[mythtv-users] Re: Waited too long for ringbuffer pause
I just noticed the following appeared in /var/log/messages at 15:32:59 then the ringbuffer errors appear immediatly after this Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [ cut here ] Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: kernel BUG at lib/radix-tree.c:276! Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: invalid operand: [#1] Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: Modules linked in: nvidia(U) cx8800 cx88xx ir_common v4l1_compat bttv video_buf v4l2_common btcx_risc lirc_i2c(U) lirc_dev(U) nfsd exportfs ipv6 autofs4 nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc dm_mod video button battery ac ohci_hcd ehci_hcd tda9887 msp3400(U) saa7115(U) tuner tveeprom ivtv(U) i2c_algo_bit videodev i2c_nforce2 i2c_core shpchp snd_intel8x0(U) snd_ac97_codec(U) snd_ac97_bus(U) snd_seq_dummy(U) snd_seq_oss(U) snd_seq_midi_event(U) snd_seq(U) snd_seq_device(U) snd_pcm_oss(U) snd_mixer_oss(U) snd_pcm(U) snd_timer(U) snd(U) soundcore snd_page_alloc(U) forcedeth floppy ext3 jbd sata_nv libata sd_mod scsi_mod Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: CPU:0 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: EIP:0060:[]Tainted: PF VLI Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: EFLAGS: 00210086 (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4) Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: EIP is at radix_tree_insert+0xd6/0x139 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: eax: ebx: ef17f4e4 ecx: edx: Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: esi: 0003 edi: 0003 ebp: 000d esp: dacfcdb4 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: Process mythfrontend (pid: 1517, threadinfo=dacfc000 task=c5084570) Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: Stack: badc0ded c151c0c0 8fcd d6b43e70 ef17f4e4 c151c0c0 d6b43e6c Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel:d6b43e7c c013bb47 8fcd 1000 c151c0c0 d6b43e6c c013bb9e Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel:00d0 1000 c013c44b 00d0 0020 8fb2 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: Call Trace: Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] add_to_page_cache+0x41/0x83 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] add_to_page_cache_lru+0x15/0x2a Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] do_generic_mapping_read+0x411/0x465 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] __generic_file_aio_read+0xaa/0x1f6 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] file_read_actor+0x0/0xdf Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] generic_file_aio_read+0x3e/0x4f Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] do_sync_read+0xbf/0x11a Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] do_IRQ+0x51/0x82 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] do_sync_read+0x0/0x11a Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] vfs_read+0xa0/0x158 Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] sys_read+0x41/0x6a Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Jan 1 15:32:59 nelson kernel: Code: 84 85 db 74 30 83 03 01 8b 04 24 89 44 ab 04 0f a3 ab 04 01 00 00 19 c0 85 c0 75 68 0f a3 ab 0c 01 00 00 19 c0 31 c9 85 c0 74 b1 <0f> 0b 14 01 80 cf 32 c0 eb a7 8b 0c 24 8b 54 24 08 89 4a 08 31 Hey, In the past couple of days mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-116.rhfc4.at has locked up on me 3 or 4 times during playback of recorded shows. This is the first time I have seen this behaviour and each time I was attempting to playback recorded movies at least 2 hours in length.. The shows were recorded with ivtv4.0 The only recent change is starting mythfronted from an init script at boot. In an attempt to rule that out, I stopped mythbackend and restarted it as my regular user and the bahaviour persisted. Any ideas? mythfrontend log: 2006-01-01 15:30:51.482 Opening audio device 'default'. 2006-01-01 15:30:51.545 Using XV port 240 2006-01-01 15:30:51.801 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2006-01-01 15:30:51.808 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2006-01-01 15:30:51.981 Video timing method: RTC 2006-01-01 15:33:03.431 prebuffering pause 2006-01-01 15:33:06.472 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2006-01-01 15:33:10.476 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2006-01-01 15:33:12.280 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:13.284 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:14.288 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:15.312 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:16.317 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:17.321 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:18.325 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:19.329 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:20.334 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:21.337 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:22.341 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:23.345 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. By this time mythfronted is unresponsive. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi
[mythtv-users] Waited too long for ringbuffer pause
