[mythtv-users] application not reading fast enough?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Rich West wrote:
> I hadn't noticed these errors previously, but I cannot say for sure if 
> they were or were not showing up...
>
> I'm seeing errors like :
> ivtv2: All encoder MPEG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
> ivtv2: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
> ivtv0: All encoder MPEG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
> ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
>
> I wasn't (and, after some googling, I am still not) sure what to make of 
> them.  The only thing that I came across that had a fair amount of 
> relevance was:
> http://malformed.org/2006/01/31/new-ivtv-error-from-mythtv-ivtv0-all-encoder-mpeg-stream-buffers-are-full-dropping-data/
>
> Which was on some blog from back in Jan 2006.  I figure that information 
> is probably a bit old, and, from the info on the ivtv wiki, the options 
> mentioned in the blog entry are probably out dated as well.
>
> So.. the question.. is this really ivtv related, or is it a mythtv 
> issue?  Or, perhaps, is it a hardware issue (not being able to write to 
> disk fast enough)?
>   
There was some discussion on this on the ivtv-devel list that Hans 
indicated he was going to fix.  How recent of an ivtv driver release are 
you using?  It may be fixed in the latest releases or trunk versions.

Kevin