[mythtv-users] mythtv 0.26 - cannot play live TV on PVR250

[Matt S.]

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:37 AM, jrh <jharbestonus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the same problem, and opened a pair of trac tickets for this. I am
> assuming you are trying to watch analog TV.
>
> The tickets I opened are http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11211 and 11212.
> They are classified as hang/deadlock.
>
> Regards!
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Dave Pearson wrote:
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info>
> Sent: Thu 08-11-2012 10:33
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv 0.26 - cannot play live TV on PVR250
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>;
> Bernie Whalen wrote:
>> In addition I see the same problem if I attempt to watch a recording
>> (i.e. Media Library->Watch Recordings) before it has finished
>> recording. Needless to say the WAF has hit an all-time low and I'm
>> going to have to revert to 0.25 if I can't get this resolved soon.
>
> I discovered this on election night (back in the States).  I've got a
> PVR500.
>
> No watching recording in progress either.  Stopped the recording and was
> able to watch.  This doesn't happen on my HDHR with recordings in
> progress (The one I tested).
>
> But, a majority of my viewing habits are viewing after the recording
> completes, so I can live with it.
>
> Doug
>
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> I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that is having this problem, maybe
> some of the cleverer people on this board may be able to investigate - I'm
> happy to provide log files and any assistance required.
>
>
>
> One difference in my case, I am able to watch in-progress recordings
> although it does take quite a long time for playback to start.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Dave.
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Here's a "Me Too".

Although, I'm wondering if it has more to do with kernel version that
mythtv version - or possibly a combination of the two.  I could watch
live tv just fine for a few weeks after upgrading to 0.26, then I
upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 (kernel 3.2 I believe) to Ubuntu 12.10,
(kernel 3.5).  After this, I get basically the same symptoms - my
analog tuners (PVR-500) completely hang mythfrontend either directly
before showing video, or directly after.  Recordings work just fine.

For folks that are experiencing this issue, can you please let me know
what version of the kernel you are running and if you recently
upgraded your distro/kernel?  Hopefully we can help track down the
root cause so the devs can focus on the right fix.

See http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11229 for more details...

I've brought this to the attention of the devs, but I'm wondering how
prevalent this issue is - I've basically not been able to use live tv
for the last 3 weeks or so because MythTV wants to start on my analog
tuners, so I don't even have the option of tuning to a non-analog
channel.

Thanks!
Matt