Hey, In the past couple of days mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-116.rhfc4.at has locked up on me 3 or 4 times during playback of recorded shows. This is the first time I have seen this behaviour and each time I was attempting to playback recorded movies at least 2 hours in length.. The shows were recorded with ivtv4.0 The only recent change is starting mythfronted from an init script at boot. In an attempt to rule that out, I stopped mythbackend and restarted it as my regular user and the bahaviour persisted. Any ideas? mythfrontend log: 2006-01-01 15:30:51.482 Opening audio device 'default'. 2006-01-01 15:30:51.545 Using XV port 240 2006-01-01 15:30:51.801 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2006-01-01 15:30:51.808 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2006-01-01 15:30:51.981 Video timing method: RTC 2006-01-01 15:33:03.431 prebuffering pause 2006-01-01 15:33:06.472 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2006-01-01 15:33:10.476 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting again... 2006-01-01 15:33:12.280 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:13.284 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:14.288 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:15.312 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:16.317 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:17.321 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:18.325 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:19.329 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:20.334 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:21.337 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:22.341 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. 2006-01-01 15:33:23.345 Waited too long for ringbuffer pause.. By this time mythfronted is unresponsive. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] I'm getting TV-Out Flicker
Jim Duda wrote: Does anyone have any ideas which might explain the flicker? I realize that "flicker" is hard to describe. When you say flicker, do you mean the playback stutters or pauses? The playback doesn't stutter or pause. What I see are white lines shooting across the image. The lines are broken up. Best I can describe it as small white checker boxes randomly shooting across the screen. You can see the image clearly, the white checkerboxes are just very distracting. It's almost like what one would call "static" on an analog TV signal. What resolution are you recording at? I found since ivtv 3.8 when recording at 640x480 I would occasionally see a mangled frame. There are links to an example mpeg and screen capture here: http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-devel/2005-December/001432.html I strictly use 720x480 and have not seen any mangled frames since. I am currently running ivtv 4.0, I have not upgraded to 4.1 to see if there is any change. Hmm, does this describe the behaviour you're seeing? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] I'm getting TV-Out Flicker
Jim Duda wrote: I have a box which I use to run freevo. Fedora-core 4 running a 2.6.14 kernel. Freevo works fine. I've been playing with Mythtv because it's so sexy looking and I'm thinking about switching. I'm using the SIS driver (sis_drv.o). When I play videos from freevo, using mplayer, or xine, the videos play just fine using the XV video overlay. I can play them from within freevo or outside freevo and the video is clear. However, when I'm not running freevo on the box, the videos from mplayer introduce flicker on the tv-out display.. mplayer -fs -vo xv -ao oss .mpg; created by pvr-350 with ivtv drivers. I only get flicker when: a) I use the -fs option b) freevo is not running If I run mplayer -fs when freevo is not running, I get flicker. So, it appears that freevo does something to X? or the video driver (I'm using sis_drv.o) to resolve the flicker on the tv-out? Does anyone have any ideas which might explain the flicker? I realize that "flicker" is hard to describe. When you say flicker, do you mean the playback stutters or pauses? I'm not able to cut-over to mythtv until I figure out the flicker issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie's Hardware any problems?
Well, for starters you should be worried about your wallet and how you are going to fit 512 GB of memory on that mobo... /smirk ... That was really funny. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Interesting false match
I know the Titles are the same I was just commenting on the fact that they are different as one is House Type "movie" Catagory Drama and one House type "Series" (SH688359) category Mystery. Doesn't sound false to me. You asked to record "House" on any time, any channel. That's exactly what it did. :) On Dec 21, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Allan McIntosh wrote: Hey, I have a record schedule for new episodes of the series House, which is set to record at any time on any channel. There is a movie on the IFC called House that I believe falsely falls under this record schedule. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Interesting false match
Hey, I have a record schedule for new episodes of the series House, which is set to record at any time on any channel. There is a movie on the IFC called House that I believe falsely falls under this record schedule. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] libexif mythplugins versioning info?
Actually, when I looked at the code I realized a -DNEW_LIB_EXIF=1 would force the use of the newer libexif. So the fix: mythplugins]$ ./configure --enable-all --enable-exif ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] libexif mythplugins versioning info?
Would someone that can successfully build the current release-0-18-fixes svn tell me what version of libexif they have installed? I build it with libexif 0.5.12. Cool thanks. I am using FC4 and 0.5.12 is the version in atrpms. However, I ended up with a newer version from release repository. I hope downgrading doesn't break anything else. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] libexif mythplugins versioning info?
