[mythtv] green/static screen w/current CVS

[Dan Conti]

I had the same problem last night, using a cvs checkout from yesterday and
the composite in. xawtv works without a hitch.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Elgas, Damon wrote:

> First, I'd like to commend all involved with this project.  Myth is
> unbelievable.
>
> I've been running myth cvs for several weeks without problems. On
> 8-5-03, I updated to the latest CVS source.
>
> After installing, when I go to watch LiveTV, I get a green/static screen
> (almost like it's the wrong input), although myth displays S-Video
> (correctly) on-screen when I hit 'c' to change inputs.  S-video is the
> only input source I use.
>
> (a) If I set the default input for the capture card to something other
> than S-Video (composite1 or Television, for example), I can then press
> 'c' once I go to 'Watch TV' and it works... Until I escape out of 'Watch
> TV' and re-enter, at which point I get the same green screen... But this
> time pressing 'c' doesn't do anything... Weird.  So, it appears as if:
>
> (1) the default input is not being set correctly for my capture card.
> It's a standard bt878 capture card.
>
> (2) in my experience, myth saves the state of the input source, e.g.
> even if my default is set to S-Video in the database, if I switch to TV
> using 'c', exit from 'Watch TV', then reenter 'Watch TV', myth will
> remember the last input you were watching and that will be displayed.
> This isn't happening for me.
>
> If I restart mythbackend, I can start at (a) above and the whole process
> repeats itself.
>
> Oddly enough, under Myth .10 , LiveTV works without a hitch.  Problem
> is, im running the latest version of XMLTV... And .10 does strange
> things at midnight :)
>
> I backed up my database, deleted it, and started with a clean database
> (mc.sql from CVS database directory), and this is still happening.  I've
> recompiled CVS myth several times (make clean distclean; ./configure;
> make; make install), but the same thing each time.  I also update my CVS
> on a daily basis, but continue to have the problem.  I've been seeing
> this since the 8-5-03 CVS, but it could have been introduced earlier
> because I wasn't updating on a daily basis before that.
>
> Is there a way to do a CVS checkout based on a specific date in the
> past?
>
> Here's the output from the mythbackend logfile:
> (initial entry is first LiveTV watch session after mythfrontend is
> launched)
>
> Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2003-08-05 19:50:20 adding: localhost as a player 1
> 2003-08-05 19:50:21 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:50:21 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:50:21 adding: localhost as a remote ringbuffer
> strange error flushing buffer ...
> Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2003-08-05 19:55:30 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:55:30 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:55:30 adding: localhost as a remote ringbuffer
> strange error flushing buffer ...
> Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2003-08-05 19:57:33 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:57:33 adding: localhost as a player 0
> 2003-08-05 19:57:33 adding: localhost as a remote ringbuffer
> strange error flushing buffer ...
> ------
> I'm willing to provide any information that would assist in debugging
> this problem.
>
> I continue to get the 'strange error flushing buffer' even with myth .10
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
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