, so I know the driver is > working: > > # cat /dev/video0 | xine stdin://mpeg2 > > So, really I'm trying to pin down the problem. I am running the latest > release of KnoppMyth (Release 5 E50) and even upgraded MythTV from the latest > in Subversion as detailed on their website. Since I can watch the video fine > from xine, it's probably not an ivtv problem, but I'm running out of options > and things to try. I have disabled hyperthreading, and also set all buffers > to their maximum values to no effect. > > The PVR150 is brand new, but I did confirm that it's a 150 and not the 1600 > as > has been reported on the web recently. It seems to be recognized just fine > as shown in the output below. > > So, does anyone have any ideas at all? >
I have had a continuous problem with the 150 where changing channels messes up the firmware and it freezes. Check if it works fine when used after a reboot and no channels are changed. Then change the channel. Then quit and restart capturing. It should freeze then. If not, cycle through a couple of channel changes and do it again. I am not sure if this is a MythTV or IVTV problem. But it is a problem on the 150 and not the 250 I also have. Cheers Preet > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