Would someone that can successfully build the current release-0-18-fixes svn tell me what version of libexif they have installed? Thanks. Allan McIntosh wrote: Is there some where I can check on current svn dependency version requirements? I have the following rpm installed which results in the error below: libexif-devel i386 0.6.12-3 release make[2]: Entering directory `/home/al/src/mythplugins/mythgallery/mythgallery' g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DHAVE_MMX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o galleryutil.o galleryutil.cpp galleryutil.cpp: In static member function ‘static long int GalleryUtil::getNaturalRotation(const char*)’: /usr/include/libexif/exif-entry.h:61: error: too few arguments to function ‘const char* exif_entry_get_value(ExifEntry*, char*, unsigned int)’ galleryutil.cpp:65: error: at this point in file make[2]: *** [galleryutil.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/src/tmp/mythplugins/mythgallery/mythgallery' ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] libexif mythplugins versioning info?
Is there some where I can check on current svn dependency version requirements? I have the following rpm installed which results in the error below: libexif-devel i386 0.6.12-3 release make[2]: Entering directory `/home/al/src/mythplugins/mythgallery/mythgallery' g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O3 -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DHAVE_MMX -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o galleryutil.o galleryutil.cpp galleryutil.cpp: In static member function ‘static long int GalleryUtil::getNaturalRotation(const char*)’: /usr/include/libexif/exif-entry.h:61: error: too few arguments to function ‘const char* exif_entry_get_value(ExifEntry*, char*, unsigned int)’ galleryutil.cpp:65: error: at this point in file make[2]: *** [galleryutil.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/src/tmp/mythplugins/mythgallery/mythgallery' ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW
Im running on 2 Gigs of dual channel memory so don't think that's the problem ;) will watch the list for a good time to recompile from svn :-) I also have a considerable amount of ram and disk space on my myth only system and see similar similar behaviour. My mythbackend system became completely unresponsive last night 45 minutes into a scheduled record. Here are corresponding mythbackend and syslog entries. I saw the following mythbackend.log: 2005-12-16 00:00:01.564 External Tuning program exited with no error 2005-12-16 00:00:01.891 Changing from None to RecordingOnly 2005-12-16 00:00:13.287 Starting Commercial Flagging for "NYPD Blue" recorded from channel 1620 at Fri Dec 16 00:0 0:00 2005. 2005-12-16 00:00:13.296 commflag: Commercial Flagging Starting 2005-12-16 00:00:16.462 New DB connection, total: 1 2005-12-16 00:00:16.577 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-12-16 00:00:16.659 Connecting to backend server: 10.0.0.11:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2005-12-16 00:00:16.679 Using protocol version 15 2005-12-16 00:00:16.699 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-12-16 00:00:16.704 adding: nelson as a client (events: 0) 2005-12-16 00:11:12.272 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-12-16 00:11:12.278 adding: nelson as a client (events: 1) 2005-12-16 00:48:38.264 IOBOUND - blocking in ThreadedFileWriter::Write() [mpeg2video @ 0x5d25134]ac-tex damaged at 17 16 [mpeg2video @ 0x5d25134]Warning MVs not available Then at the same time I saw this in syslog: Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [ cut here ] Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: kernel BUG at lib/radix-tree.c:276! Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: invalid operand: [#2] Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: Modules linked in: parport_pc lp parport rfcomm l2cap bluetooth nvidia(U) cx8800 cx 88xx ir_common v4l1_compat bttv video_buf v4l2_common btcx_risc lirc_i2c(U) lirc_dev(U) nfsd exportfs ipv6 autofs4 nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc dm_mod video button battery ac ohci_hcd ehci_hcd tda9887 msp3400(U) saa7115(U) tuner tve eprom ivtv(U) i2c_algo_bit videodev i2c_nforce2 i2c_core shpchp snd_intel8x0(U) snd_ac97_codec(U) snd_ac97_bus(U) snd_seq_dummy(U) snd_seq_oss(U) snd_seq_midi_event(U) snd_seq(U) snd_seq_device(U) snd_pcm_oss(U) snd_mixer_oss(U) snd_pcm(U) snd_timer(U) snd(U) soundcore snd_page_alloc(U) forcedeth floppy ext3 jbd sata_nv libata sd_mod scsi_m od Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: CPU:0 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: EIP:0060:[]Tainted: PF VLI Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: EFLAGS: 00010086 (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4) Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: EIP is at radix_tree_insert+0xd6/0x139 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: eax: ebx: ede674e4 ecx: edx: Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: esi: 0004 edi: 0004 ebp: 000d esp: d1fd5d68 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: Process mythbackend (pid: 13182, threadinfo=d1fd5000 task=c1a34570) Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: Stack: badc0ded c12b3760 0009184d e14d26c4 ede674e4 c12b3760 e14d26c0 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel:e14d26d0 c013bb47 0009184d 0009184d e14d26c0 c013d813 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel:00d0 0001 d1fd5efc 0001 1000 d535b540 f88d3fe0 e14d25f0 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: Call Trace: Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] add_to_page_cache+0x41/0x83 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] generic_file_buffered_write+0x121/0x616 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x26d/0x476 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] generic_file_aio_write+0x76/0xe3 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] ext3_file_write+0x24/0x96 [ext3] Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] do_sync_write+0xbf/0x11a Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] _read_unlock_irq+0x5/0x7 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] find_get_pages_tag+0x47/0x91 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37 Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] do_sync_write+0x0/0x11a Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] vfs_write+0xa2/0x15a Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] sys_write+0x41/0x6a Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: [] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Dec 16 00:48:36 nelson kernel: Code: 84 85 db 74 30 83 03 01 8b 04 24 89 44 ab 04 0f a3 ab 04 01 00 00 19 c0 85 c0 75 68 0f a3 ab 0c 01 00 00 19 c0 31 c9 85 c0 74 b1 <0f> 0b 14 01 80 cf 32 c0 eb a7 8b 0c 24 8b 54 24 08 89 4a 08 31 Dec 16 00:48:48 nelson kernel: <6>ivtv0 warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW #0: Stealing a Buffer, 512 currently alloc ated : ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple time zone scheduling question
