[mythtv-users] select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding

[Derek Battams]

Quoting John Westlund <john.westlund at gmail.com>:

> I see other people having similar problems but I'm still banging my
> head against this issue.
>
> Recently updated to the 0.6.2 driver and now when I try and record I
> get something similar to:
>
> frontend:
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.028 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.034 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.591
> RingBuf(/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603174506.mpg): Invalid file (fd
> 16) when opening '/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603174506.mpg'. 12
> retries remaining.
> 2006-06-03 17:45:07.094
> RingBuf(/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603174506.mpg): Invalid file (fd
> 16) when opening '/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603174506.mpg'. 11
> retries remaining.
> 2006-06-03 17:45:07.853 NVP: Couldn't find a matching decoder for:
> /var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603174506.mpg
> 2006-06-03 17:45:07.858 TV Error: StartPlayer(): NVP is not playing
> after 20000 msec
> 2006-06-03 17:45:12.734 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>
> backend:
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.076 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.079 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2006-06-03 17:45:06.079 adding: twinion.xensoft.com as a client (events: 1)
> 2006-06-03 17:45:07.884 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> select timeout - ivtv driver has stopped responding
> 2006-06-03 17:45:12.595 Finished recording A Haunting "The
> Diabolical": channel 1014
>
> Occasionally it will continue to record but "select timeout - ivtv
> driver has stopped responding" messages continues once every couple of
> seconds.
>
> I've tried updating to the 0.7 drivers and then I get nothing out of
> the device, and Myth gives me:
> TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-06-03 22:24:26.702 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-06-03 22:24:26.980
> RingBuf(/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603222426.mpg): Invalid file (fd
> 16) when opening '/var/storage/MythTV/1014_20060603222426.mpg'. 12
> retries remaining.
> and eventually gives up.
>
> I've attempted to build the 0.6.1 driver against my
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel but I get the following in dmesg when
> I try and load the modules:
> ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol video_unregister_device
> ivtv: Unknown symbol video_unregister_device
> ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol video_device_alloc
> ivtv: Unknown symbol video_device_alloc
> ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol video_register_device
> ivtv: Unknown symbol video_register_device
> ivtv: disagrees about version of symbol video_device_release
> ivtv: Unknown symbol video_device_release
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks.

There is a fix in SVN for the select timeout error message.  The patch  
I submitted for this issue basically closes and reopens the PVR card  
when this error is encountered instead of just constantly reporting  
the error message, as you describe.  The only catch is that you'll  
lose ~5 seconds of the recording, but I figure that's much more  
preferable than a log file full of error messages and a partial  
recording.  The fix has worked for me, so hopefully you'll have the  
same luck.

   - Derek