[mythtv-users] ivtv driver went nuts...

James Pifer jep at obrien-pifer.com
Thu Oct 12 11:41:11 UTC 2006


> It would be worth checking your PCI latency. Even if you have the  
> resources, your PCI bus might think otherwise.
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCI_Latency
> 

Still having some issues here. I did adjust the latency on the IDE bus.
See lspci -v at the very bottom. I had some recordings go fine
yesterday, and last night I had two go fine, and a third stopped
recording after 454 MB. 

The only bad things I see in the log are:
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 14 18
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in B Frame at 34 20
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 41 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 38 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=155 423075
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 17 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]slice mismatch
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]slice mismatch
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=89 491A10
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 43 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 43 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=428 7EA000
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 43 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 41 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=298 462409
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 35 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=497 62AD2B
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=328 1E23E
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=342 5E06AE
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 40 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 41 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=105 4766DB
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 36 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]mb incr damaged
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]end mismatch left=125 10C0
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 42 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]invalid mb type in I Frame at 43 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 41 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]skipped MB in I frame at 43 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 44 29
[mpeg2video @ 0x2e7da24]ac-tex damaged at 30 5


I was even getting these during the recordings that seem to be
successful. 

Do you think it could still be latency issues are could it be something
else?

Thanks,
James

Here's an lspci -v:
# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 01)
        Flags: fast devsel

00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom GCNB-LE Host Bridge
        Flags: fast devsel

00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0135
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 193
        Memory at fe100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at ecc0 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device
        Capabilities: [f0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

00:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 250
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0135
        Flags: stepping, medium devsel
        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
        I/O ports at e800 [disabled] [size=256]
        Memory at fe121000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93)
        Subsystem: Broadcom CSB5 South Bridge
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32

00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 4135
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 176
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at <ignored>
        I/O ports at 08b0 [size=16]

00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at fe120000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:0f.3 ISA bridge: Broadcom CSB5 LPC bridge
        Subsystem: Broadcom Unknown device 0230
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:10.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 03)
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device

00:10.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CIOB-X2 PCI-X I/O Bridge (rev 03)
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device

01:04.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0135
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 177
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
        Memory at f3110000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Memory at f3100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at f3000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Unknown device b309
        Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 185
        Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Expansion ROM at d1000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 1 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies Montego
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 225
        Memory at e7f00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at ccf8 [size=8]
        I/O ports at cce8 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

02:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Unknown device 8801
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2




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