[mythtv-users] LiveTV jerky on FC3

Sun Mar 13 04:27:44 UTC 2005

As a mentioned in a previous mail today, I had the same poblem until I 
rolled back to an earlier kernel RPM (version 681).

gerhard aldorf wrote:
> Hi,
> I installed mythtv .17 on FC3 from scratch following Jarods guide. 
> LiveTV is very jerky  and pauses every 2-3 seconds. recorded programs 
> work ok This is on my test system. with two screens and one  PVR 250
> 
> mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 works fine after a reboot but behaves the 
> same way as mythtv after I run mythtv.
> Can anyone please tell me on what could be wrong here.
> Thank's
> Gerhard
> 
> My backend/frontend konsolll  output
> ----Backend
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ mythbackend &
> [1] 7333
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ Starting up as the master server.
> 2005-03-13 01:54:34.437 Channel(/dev/video0)::SwitchToInput(in 4): Error 
> -1 while setting video mode (v2), "Invalid argument", trying v4l v1
> 2005-03-13 01:54:34.437 Channel(/dev/video0)::SwitchToInput(in 4): 
> Setting video mode with v4l version 1 worked
> 2005-03-13 01:54:34.619 mythbackend version: 0.17.20050130-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2005-03-13 01:54:34.619 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-03-13 01:54:36.619 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2005-03-13 01:54:36.704 Scheduled 0 items in 0.1 = 0.07 match + 0.02 place
> 2005-03-13 01:54:36.705 Seem to be woken up by USER
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ 2005-03-13 01:55:14.639 MainServer::HandleAnnounce 
> Playback
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.639 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client 
> (events: 0)
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.654 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.654 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client 
> (events: 1)
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.664 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.664 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client 
> (events: 0)
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.693 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.693 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client 
> (events: 0)
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.700 adding: localhost.localdomain as a remote 
> ringbuffer
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.710 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> Your channel ordering method "channel number (numeric)"
> will not work with channels like: SE11
> Consider switching to order by "database order" or
> "channel number (alpha)" in the general settings section
> of the frontend setup
> 2005-03-13 01:55:38.585 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 
> ----frontend
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ mythfrontend
> 2005-03-13 01:55:07.214 mythfrontend version: 0.17.20050130-1 
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-03-13 01:55:07.214 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-03-13 01:55:07.846 Switching to square mode (MythCenter)
> Found 2 Xinerama Screens.
> Using first Xinerama screen, 1280x1024+1280+0
> mythtv: could not open config file /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> Failed to read lirc config /home/mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc for mythtv
> 2005-03-13 01:55:08.187 Joystick disabled.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:08.314 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:08.377 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media 
> handler
> 2005-03-13 01:55:08.377 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media 
> handler
> 2005-03-13 01:55:08.958 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media 
> handler
> SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.102:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.102
> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.626 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.634 Using protocol version 14
> 2005-03-13 01:55:14.659 Using protocol version 14
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.157 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.157 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.166 Using XV port 145
> Found 2 Xinerama Screens.
> Using first Xinerama screen, 1280x1024+1280+0
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>  Major opcode:  141
>  Minor opcode:  14
>  Resource id:  0x1e0
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.208 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
> You likely won't get any video.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.674 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.701 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.785 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> 2005-03-13 01:55:18.815 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:19.843 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:20.938 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:22.235 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:24.197 prebuffering pause
> av_remove_stream 0x1c0
> 2005-03-13 01:55:26.384 streams_changed() -- stream count 2
> 2005-03-13 01:55:28.086 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:29.474 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:31.566 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:32.713 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:34.216 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:35.386 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:36.879 prebuffering pause
> 2005-03-13 01:55:38.346 prebuffering pause
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>  Major opcode:  141
>  Minor opcode:  14
>  Resource id:  0x1e0
> 2005-03-13 01:55:38.669 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
> You likely won't get any video.
> 2005-03-13 01:55:38.723 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2005-03-13 01:55:38.726 Changing from None to None
> 
> --modprobe.conf
> alias eth0 e100
> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 sbp2
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> 
> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1
> 
> #alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
> #options snd-card-1 index=1
> #install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> #remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> 
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> 
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6629
> 
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivt
> options ivtv tuner=20
> options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
> 
> #lirc
> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install 
> lirc_i2c
> 
> 
> 
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