[mythtv-users] PVR-x50 lockups and live TV?

David myth at dgreaves.com
Thu Jun 10 05:14:05 EDT 2004


Jim Jarrett wrote:

>I am running a fairly current CVS drop of Myth, and IVTV 0.1.9, with two
>PVR-250's, under Mandrake 9.1.
>
>I still get the lock up if I watch live TV without pausing for 30 seconds.
>
>Is there anything I should upgrade that has fixed that?  From what I
>gathered on the IVTV site, drivers beyond 0.1.9 are "Experimental" and
>aren't guaranteed to even work:
>
>  
>
>>I've decided to stop work on 0.1.x and focus my efforts on 0.2.x. I don't mind
>>if others want to submit patches or work on the old code, but i won't be
>>answering questions or programming for it.
>>
>>ATTENTION: the "Latest CVS tarball" link will be 0.2.x code from now on. This
>>code is extremely unstable, and it WILL crash your system. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
>>USE IT for anything other than development or testing. It currently does not
>>even capture video, and it won't do so for a while. If you want to use ivtv,
>>grab release 0.1.9 from the project page.
>>    
>>
That isn't a great reflection of the current status.

>Has 0.1.10 with Myth progressed to a usable point?
>  
>
useable - yes - I've been using #71d and it seems better than 0.1.9 in 
many ways - not perfect though.

There are 0.1.10-pre versions appearing.
I've asked if anything is ready for wider testing - I'll let you know 
when it is.
(Be warned though - myth can't crash your box - testing ivtv can so this 
is probably not for anyone who can't use grub to get to single user mode)

see also: http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/IvTv

David


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