[mythtv-users] remote stops working when recording

[Michael Papazoglou]

On 3/11/07, Michael Papazoglou <mpapazoglou at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/11/07, Michael Papazoglou <mpapazoglou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/11/07, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 11/03/07, Michael Papazoglou <mpapazoglou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a strange problem - my remote stops working when any of my tuners
> > > > is recording.
> > > >
> > > > I have a pvr-500 and pvr-350, and am using a serial "homebrew" IR receiver
> > > > with the lirc_serial module.  The remote works fine when
> > > > nothing is recording.  When a recording starts, the remote stops
> > > > working - I can start up irw just fine, but it just doesn't register
> > > > any events when trying to use the remote.  As soon as I stop the
> > > > recording, everything is back to normal (including irw registering
> > > > events from button-presses on the remote).
> > > >
> > > > I'm using mythtv releases-0-20-fixes. Everything worked great when
> > > > I used to use the IR receiver that came with the pvr-350 with the
> > > > proper lirc driver (it was stolen, that's why I'm using the serial
> > > > receiver now).
> > >
> > > IRQ conflict?
> > >
> > > Does it happen with both capture cards?
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > --
> >
> > I get no response from the remote using either of the tuners on
> > the PVR-500, and only intermittent response when the tuner on the 350
> > is used.   By intermittent, I mean that for every four presses (or so) of a
> > button on the remote, I get one response from lirc (using irw).
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
> Also, I don't know if this   sheds any light on anything, but /proc/interrupts
> shows lirc_serial using IRQ 4 and ivtv0, 1, and 2 using irq's 50, 58, and 66
> respectively.
>
> Mike
>

Ok, this seems to be not related to mythtv - I get the same problems with just
doing cat /dev/video0 > out.mpg.  So I'll take this over to the ivtv list.