A few responses place inline I see. This is an entirely different topic than your first post even hints at. You're not getting 3 episodes per day for "Grey's Anatomy" are you? I agree, the Simpson's situation was different from the Grey's Anatomy but it only became apparent through our discussion. So now on to this new topic: Perhaps what I am looking for is "Find and record an origional airing" or something. That's a duplicate matching option rather than a recording type. In the recording options "Scheduling Options", the item for where to look for dups has "Record new episodes only" which is normally in the first 14 days from the original air date. Okay, but I would like to include other showings at other times or from other stations but only today when the new episodes come out. But "today" isn't significant, "new episodes" is. A, where a == paradigm shift. For example, we know that Survivor has new episodes on Thursday, right? So if you made a rule to just record Survivor on Thursday's only, depending on when you read this, you may have already missed the one time only season finale Sunday night. Yes, yes, I have been nipped by this situation before. Who would have known a grown female could get so upset because America's Next top model didn't record http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.5 program.title LIKE 'Survivor: %' AND DAYNAME(program.starttime) = 'Thursday' This would record any time or channel on Thursday but it's the wrong solution. We could also create a rule to only record on the originalairdate and that may catch a new MythBusters at 9pm for it's first airing but if there were a conflict, it couldn't choose the 2am rebroadcast (next day's date) or any other showing ever. Ahhh, thank you Bruce. I feel so much better. Thank you for the discussion this was very enlightening. This makes absolute sense. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Multiple time zone scheduling question
I have a satallite (ExpressVu) which offers many channels in many time zones too choose from when recording. For example, typically I record Grey's Anatomy every sunday at 7pm using "Record this program in this time slot every week." Why? To what end? Record anytime on any channel and it will grab the first convenient showing of each episode. I built my first mythbox this fall, therefore practically every episode of everyshow has never been recorded. I tried that with the Simpson's today and myth planned to record a 3 year old episode at 5pm instead of the episode at 8pm with today as the origional air date. Not mention 3 episodes a day from here on. I really only want to record one episode a week, but chosing " Find and record one showing of this title each week." may end up recording an old show on tuesday or today for that matter. Not sunday's new episode. Perhaps what I am looking for is "Find and record an origional airing" or something. Is "Record this program in this time slot every week." actually "Record this program in this time slot on this channel every week." or will myth find and record on any channel this time slot ? Actually, it's on this station so any channel with the same callsign. IOW if I had a Weekslot for "The Apprentice" on KVBC, it could use analog 3 KVBC or digital 123 KVBC. For most shows, new episodes appear on certain days of the week. So what? There is no reason to use undue restraint. The only reason to use a timeslot is to avoid considering other showings at other time or from other stations (The Simpsons at 8pm Sunday's on FOX for example). Okay, but I would like to include other showings at other times or from other stations but only today when the new episodes come out. it be hard to add record option like "Find and record one showing of this title this day each week."? This would also be nice because kFindDaily and kFindWeekly were implemented long ago and are most useful for shows with multiple broadcasts but no descriptions or inconsistent descriptive info. See: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Multiple time zone scheduling question
Hey, I have a satallite (ExpressVu) which offers many channels in many time zones too choose from when recording. For example, typically I record Grey's Anatomy every sunday at 7pm using "Record this program in this time slot every week." This way we may watch it earlier than 10pm. Tonight however the 7pm showing is not on and I had to manually record the 10pm showing. " At times, some shows air on as many as 4 channels as much 3 or 4 times in a 5 hour time slot. Is "Record this program in this time slot every week." actually "Record this program in this time slot on this channel every week." or will myth find and record on any channel this time slot ? For most shows, new episodes appear on certain days of the week. Would it be hard to add record option like "Find and record one showing of this title this day each week."? This would also be nice because sometimes shows air at 2am on the same day which would be mean this option could capture the shows much sooner for me. I would like to avoid creating many recording schedules for the same show if possible. Are recording options based in the code or are they database entries? Thanks, ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Out of sync frames?
