[mythtv-users] Firewire Problems, was working

[Allan Wilson]

On 9/12/06, Greg Mitchell <greg at nodecam.com> wrote:
>
> Allan Wilson wrote:
> > My firewire connection stopped working two days ago and it seems to be
> > something in Myth causing the problem. I can capture using test-mpeg2
> > and playback find using mplayer. If I try to view or record HD through
> > Myth I either get a completely blank screen or it is just a bunch of
> > horizontal lines with lots of black space in between. Here is what the
> > frontend says when I tried to view HD and saw a black screen:
> >
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:48.048 Connecting to backend server:
> > 192.168.0.184:6543 <http://192.168.0.184:6543> (try 1 of 3)
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:48.049 Using protocol version 30
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:48.054 TV: Attempting to change from None to
> > WatchingLiveTV
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:48.054 Using protocol version 30
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:49.996 AFD: Opened codec 0x9010d60, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
> > type(Video)
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:49.997 AFD: Opened codec 0x9011360, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.030 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.069 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.069 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17
> > Video Texture'X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
> >   Major opcode:  140
> >   Minor opcode:  14
> >   Resource id:  0x1c0
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.731 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.731 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:50.886 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:51.009 AFD: Opened codec 0x928ce60, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
> > type(Video)
> > 2006-09-12 16:48:51.010 AFD: Opened codec 0x928d1a0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
>
> I'm far from an expert, but are you sure that it's the firewire that's
> not working here?  To me, that log looks more like it's maybe a playback
> problem.  Have you tried scheduling a recording just to see if Myth is
> able to capture data, then playing it back in mplayer or something?
>
> Greg
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Both recordings and livetv go to either the black screen or the white noise
screen. I do think it is a mythfrontend playback issue but I can't figure
out how to test it any better.

Allan
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