[mythtv-users] Backend segfaults recording from S-VIDEO

Christopher Meredith christopher at monopedilos.com
Fri Jul 18 14:08:05 UTC 2008



On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:15:35 -0700, Christopher Meredith
<christopher at monopedilos.com> wrote:
> Hello Friends,
> 
> I have a pchdtv HD-3000 card and I'm trying to configure it to receive
> standard definition channels from my cable box over s-video. I have made
> the connections and I can watch TV flawlessly using tvtime and VLC. The
> problem is, I can't get it to capture in Myth.
> 
> I set up the tuner as an analog tuner using V4L and default settings. I
> created a source for analog channels and assigned it to the s-video
input.
> I added a channel for it. I'm using the same channel changer script as I
> do
> for the firewire HD inputs I am using to receive HD content from the
cable
> box (sa3250hd).
> 
> I can watch and record the firewire source just fine. But whenever I try
> to
> watch or record from the s-video input, the backend unceremoniously
> segfaults. I do not believe this is related to display settings because
> the
> backend segfaults even when setting a program from the s-video source to
> record using mythweb.
> 
> It is my understanding that it is bad etiquette to paste large logs and
> debug information to the list. To see the backend, frontend, and dmesg
> logs, please visit this thread:
> 
> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8010
> 
> I would appreciate any assistance. Thanks in advance!
> 
> Christopher

As a follow-up, I tried installing Mythdora 5 to see if that build suffered
from this problem. It does. Trying to capture from svideo causes an
immediate backend segfault.

Could anyone help me diagnose and solve this? Thanks!



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