[mythtv-users] Red bt8x8 capture?

[Russ Dill]

> Every few captures I do (1 in 5) doesn't work - the picture is EXTREMELY
> dark with only red making up the picture.  If this happens when
> switching to live TV, I just exit and re-enter, it seems to wake up.  If
> this is on timer, though, it can be a problem.  I've missed a few shows
> because of it.  Has anyone else come across that, and found a
> solution/cause?

I have this problem as well, although more rarely. I get error
messages about bttv0 in my kernel logs (don't have them handy). I'm
not too concerned about it though, since I'm getting a part of wintv
401's in to replace it.

> I have noticed my RAM is barely eking by.  I have 256 MB and I get lots
> of vm messages telling me certain processes have been killed.  I've been
> trying to nuvexport on that box too, and because it takes many hours to
> export, I'm definitely going to be exporting and recording at the same
> time.  Could that have something to do with it?

Dunno, probably not though. You should make some swap on that box.