I am using myth 0.18.1.20050523-1 with ivtv 4.0. Pretty much every recording contains flashes of what appear to be out of sync frames scattered through out the recording. S annoying. Here is a 4sec snippet of a recording, there is flash at 3sec mark. http://allanmcintosh.com/pics/tmp/flash.mpg Any one have any ideas what would cause this? Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] lircd responsiveness
When the card is encoding and I am watching a recording the remote can be very slow. I should also add, that mythcomflag would be running also. I like it to run as soon as the recording starts. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] lircd responsiveness
Wa gwan, I am using hauppauge pvr250 with myth 0.18.1 with lircd 0.7.2. I find at times I have to press the buttons several times, press up/down buttons for several seconds before mythfrontend responds. Does anyone else notice a change in lirc response when the system is under even a moderate load or none? When the card is encoding and I am watching a recording the remote can be very slow. Is this common? If so has anyone tried raising the priority of lircd? Thanks. Al ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OverScan / Vertical alignment
There's also possibly a need for a setup screen to enable people to properly set their TV's brightness/contrast controls (or TV output).. This would include signals like PLUGE (for correct brightness & contrast) & colour bars (for correct colour temperature/saturation). This would be very simple to add into a setup menu, although calling external screen setup programs (e.g. nvidia-settings) might give rise to other issues (such as which program to call since not everybody uses the same graphics hardware). That would be really cool integrated tv calibration tools. mpeg-2 test patterns for white level, blackness, sharpness. That would be slick. I use Avia's DVD for this. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] OverScan / Vertical alignment
Can any one suggest a way to move projected image down on TV-Out for playback of recordings and videos? I think the crop/zoom/displace stuff in Myth only applies to what portion of the recording Myth will play, not where on the TV it will be played. To move the actual output around on your TV you'd need to fuss with the modelines. If I ever get my frontends working again (they're both borked) I'll try using the "use separate resolution for playback" switch and specify slightly different modelines so that the X gui shrinks a bit (the current modeline pushes the display too far to the right) and the playback window expands a bit. I record and playback via SVideo. I have noticed that play back of recordings and videos don't fill the entire screen as mythfrontend does. OverScan is full throttle. I have driver overscan at *max* in xorg.conf and in ~/.nvidia-settings-rc=TVOverScan[TV-0]=21. Many of mythfronted tabs and buttons are off the screen but Video and recording playback could still use overscan increase to hide the edges. I have not touched MythFrontend overscan. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] OverScan / Vertical alignment
Hey, Can any one suggest a way to move projected image down on TV-Out for playback of recordings and videos? I am using nvidia driver with my FX5200 TV-Out. I have raised the OverScan value of the Nvidia driver in xorg.conf and ~/.nvidia-settings-rc. I still have about a 1.5 - 2.0 cm strip across the bottom of the screen I could hide by raising the over scan. However, I have raised it so much I feel if I keep going I will be missing some of the intended image. I tried adjusting the Scan displacement (Y) in play back settings but it does not seem to move the played back images at all. I really only care about play back of videos and recordings, I only use tv playback for making adjustments, debugging and soforth. What about xorg.conf:"ViewPortx y" ? Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] TV out video card
I use the FX5200 with NVIDIA drivers for my myth set up, I don't bother with TwinView (both monitor and TV connected) I have only a TV connected. My Device section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "GeForce FX5200" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "NvAGP" "1" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" Option "TVOverScan" "1.0" Option "NoLogo" "true" Option "HWCursor" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "false" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection David Wallace wrote: Hi, I just went shopping for a GeFroce fx 4000 card. The only one I found was pci based. But, for $18.00 more the had a fx 5200 agp with 256 meg of ram with TV and DVI out. Will this work as good/easy as the 4000 card? I haven't opened the box yet, just in case the list says it won't work! David ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Allan McIntosh Software Designer Atreus Systems, Inc. 613-233-1741 ext: 217 (Office) 613-233-8204 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.atreus-systems.com <http://www.atreus-systems.com/> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine instead of Mythtv
