[mythtv-users] Myth only recording one show

[Kyle Kelly]

Sabin Dang wrote:

> Hello all, I've got a strange problem that I've been wrestling with 
> for some time. I'm hoping that someone out there has had a similar 
> problem and has found a solution.
>
> My myth setup will record one show, and after that I am unable to 
> record anymore shows or watch tv (I get the "All available inputs are 
> being used message").  I've checked the myth status page and it 
> reports that it is not recording.  Also at this stage if I go into 
> watch recordings and attempt to delete a recording, mythfrontend will 
> pause for a length of time and then report that it cannot connect with 
> the backend.
>
> I've verified that the backend is still running, and all other 
> components of myth work fine (video, watching recordings, etc).
>
> Doing an lsmod I notice that ivtv is reported as being used by a 
> process (keventd), attempting to do an rmmod ivtv results in "ivtv: 
> Device or resource busy." Killing mythbackend and restarting it solves 
> all my problems.
>
> At this point I've got a cron job restarting mythbackend every night 
> at midnight, but this still leaves me with only being able to record 1 
> show a day.
>
> Any help or suggestions for things to try would greatly be appreciated!
>
> My system info:
> AMD 2600+
> MSI KTV4 mobo
> PVR-250
> Redhat 9.0
> MythTV from latest CVS (i've gone through several versions all with 
> the same problem)
> ivtv from latest CVS (problem also present through several versions)
> running at RPMs kernel 2.4.20-20_29
> Using ALSA sound drivers
>
> -- Sabin
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I used to get that problem, I forget how exactly I fixed it, but you may 
want to try using the 0.1.6 ivtv drivers available on the sourceforge 
project page.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=73219&package_id=73245

Since I've started using them all my ivtv problems have gone away.  Just 
checking that right now I noticed 0.1.7 is out now too, everything is 
working perfect with 0.1.6 for me so I don't think I'm going to risk 
upgrading.

Hope that helps a little.