Every once in a while I would get in dmesg that ivtv is dropping data cause the application is not reading fast enough. I also get the rtc has lost some interrupts message and I have zaptel installed. I just came across this thread:
<br><br><a href="http://forums.digium.com/viewtopic.php?p=46221&sid=410ecce657b99d06ed012a8062a01aa4">http://forums.digium.com/viewtopic.php?p=46221&sid=410ecce657b99d06ed012a8062a01aa4</a><br><br>and now I am wondering if these are all related. Could the hard disk spinning down be the cause of the rtc error as well as the ivtv error? ( I get minor frame dropping from this). After all, if the disk has spun down, then maybe mythtv cannot read fast enough ( can not write fast enough to disk). I know how to set the spin down but dont know how to find out the current setting. I dont want to change anything if I dont need to. My system has pretty much been stable 24/7 for months on end and I would hate to wear down my disks by cancelling spin down (if it is indeed set). I notice that a PC running 24/7 seems to have fewer hard drive failures but I dont know why ( spin down? or perhaps because they don't have to?).
<br><br>Anybody care to comment?<br><br>Thanks<br>