[mythtv-users] HD PVR Device Error Detected
Richard Woelk
richardwoelk at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 02:30:06 UTC 2012
On 4/2/2012 3:14 PM, Paul Siegel wrote:
> Been bashing my head against this one for a couple days now, was hoping someone on this
> list might be able to help. Bought myself an HD PVR, running on an Ubuntu 11.04
> back-end, and custom-built the drivers per this page:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR#HD-PVR_Driver_Compilation_Howto
>
> Using 'cat /dev/video0 > test.ts' works great, the file plays fine with vlc. However,
> when I tried to set it up to work within myth, I get errors. I ran my back-end using
> '-v all' in hopes of finding something more useful in the output, but I'm not seeing
> anything obvious. Here it is:
>
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.948 DevRdB(/dev/video0): buffer size 9400 KB
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.948 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): DRB ready
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.948 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): HandleSingleProgramPAT(NULL)
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.948 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Initial startup of recorder
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.948 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Checking Resolution
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.949 TVRec(1): SetFlags(RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,) ->
> FrontendReady,RunMainLoop,CancelNextRecording,NeedToStartRecorder,RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.949 TVRec(1): ClearFlags(NeedToStartRecorder,) ->
> FrontendReady,RunMainLoop,CancelNextRecording,RecorderRunning,RingBufferReady,
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.949 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Got Resolution 1920x1080
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.949 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): StartEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.950 MSqlQuery::exec(DBManager1) UPDATE cardinput SET startchan = '4'
> WHERE cardinputid = '1'
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.951 MSqlQuery::exec(DBManager2) UPDATE capturecard SET defaultinput
> = 'Component' WHERE cardid = '1'
> 2012-04-01 22:50:18.964 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Encoding started
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.467 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.467 DevRdB(/dev/video0): fill_ringbuffer: error state
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.467 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error detected
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.467 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): RestartEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.468 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): StopEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.641 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Encoding stopped
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.641 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Checking Resolution
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.642 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Got Resolution 1920x1080
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.642 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): StartEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:21.657 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Encoding started
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.167 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.168 DevRdB(/dev/video0): fill_ringbuffer: error state
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.172 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error detected
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.172 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): RestartEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.172 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): StopEncoding
> 2012-04-01 22:50:24.351 MPEGRec(/dev/video0): Encoding stopped
>
> Looks like it tries a couple more times before completely giving up. Given that catting
> /dev/video0 works fine, I'm inclined to think this problem is on the myth end, and not
> the driver, cables, etc. That said I've run the gamut of trying different usb ports,
> cables, turning off legacy usb support in the bios, etc. I'm always stuck with this
> same problem.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Paul
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Just a silly thought, When you play the file with VLC, do you have sound?
I had an issue with my optical cable that prevented the HDPVR from recording in mythtv,
but recorded fine with cat /dev/video0
I thought the file played fine, but it had silent audio. (I don't have speakers on my backend)
- Richard
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