[mythtv-users] /dev/video0 crashes sytem

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 07 November 2003 06:59 pm, Andrea Palisca wrote:
> I am trying to get a Hauppauge PVR-250 to work on RH9. When I choose to
> Watch TV in mythfrontend I see the captured video on the screen for a few
> seconds and then the system freezes; all I/O becomes non-responsive, and I
> have to power-cycle.
>
> I tried 'mplayer /dev/video0' and the same thing happens: after a few
> seconds of (BTW, excellent quality) video the machine crashes. Same result
> doing 'cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg'. If I ctrl-C within a second or so,
> before the machine crashes, I can succesfully playback test.mpg.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This belongs on the ivtv list, not here.

Isaac