What type of input are you using for cable in? Coax, S-Video, Composite? I have often been amazed with the increase in picture quality after replacing a cheap coaxial cable, or the difference from . I now use a short, direct unshared input (S-Video) straight in from the receiver. Are you starting mythfrontend with -v playback or even try 'all' while you watch a show? Sorry if this is repeat I haven't been following your threads. Really getting tiresome having glitchy live and recorded TV. Kaffeine's picture and sound is much cleaner from the same DVB card using the same channels.conf file for tuning parameters. What is myth doing differently? -- Allan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lircd starts fine, but crashes as soon as something tries to use it
Verify the permissions on the lirc devices are 666 I am pretty sure once I had to pass --permission=666 --device=/dev/lirc/lirc0 because the devices were created with 600 permissions and lircd was looking for /dev/lirc which was actually a directory Ant Daniel wrote: On 10/17/05, *Jon Kunze* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I tried the symlink, and it seemed to work... until i rebooted. So now I've got bigger problems. Like before, I uninstalled lirc via yum and then tried to reinstall yum, which fixed the problem before, but only until I rebooted. I did the following # yum remove lirc-kmdl-$KVER # yum remove lirc then I did # yum install lirc-kmdl-$KVER This line fails as it says there is no match for my kernel # yum install lirc This one goes fine Then I do the # /sbin/depmod -a # /sbin/modprobe lirc_i2c No moduble lirc_i2c found # /sbin/chkconfig lircd on # /sbin/service lircd start [OK] Then when I run either irw or mythfrontend, I get "lircd dead, but subsys locked" again. Any ideas on this? Unfortunately I'm at work right now, so I can't put the exact error messages in this email, but I will be able to later tonight if anyone has any ideas. Thanks. On 9/30/05, *Nick* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: On 30/09/05, Jon Kunze <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Jon Kunze < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Date: Sep 29, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re: lircd starts fine, but crashes as soon as something tries to use it To: Nate Thompson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Ok, when I try the symlink, it says /dev/lirc already exists. Any ideas? Removing the /dev/lirc and the doing the symlink goes through, but still when I start the frontend lirc locks. Does the LIRC log give any useful info when it fails now? You can also start lircd using the parameter --device=/dev/lirc0 - does this work at all? Nick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users After a recent update I was also having this problem (using FC3) when the symlink is set there was no problems, but the link was lost on reboot. I solved it on my setup by editing /etc/sysconfig/lircd: # Options to lircd LIRCD_OPTIONS="-d /dev/lirc0" This then gets lircd to look at the already existing /dev/lirc0 rather than the missing /dev/lirc ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Allan McIntosh Software Designer Atreus Systems, Inc. 613-233-1741 ext: 217 (Office) 613-233-8204 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.atreus-systems.com <http://www.atreus-systems.com/> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Video lasts for only 1 second on live TV
So just as a follow up you did restart the mythbackend service after the backend came up. The service not the machine. For I had to add a sleep command after loading ivtv before I started the backend. Obviously a hack but a good one :) I stopped my init script from even running. `chkconfig --del mythbackend` same as `rm -f /etc/rc?.d/*mythbackend` At the moment I have to manually start the backend upon start up otherwise I get buffer prepause. I may have time further investigate this later tonight once I am finished working. I found last night when the machine near the TV that is a backend/frontend combo(1.4G Athlon) was recording/running comflag/and playing back a "perfect rip" dvd when I tried to watch a recording on a remote frontend and it was seriously choppy to say the least: 2005-10-11 21:26:33.607 Realtime priority would require SUID as root. 2005-10-11 21:26:33.768 Video timing method: RTC 2005-10-11 21:26:42.602 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:47.556 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:49.321 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:51.372 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:53.660 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:55.651 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:26:59.098 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:01.063 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:03.293 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:07.150 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:09.246 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:10.958 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:12.613 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:15.846 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:19.326 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:22.446 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:24.367 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:25.908 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:29.200 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:31.175 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:33.311 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:38.243 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:39.610 prebuffering pause 2005-10-11 21:27:41.937 prebuffering pause -Phil On 10/11/05, *Allan Mcintosh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I was seeing buffer prepause when attempting live tv playback. It would pause if mythbackend was started using /etc/init.d/mythbackend init script. It looks as though there's an issue when started via 'su' . so I created an alias in ~/.bashrc alias mythbackend='mythbackend -v channel,record,playback --daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.pid' Then start as mythuser. The buffer prepause occured if I ran the init script as root or myth user. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Fine tuning picture quality
