[mythtv-users] can't watch live tv, record static

[Nick]

On 13/09/05, David W Davis <davidw.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it is /video/buffer.  After some more playing around with it, I
> do get video for a few seconds and then the screen goes blue.  Here is
> what the terminal says:
> 
> 2005-09-12 23:45:44.678 prebuffering pause
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.942 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.942 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (373)
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.944 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2005-09-12 23:46:03.945 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2005-09-12 23:46:04.022 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2005-09-12 23:46:04.031 Changing from None to None
> 
> It just kicks out of tv mode back to the main mythtv menu.  Is this a
> hard disk issue, perhaps?

I still think it's more likely to be an capture card issue. The
firmware message in your log says it's buggy, but I'm not sure if this
is causing the problem. I would try to use a TV app such as xawtv or
kaffeine to see whether you can get decent signal from the cards.

Nick