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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> I'm having trouble viewing pre-recorded shows on my myth
system.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Here's a brief synopsis of my
system:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Celeron 2.0G on an ASUS P4G8X board (Intel
chipset)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> WinTV PVR 350 for all output using
ivtv-fb</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Netbooted via PXE and NFS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Using ivtv 0.1.9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Using mythtv from CVS (as of this evening's
version)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> (my ivtv module configs are included
below)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Running Gentoo 1.4</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Here's the problem:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> (The backend works fine, and records shows
just fine.) When I start up the frontend, I get the GUI interface through
my 350 card just fine, and I'm able to wander through and set configs,
etc. When I watch live TV, everything seems to work fine (no video
stuttering/slowness, etc.) and I can change channels; basically do all the
live TV things that I'm intended to do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The problem comes when I try to view any of my pre-recorded
shows. I can navigate through the list of shows in the GUI, and I see the
tiny little preview video showing me the content. When I select a show to
view, I get to a black screen and the frontend freezes.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>2004-01-24 23:27:22 Opening OSS audio device
'/dev/dsp'.<BR>***<BR>* Couldn't find Xv support, falling back to non-Xv
mode.<BR>* MythTV performance will be much slower since color<BR>* conversion
and scaling will be done in software.<BR>* Consider upgrading your video card or
X server if<BR>* you would like better performance.<BR>2004-01-24 23:27:22
Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded<BR>waiting for free video buffers
timed out<BR>waiting for free video buffers timed out<BR>waiting for free video
buffers timed out<BR>waiting for free video buffers timed out<BR>waiting for
free video buffers timed out<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> There are no errors on the backend, and
nothing in the syslogs.</DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> I've seen a couple other posts where people
note the same problem, but there's been no solution that I've seen so far.
I've got the MythTV setup set to use the PVR 350 decoder for playback. I'm
really a bit confused why live TV doesn't see this problem, since it's
essentially doing a bit less work (no encoding). Given that it works for
live tv, I'm inclined to think that this is a mythtv issue rather than an ivtv
one, but I'm not all that familar with the guts of myth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Does anyone have any ideas what might be
going wrong?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Jason</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>modules.d/ivtv:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>alias char-major-61
lirc_i2c<BR>alias char-major-81
videodev<BR>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv<BR>options
ivtv ivtv_debug=0 mpg_buffers=90<BR>options tuner
type=2<BR>options msp3400 once=1 simple=1<BR>options saa7127 enable_output=1
output_select=1<BR>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner<BR>#add above
ivtv ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c ivtv-fb<BR>add above ivtv ivtv lirc_dev
lirc_i2c<BR></FONT></DIV>
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