[mythtv-users] Myth only recording one show

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Kyle Kelly wrote:

> Sabin Dang wrote:
>
>> Hello all, I've got a strange problem that I've been wrestling with 
>> for some time. I'm hoping that someone out there has had a similar 
>> problem and has found a solution.
>>
>> My myth setup will record one show, and after that I am unable to 
>> record anymore shows or watch tv (I get the "All available inputs are 
>> being used message").  I've checked the myth status page and it 
>> reports that it is not recording.  Also at this stage if I go into 
>> watch recordings and attempt to delete a recording, mythfrontend will 
>> pause for a length of time and then report that it cannot connect 
>> with the backend.
>>
>> I've verified that the backend is still running, and all other 
>> components of myth work fine (video, watching recordings, etc).
>>
>> Doing an lsmod I notice that ivtv is reported as being used by a 
>> process (keventd), attempting to do an rmmod ivtv results in "ivtv: 
>> Device or resource busy." Killing mythbackend and restarting it 
>> solves all my problems.
>>
>> At this point I've got a cron job restarting mythbackend every night 
>> at midnight, but this still leaves me with only being able to record 
>> 1 show a day.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions for things to try would greatly be appreciated!
>>
>> My system info:
>> AMD 2600+
>> MSI KTV4 mobo
>> PVR-250
>> Redhat 9.0
>> MythTV from latest CVS (i've gone through several versions all with 
>> the same problem)
>> ivtv from latest CVS (problem also present through several versions)
>> running at RPMs kernel 2.4.20-20_29
>> Using ALSA sound drivers
>>
>> -- Sabin
>>
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> I used to get that problem, I forget how exactly I fixed it, but you 
> may want to try using the 0.1.6 ivtv drivers available on the 
> sourceforge project page.
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=73219&package_id=73245
>
> Since I've started using them all my ivtv problems have gone away.  
> Just checking that right now I noticed 0.1.7 is out now too, 
> everything is working perfect with 0.1.6 for me so I don't think I'm 
> going to risk upgrading.
>
> Hope that helps a little.
>
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What firmware version are you using with those drivers?

Thanks

Steven Potter