[mythtv-users] hd-3000 recording issues while and watchingrecordings from pvr-500
Mike
stuff at dustsmoke.com
Fri Jan 27 15:43:07 UTC 2006
James C. Dastrup wrote:
>> I have a weird problem when i'm watching recordings on my combined
>> frontend/backend. If I'm watching tv on or even a recording from my
>> pvr-500 or 350 while its trying to record a program on the HD-3000 via
>> QAM.. I get a lot of artifacts in the recording.
>>
>> If i were to azap -r channel and watch a recording it goes from LOCKED
>> unlocked LOCKED unlocked LOCKED over and over and over. The CPU is only
>> being used at about 30% during all of this. If I just do azap -r channel
>> without watching anything it is LOCKED all of the time.
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas of how I can track this down and try to fix it?
>> I'm lost with this one.
>>
>> debian sarge
>> 2.6.14.4
>> ivtv 0.4.2 but these aren't even recording when it happens.
>> mythtv 0.18.1
>> sb live
>> nvidia ti4600 with nvidia
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Mike
>>
>
>
> Just one thought, check your interrupts. This has caused problems
> for me in the past.
>
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> >From the dmesg output, it looks as if you may be sharing
> IRQ's with devices that don't like to be shared. The worst devices I've
> seen that often share and often cause problems are USB adapters and
> NIC's. Don't load the USB drivers if you don't have to. Also, move some
> cards around in the PCI slots if possible.
>
>
This would make sense in that "i only have the problem when sound is
playing back".
0: 6427484 XT-PIC timer
1: 10 XT-PIC i8042
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 9 XT-PIC serial
5: 110884 XT-PIC ivtv1
7: 40564 XT-PIC parport0
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 1 XT-PIC acpi
10: 7099603 XT-PIC ivtv0, nvidia
11: 494167 XT-PIC ivtv2, uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, eth0
12: 5256246 XT-PIC cx88[0], EMU10K1, cx88[0]
14: 3480859 XT-PIC ide0
15: 1912283 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 0
ERR: 21
MIS: 0
I guess I should go into the bios and try to somehow shove it on another
interrupt? Is it supposed to show up twice like that?
-Mike
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