[mythtv] MythFrontend Playback on PVR-350/Nvidia_nforce2/AMD2600

[Dudley Atkinson]

I should have said that the video and audio both hang together.  When the
buzz/chirp starts, the video pauses for a second, then goes a few more
frames, and then locks up too.....

Any ideas?

JD


> I posted to the Users list and hope to find a thread to pull here too.
>
> I have a system with working hardware that in all manual tests will record
> and playback audio and video without problem and at high quality.
>  It can be
> configured for Xdisplays on either or both of the motherboard
> TV-out or the
> PVR-350 composite/svideo.  Mythbackend will record programs when scheduled
> by either MythWeb or Mythfrontend.  I can take the recorded video
> and "cat >
> /dev/video16" and get the whole hour of playback without any
> problem at all.
>
> I'm pretty sure that I've followed all of the available literature for
> modules and such.  See listing at the end.
>
> So I'm pretty happy, but I can't take the last step: playback on the
> /dev/video16 port.  No matter the combination of enabled Xdisplays
> (including no display, and using a remote display on another
> system to host
> the X11 mythfrontend session), playback via MythTV fails.  I've had it do
> this with all nvidia modules yanked, and with one or both of them in.  It
> makes no difference to the playback problem.
>
> The way that it fails is that the video starts to play (and looks
> very good
> too).  Then after about 5 seconds the audio goes into a low-pithced
> chirp/buzz and the audio hangs.
>
> The sound card is an Audigy2.
>
> Any ideas or pointers?
>
> JD
>
> ----------------- lsmod ----------------------------------
> jdvo root # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> uhci_hcd               28876  0
> shpchp                 97836  0
> pci_hotplug            32112  1 shpchp
> forcedeth              12672  0
> ehci_hcd               36932  0
> ohci_hcd               28868  0
> nvidia_agp              5788  1
> usbcore               104988  5 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> ivtv_fb                22712  0
> bttv                  144492  0
> video_buf              16772  1 bttv
> btcx_risc               3848  1 bttv
> lirc_i2c                8196  0
> lirc_dev               13128  2 lirc_i2c
> msp3400                28708  0
> saa7127                12680  0
> saa7115                12420  0
> tuner                  17356  0
> tveeprom                9888  0
> ivtv                  860644  2 ivtv_fb
>
> ------------------ lspci -------------------------
> jdvo root # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?)
> (rev a2)
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller
> 1 (rev a2)
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller
> 4 (rev a2)
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller
> 3 (rev a2)
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller
> 2 (rev a2)
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller
> 5 (rev a2)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
> Controller
> (rev a1)
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio
> Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
> 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI
> Bridge (rev a3)
> 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
> 01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc
> iTVC15 MPEG-2
> Encoder (rev 01)
> 01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
> 01:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy
> MIDI/Game port (rev
> 04)
> 01:08.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire
> Port (rev 04)
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX -
> nForce GPU] (rev a3)
> jdvo root #
>
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