--- Rob Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I upgraded to 0.17 today, specifically I updated to > CVS from CVS of > about 5 weeks ago. The first time I started > mythfrontend after the > update, it started updating schema, but seemed to > hang. The next time I > ran it, it completed fine. > > After the update, I cannot watch live TV. In fact > trying to do so > leaves my PVR 250 in an unusable state. > mythfrontend --verbose gives > the following output: > > 2005-02-12 18:34:33.561 taking too long to be > allowed to read.. > 2005-02-12 18:34:38.561 taking too long to be > allowed to read.. > 2005-02-12 18:34:43.562 taking too long to be > allowed to read.. > 2005-02-12 18:34:43.562 Took more than 10 seconds to > be allowed to read, > aborting. > Couldn't read file: > rbuf://192.168.93.106:6543/mnt/mythtv/ringbuf1.nuv > 2005-02-12 18:34:43.588 Changing from None to > WatchingLiveTV > 2005-02-12 18:34:43.588 Decoder not alive, and > trying to play.. > 2005-02-12 18:35:03.594 ReadStringList timeout > (quick). > > I can do the following just fine after a reboot or > removing the ivtv > module and reloading it. > > $ cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg > $ mplayer test.mpg > > Once I start mythfrontend and try to Watch Live TV, > further attempts to > capture as above fail as does watch live TV. I > notice that ringbuf1.nuv > only gets to about 60k in size. After mythfrontend > has been started and > things break, a command like "mplayer /dev/video0" > will stop buffering > around 60k. > > The only changes shown by ivtvctl -a before and > after I try to watch > live TV are: > > -bitrate : 8000000 > -bitrate_peak: 9600000 > +bitrate : 4500000 > +bitrate_peak: 6000000 > ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FMT > Type : Video Capture > - Width : 720 > + Width : 480 > -Volume = 58880 > +Volume = 58950 > > Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I can fix > this? > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
I read a thread in the archives where I it looks like someone else had a similar problem. The fix for him was to turn of CC in the setup: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/110440?search_string=setup%20cc;#110440 -- Chris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
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