[mythtv-users] mythfrontend just says "waiting for free video buffers timed out"

[Shawn]

What makes me not so sure is that the ringbuffer keeps getting bigger
with valid video. And yes, PVR 250. I'm quite happy with the quality so
far, too.

I'd think, then, that the problem would be with the front/backend
communication. Oh well... Will try.

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:27 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Shawn wrote:
> 
> >waiting for free video buffers timed out
> >waiting for free video buffers timed out
> >
> Looks like a PVR-x50...  If that's right, try a different version of the 
> drivers.
> 
> Many like ivtv 0.1.9 (possibly with a patch or two from 
> http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ ).
> 
> Others like ivtv 0.1.10-pre2 with Chris Kennedy's (ck) patches from 
> http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ .
> 
> Some swear by ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck71d ( 
> http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck7X/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck71d.diff 
> ).  Others prefer some in the ck36 or ck38 series ( 
> http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck3X/ ).  Then again, 
> some of the newest ones aren't looking too bad, either (I'm using 
> bleeding edge drivers from the 90 series and will upgrade to the 93 
> series when I get a chance).
> 
> If you just want it to generally work, I recommend ivtv-0.1.9a ( 
> http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ivtv-0.1.9a.tar.gz ).  And make sure you 
> use the ivtvdev X driver ( 
> http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ivtvdev_drv.o.gz ) for the framebuffer 
> if using a PVR-350 with TV out--regardless of which ivtv version you use.
> 
> Note that with 0.1.9, many things don't ever work, but what works seems 
> to always work.  With 0.1.10-pre2-ckXX, almost all functionality of the 
> card works (at least in the latest versions), but they may be less 
> stable than the 0.1.9 versions.
> 
> Mike
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