[mythtv-users] Backend Crapping Out

[Poobah]

Jer,
	That's similar to the IRQ/DMA problem that I had with 2 capture
cards / 2 NICs.  I had to swap the NICs so that all the frontend
streaming traffic was not going out the one that caused the conflict.

	I've never really heard of a good way to eliminate IRQ
conflicts, but you might try eliminating any hardware on the system that
you don't need (USB, floppy, parallel port, etc.)  That'll let your
capture card get a different IRQ and may reduce the conflict.  I've also
moved cards into different PCI slots, and it eliminated lockups in
WinXP.

	The last AMD / VIA chipset machine I had suffered the window
fate for similar reasons (in the Win9X days)

	Setting up a Myth box seems to be more of an art than a science
;-)

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: the Jer [mailto:the-jer at r00td0wn.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 18:16
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Backend Crapping Out

Well here's the results.  I took a HPT370 RAID card I had and moved my
hard drives to it. Watching TV still freezes randomly, but the backend
process is no longer dying.
 
This is what I see with full debug running for the backend:
 
2004-05-04 19:50:14 6       256000
Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15 seconds.  Game over, man.
2004-05-04 19:50:29 1       0

So I'm still screwed. I'm about ready to chuck this machine out the
window.

the-Jer
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