[mythtv-users] mythfrontend just says "waiting for free video
buffers timed out"
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jun 16 21:27:23 EDT 2004
Shawn wrote:
>waiting for free video buffers timed out
>waiting for free video buffers timed out
>
Looks like a PVR-x50... If that's right, try a different version of the
drivers.
Many like ivtv 0.1.9 (possibly with a patch or two from
http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ ).
Others like ivtv 0.1.10-pre2 with Chris Kennedy's (ck) patches from
http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ .
Some swear by ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck71d (
http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck7X/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck71d.diff
). Others prefer some in the ck36 or ck38 series (
http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck3X/ ). Then again,
some of the newest ones aren't looking too bad, either (I'm using
bleeding edge drivers from the 90 series and will upgrade to the 93
series when I get a chance).
If you just want it to generally work, I recommend ivtv-0.1.9a (
http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ivtv-0.1.9a.tar.gz ). And make sure you
use the ivtvdev X driver (
http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ivtvdev_drv.o.gz ) for the framebuffer
if using a PVR-350 with TV out--regardless of which ivtv version you use.
Note that with 0.1.9, many things don't ever work, but what works seems
to always work. With 0.1.10-pre2-ckXX, almost all functionality of the
card works (at least in the latest versions), but they may be less
stable than the 0.1.9 versions.
Mike
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