Hey, Can anyone suggest an application or procedure to fine tune picture quality. IE Adjusting brightness, contrast color's and so forth? I am unable to do this manually. Are there any linux apps to do this? Something similar to Avia. Thanks ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Video lasts for only 1 second on live TV
I was seeing buffer prepause when attempting live tv playback. It would pause if mythbackend was started using /etc/init.d/mythbackend init script. It looks as though there's an issue when started via 'su' . so I created an alias in ~/.bashrc alias mythbackend='mythbackend -v channel,record,playback --daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.pid' Then start as mythuser. The buffer prepause occured if I ran the init script as root or myth user. I get this very same problem sometimes on my epia box when I try to autostart mythbackend after a reboot. I kill the mythbackend process and restart manually ... if I recall "/etc/init.d/mythbackend stop" followed by "/etc/init.d/mythbackend start". I don't know the exact cause ... but the restart has never failed to solve the problem. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] mythbackend hardware suggestions?
Depends on what capture cards you want to use with it. The ivtv capture cards has (historically) had some problems with via chipsets. But then again, my EPIA (via) backend now runs several months non-stop until it crashes on the ivtv driver. I will be using the ivtv with pvr-250. I am not convinced yet, but I think my current Athlon 1.4G/Asus A7A combo is causing backend crashes. Plus the Asus A7A only does AGP 4x. Thanks. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] mythbackend hardware suggestions?
I have Nvidia GeForce FX5200 TV-Out card Hauppauge pvr250 I was looking at either of the following combinations: AMD Sempron 2500+ 64 + MSI K8N NEO-V Or AMD Sempron 2500+ 64 + ASUS K8V-X-SE Any specific's to avoid? I was looking through the PVR Hardware database but there is no motherboard colum. -- Allan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tracking down
Apologies for the multi-mail message: meas Sep 5 12:15:18 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=64 saturation=64 hue=0 Sep 5 12:15:18 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=64 hue=0 Sep 5 12:15:18 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0 Sep 5 12:15:18 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0 Sep 5 12:15:18 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set size Sep 5 12:15:19 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output Sep 5 12:15:19 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output Sep 5 12:15:21 nelson kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann Sep 5 12:15:21 nelson kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M Sep 5 12:16:10 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output Sep 5 12:16:10 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output Sep 5 12:16:10 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0 Sep 5 12:16:45 nelson last message repeated 4 times Sep 5 12:16:45 nelson last message repeated 3 times Sep 5 12:16:45 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder set size Sep 5 12:16:45 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output Sep 5 12:16:45 nelson kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output Allan Mcintosh wrote: My backend is a VIA KT266A motherboard (Epox 8KHA+, to be exact) and an AMD Athlon XP 1600+. I've got a fairly large fan/heatsink combo, as well as a 120mm exhaust fan right next to the CPU. I didn't want to go with the VIA motherboard, since I have had and heard of problems with VIA and Linux, but it was all I had. Anyways, it has been fine. What is your configuration? CPU: Motherboard: Video Card: Video Capture Card: Networking: Linux Distro: Gentoo. Kernel 2.6.12.2 ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) AMD Athlon 1.4G ASUS A7A (yes VIA chipset) VIDEO Card Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Hauppauge pvr250 10/100 wired network I built myth 0.18.1.20050510-1 by hand from scratch Also, what are the exact crashing symptoms? Entire box locks up? Machine reboots itself? It's always a silent backend crash. The majority of the crashes occured right when myth was about to begin recording... I would see something along the lines of : 2005-10-04 18:59:52.366 Started recording "House" on channel: 1204 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-10-04 18:59:52.382 scheduler: Last message repeated 1 times 2005-10-04 18:59:52.388 scheduler: Schedule Change 2005-10-04 20:27:26.882 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. Today, however backend crashed while my girlfriend was watching a recording and I was scheduling a recording through mythweb. The pvr was not running at all... 2005-10-05 12:11:32.799 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.169 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-05 12:13:25.172 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.506 Reschedule requested for id 84. 2005-10-05 12:13:26.003 Scheduled 24 items in 0.5 = 0.42 match + 0.08 place 2005-10-05 12:18:05.240 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-10-05 12:18:05.566 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Allan McIntosh Software Designer Atreus Systems, Inc. 613-233-1741 ext: 217 (Office) 613-233-8204 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.atreus-systems.com <http://www.atreus-systems.com/> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Tracking down
