[mythtv-users] Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds. Game over, man.

[Jayson Garrell]

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 09:54, W Jason McMillon wrote:
> All is well with my setup (pvr 250, rh 9, using
> Jarod's documentation) until I change channel while
> watching live tv which locks the frontend and gives
> the following error on the backend:
> 
> Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15
> seconds. Game over, man.
> 
> I can also record only one program before having to
> load the ivtv drivers again.
[snip]
> 
> Is there any way that I can check which version of
> ivtv i have loaded before running mythtv to ensure
> that I am doing everything properly?  Any other
> solutions to my probelms?

Your motherboard wouldn't happen to have a kt133, kt266 or kt400 chipset
would it. I have only see this on my board with the kt133. I put my
pvr250 into my old 433 celeron w/ intel chipset (backend only) and have
had no problems since.

Jayson