[mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output

[jeff at burstable.net]

Just a thought. I just installed a PVR-250 lastnight and had a heck 
of a time getting it to work.  It seems it only works when it wants to, 
sometimes when I load the ivtv module I got tons and tons of msgs about 
mailbox (no idea what that is) and other times I ony get a few.  I have 
noticed that when I get a ton of msgs, mythtv will not work, live tv will 
hang, however if I kill all myth related procs and rmmod ivtv and modprobe 
it over and over until I dont see the mailbox msgs, then mythtv will work 
just fine.  I was just looking thru the ivtv CVS and see major updates 
were added on 4/25 and 4/29.  Might want to try usinging the CVS version 
prior to all the changes, the README says `cvs checkout -r pre-qbuf ivtv`
 will get you the CVS prior to all the changes. 

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:

> are you supposed to?
> 
> from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
> using:
> i2c-core
> i2c-algo-bit
> tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
> videodev
> saa7115
> ivtv
> 
> never anything about msp4300 ... ??
> 
> --- Chuck Ferring <chuckf at fullplaymedia.com> wrote:
> > Did you load the msp3400 module?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben at xsusio.com] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output 
> > 
> > Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to
> > get live video from
> > 
> > my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0.  The only way
> > I can watc it right 
> > now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's
> > without sound (haven't 
> > figured that out yet)
> > 
> > I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv
> > and set it up 
> > according to the docs. When I get to using
> > mythfrontend it freezes when 
> > I click on "Watch TV".
> > 
> > Here's output from mythbackend:
> > -----------------------------------
> > Starting up as the master server.
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> > 
> > ..and after I start mythfrontend:
> > 
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote
> > ringbuffer
> > Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > strange error flushing buffer ...
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend
> > after this so I have 
> > to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything
> > to do with this? 
> > Could it have something to do with the fact that I
> > haven't gotten sound 
> > working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Ben Davis
> > 
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