[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3

[Jarod Wilson]

On Monday 07 March 2005 17:59, Jay wrote:
> The reason this is happening is most likely the same reason it happened to
> me. Make sure your using MPEG2 of course, as RTjpeg is wrong, but the other
> part of your issue is most likely this:
>
> Mythbackend is starting before modprobe ivtv finishes.
>
> Reboot your backend. Once its completely done starting up, exit your
> frontend (if it is loaded). Restart mythbackend. Now try to watch live TV.
> This probably will fix it. I have to restart mythbackend by hand everytime
> my backend server reboots, I haven't found any real way to fix this, but
> the restarting mythbackend makes it work. Let us know if this fixes it for
> you, I've already talked a few others with FC3/0.17 and they had the same
> issue.

I have a patch for rc.sysinit that loads the ivtv drivers really early in the 
boot process (right after udev starts up), long before the backend starts up. 
If that's the problem, Chuck, definitely apply the rc.sysinit patch mentioned 
in my doc. Jay, sounds like you might want to try it as well.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Mills [mailto:millscl at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:02 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.17, Fedora Core 3
>
> Jarod,
>     Thanks - I saw that in an earlier thread and double-checked it.  I
> am selecting the PVR-X50 specific setting in the setup which has me
> puzzled.  I'm thinking I missed a step somewhere along the way but
> can't figure out where.  Could there be something somewhere that I set
> incorrectly to cause it to override this?
[...]
> > > 2005-03-03 21:35:51.263 Unknown video codec
> > > 2005-03-03 21:35:51.267 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording
> > > Profiles and 2005-03-03 21:35:51.270 setup the four 'Software Encoders'
> > > profiles. 2005-03-03 21:35:51.272 Assuming RTjpeg for now.
> > > 2005-03-03 21:35:51.275 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec
> > > 2005-03-03 21:35:51.321 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface,
> > > falling back
> >
> > The above errors lead me to believe maybe you configured your card
> > incorrectly in setup, and specified it as a dumb v4l device instead of a
> > PVR-x50 w/hardware encoder. You shouldn't see RTjpeg in your logs, only
> > mpeg2.

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