Mailing List Archive: Dual tuner (pvr250+tv-wonder) stops recording

I have now switched to Mandrake9.1 which seems to have solved the problems I
was having with playback under RH9. However, now when I am recording two
shows and try to watch one of them, the PVR-250 ALWAYS stops recording at
some point in the middle of the program. I've run mythbackend with "-v" but
haven't gotten any info about why it is doing this.

When it stops recording, the "watch recordings" screen still shows the
program as though it is being recorded (I believe this is what the yellow
text signifies). Sometimes I get about 10 minutes of recording, but other
times just a minute or two.

If I don't watch one of the recordings, then both shows seem to record fine
and I can watch them later (if nothing else is recording while I try to
watch).

I thought it might be an issue with the high default bitrate on the pvr-250,
but I've set it to 4Mb/s average, 6Mb/S peak and still have the same
problem.

System:

Mandrake 9.1
Athlon XP 2600
ASUS A7V8X-X
Dual tuner: TV-Wonder + PVR-250
Nvidia GEForce4 MX 440 (8xAGP) with Nvidia drivers
Latest cvs of mythtv, ivtv (as of Thursday 6/5 afternoon).

Is anyone else experiencing this? I wonder if it is related to the system
freeze issue that at least some people are experiencing (see "Mythtv
recording: machine freezes totally").

-Chad

I too am having this problem, does anyone know how to fix this? I have
done some testing and have discovered that if left alone, it will record
all day long without any problems. But if you try to watch a previously
recorded program, or the program that it is recording, or even trying
mplayer on a previously recorded program, it may or may not stop
recording. The only thing I can find is in my dmesg, I see a message
saying "set channel 1" This seems to happen around the same time that the
recording stops. Would it be better to post this on the ivtv list?

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Chad McQuinn wrote:

> I have now switched to Mandrake9.1 which seems to have solved the problems I
> was having with playback under RH9. However, now when I am recording two
> shows and try to watch one of them, the PVR-250 ALWAYS stops recording at
> some point in the middle of the program. I've run mythbackend with "-v" but
> haven't gotten any info about why it is doing this.
>
> When it stops recording, the "watch recordings" screen still shows the
> program as though it is being recorded (I believe this is what the yellow
> text signifies). Sometimes I get about 10 minutes of recording, but other
> times just a minute or two.
>
> If I don't watch one of the recordings, then both shows seem to record fine
> and I can watch them later (if nothing else is recording while I try to
> watch).
>
> I thought it might be an issue with the high default bitrate on the pvr-250,
> but I've set it to 4Mb/s average, 6Mb/S peak and still have the same
> problem.
>
> System:
>
> Mandrake 9.1
> Athlon XP 2600
> ASUS A7V8X-X
> Dual tuner: TV-Wonder + PVR-250
> Nvidia GEForce4 MX 440 (8xAGP) with Nvidia drivers
> Latest cvs of mythtv, ivtv (as of Thursday 6/5 afternoon).
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this? I wonder if it is related to the system
> freeze issue that at least some people are experiencing (see "Mythtv
> recording: machine freezes totally").
>
> -Chad
>
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