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On Thursday 06 October 2005 20:47, Allan Mcintosh wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I recently set up ivtv and mythtv with a hauppauge pvr250. mythbackend
> silently crashes typically when it is about to start recording.
>
> Yesterday it crashed, I notices the following log messages at the same
> time of the crash. Could this be responsible for the crash? Is this
> common? Thanks for any feedback...
>
>
> Sep 5 12:16:47 nelson kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for
> agp memory: 439M
> Sep 5 12:18:18 nelson kernel: i8253 count too high! resetting..
> Sep 5 12:18:23 nelson kernel: ivtv: Removing Card #0.
> Sep 5 12:18:24 nelson kernel: ivtv: Removed WinTV PVR 250, card #0
> Sep 5 12:22:01 nelson kernel: i8253 count too high! resetting..
> Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.6.1
> (20010830)
> Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
> Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT
> IVTV ====================
> Sep 5 12:26:15 nelson kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading

It's a very old version. I recommend updating to ivtv-0.3.8 or wait until
Sunday or Monday when the new stable version 0.4.0 will be released (if all
goes well). You should also check if you have the latest firmware versions.
See www.ivtvdriver.org for more details.

You can also do a quick test: 'cat /dev/video0 >test.mpg'. If that works then
it could be a problem with MythTV.

Hans

>It's a very old version. I recommend updating to ivtv-0.3.8 or wait until
>Sunday or Monday when the new stable version 0.4.0 will be released (if all
>goes well). You should also check if you have the latest firmware versions.
>See www.ivtvdriver.org for more details.
>
>
>


I have since upgraded, version and details below.

cat /dev/video0 > out.mpg does work. However, I now I get about 4
entries/sec of the following during a record:


ivtv warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW #1765: Stealing a Buffer, 512
currently allocated



Oct 8 06:37:24 nelson kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device
0000:00:0a.0 disabled
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT
IVTV ====================
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include
the debug info
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END
INIT IVTV lines when
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card
(iTVC16 based)
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] ->
Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32062, rev =
B185, serial# = 2868847
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 6A (idx = 85,
type = 50)
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom =
0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = MSP3445 (type
= c)
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115
(type = 13)
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus
ivtv i2c driver #0
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=saa7115[50], addr=21]
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3445G-B8, has
NICAM support, simple (D) mode, simpler (G) no
-thread mode
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Sep 30 2005
09:42:15
Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=MSP3445G-B8, addr=40]
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be
buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream:
128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream:
194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream:
120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio
stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv
i2c driver #0
Oct 8 06:38:34 nelson kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
Oct 8 06:38:34 nelson kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT
IVTV ====================

>It's a very old version. I recommend updating to ivtv-0.3.8 or wait until
>Sunday or Monday when the new stable version 0.4.0 will be released (if all
>goes well). You should also check if you have the latest firmware versions.
>See www.ivtvdriver.org for more details.
>
>
>


I have upgraded, version info below. Now the following appears about 4
entries/sec in syslog, can I safely ignore this?

ivtv warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW #3635: Stealing a Buffer, 512
currently allocated

Also, can ignore :

ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!

cat /dev/video0 > out.mpg works.

Also is there a way to define the permisions that /dev/video* will be
created?

Thanks!


ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:09.0 disabled
ivtv: Removed WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (iTVC16 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level, low)
-> IRQ 5
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32062, rev = B185, serial# = 2868847
tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 6A (idx = 85, type = 50)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP3445 (type = c)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115[50], addr=21]
msp34xx: ivtv version
msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3445G-B8, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode,
simpler (G) no-thread mode
msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Sep 30 2005 09:42:15
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3445G-B8, addr=40]
ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

> I have upgraded, version info below. Now the following appears about 4
> entries/sec in syslog, can I safely ignore this?
>
> ivtv warning: ENC Stream 0 OVERFLOW #3635: Stealing a Buffer, 512
> currently allocated
>

Appears to be resolved with upgrading to 4.0.




>
> Also is there a way to define the permisions that /dev/video* will be
> created?
>
> Thanks!
>

Allan McIntosh wrote:


> Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading

Could you upgrade to 0.4.0? This is now the stable release.

> Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be
> buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!

When updating the driver also make sure you update to the latest
firmware. (Could be that you already have it, but I can't relate your
revision to any value on the Wiki page.) See
http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware .

--
Paul

Allan McIntosh wrote:


> Oct 8 06:38:32 nelson kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading

Could you upgrade to 0.4.0? This is now the stable release.

> Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> Oct 8 06:38:33 nelson kernel: ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be
> buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!

When updating the driver also make sure you update to the latest
firmware. (Could be that you already have it, but I can't relate your
revision to any value on the Wiki page.) See
http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware .

--
Paul