On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:13, Preet Khalsa wrote: > 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 >
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, the system locks up after the install the first time and every time I try to watch TV from MythTV. I am currently thinking about installing a full Linux OS on it (FC6 or Suse) to see if that fixes the problem, maybe it's something with the way the KnoppMyth guys have the system setup. My other thought is that since it's a brand new card (and they had shortages lately) maybe they made a tiny little change on the card that's hosing things up. I'll keep you guys posted, and if anyone has any other suggestions I'm all ears. James C. _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