This could very well be the culprit for mythbackend crashing, today's crash occured at 12:18 I found the following in /var/log/messages Sep 5 12:16:47 nelson kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M Sep 5 12:18:18 nelson kernel: i8253 count too high! resetting.. Sep 5 12:18:23 nelson kernel: ivtv: Removing Card #0. Sep 5 12:18:24 nelson kernel: ivtv: Removed WinTV PVR 250, card #0 Sep 5 12:22:01 nelson kernel: i8253 count too high! resetting.. Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.6.1 (20010830) Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: START INIT IVTV Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.4.31 Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when Allan Mcintosh wrote: My backend is a VIA KT266A motherboard (Epox 8KHA+, to be exact) and an AMD Athlon XP 1600+. I've got a fairly large fan/heatsink combo, as well as a 120mm exhaust fan right next to the CPU. I didn't want to go with the VIA motherboard, since I have had and heard of problems with VIA and Linux, but it was all I had. Anyways, it has been fine. What is your configuration? CPU: Motherboard: Video Card: Video Capture Card: Networking: Linux Distro: Gentoo. Kernel 2.6.12.2 ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) AMD Athlon 1.4G ASUS A7A (yes VIA chipset) VIDEO Card Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Hauppauge pvr250 10/100 wired network I built myth 0.18.1.20050510-1 by hand from scratch Also, what are the exact crashing symptoms? Entire box locks up? Machine reboots itself? It's always a silent backend crash. The majority of the crashes occured right when myth was about to begin recording... I would see something along the lines of : 2005-10-04 18:59:52.366 Started recording "House" on channel: 1204 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-10-04 18:59:52.382 scheduler: Last message repeated 1 times 2005-10-04 18:59:52.388 scheduler: Schedule Change 2005-10-04 20:27:26.882 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. Today, however backend crashed while my girlfriend was watching a recording and I was scheduling a recording through mythweb. The pvr was not running at all... 2005-10-05 12:11:32.799 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.169 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-05 12:13:25.172 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.506 Reschedule requested for id 84. 2005-10-05 12:13:26.003 Scheduled 24 items in 0.5 = 0.42 match + 0.08 place 2005-10-05 12:18:05.240 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-10-05 12:18:05.566 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Allan McIntosh Software Designer Atreus Systems, Inc. 613-233-1741 ext: 217 (Office) 613-233-8204 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.atreus-systems.com <http://www.atreus-systems.com/> ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Tracking down
My backend is a VIA KT266A motherboard (Epox 8KHA+, to be exact) and an AMD Athlon XP 1600+. I've got a fairly large fan/heatsink combo, as well as a 120mm exhaust fan right next to the CPU. I didn't want to go with the VIA motherboard, since I have had and heard of problems with VIA and Linux, but it was all I had. Anyways, it has been fine. What is your configuration? CPU: Motherboard: Video Card: Video Capture Card: Networking: Linux Distro: Gentoo. Kernel 2.6.12.2 ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) AMD Athlon 1.4G ASUS A7A (yes VIA chipset) VIDEO Card Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Hauppauge pvr250 10/100 wired network I built myth 0.18.1.20050510-1 by hand from scratch Also, what are the exact crashing symptoms? Entire box locks up? Machine reboots itself? It's always a silent backend crash. The majority of the crashes occured right when myth was about to begin recording... I would see something along the lines of : 2005-10-04 18:59:52.366 Started recording "House" on channel: 1204 on cardid: 1, sourceid 1 2005-10-04 18:59:52.382 scheduler: Last message repeated 1 times 2005-10-04 18:59:52.388 scheduler: Schedule Change 2005-10-04 20:27:26.882 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. Today, however backend crashed while my girlfriend was watching a recording and I was scheduling a recording through mythweb. The pvr was not running at all... 2005-10-05 12:11:32.799 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.169 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-05 12:13:25.172 adding: bart as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-05 12:13:25.506 Reschedule requested for id 84. 2005-10-05 12:13:26.003 Scheduled 24 items in 0.5 = 0.42 match + 0.08 place 2005-10-05 12:18:05.240 New DB connection, total: 1 Starting up as the master server. 2005-10-05 12:18:05.566 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
