[mythtv-users] PiP locks frontend
IvanK.
chepati at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 29 13:02:33 EDT 2004
I have been observing this for quite some time. I'm suspecting it's the ivtv
driver. I'm currently using ck59e, but PIP hasn't worked at least since
ck26. PIP used to work with 0.1.9.
IvanK.
On Thursday 29 April 2004 09:41 am, Jason Livingston wrote:
> I'm running MythTV CVS 0.15.20040331-1 on a box with a WinTV 250+350
> dual tuner setup, FC1 install based on Jarod's Howto (except for
> running CVS), and ivtv 0.1.10pre2-ck36c (also tried other ck## versions
> and 0.1.9 vanilla with no change noticed).
>
> I'm having severe difficulty trying to get picture-in-picture
> functionality in mythtv. I don't think its an ivtv or hardware issue,
> because I CAN capture two channels at the same time, even while
> outputting via the 350's tv-out, with no problem.
>
> When I hit menu and then select PiP-Enable/Disable, the frontend stops
> responding to all input. No keyboard or remote input has any effect,
> although the original channel continues to play forever, and recordings
> continue to work (so the backend is still running ok).
>
> In the logs I get multiple occurances of "/dev/video0: Input/Output
> error," then finally, "No data for 15 seconds, give up!" or something
> to that effect. However, if the backend later tries to use that same
> input for a recording, it works fine!
>
> I can't figure out why both tuners can record simultaneously just fine,
> but the frontend locks when trying to do PiP. I can only assume I've
> made some error in my setup, or its a new bug in MythTV CVS.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
> Jason
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