[mythtv-users] remote stops working when recording [SOLVED]

[Michael Papazoglou]

On 3/11/07, Michael Papazoglou <mpapazoglou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, Michael Papazoglou wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
>
> Ok, I learned something new - the above behavior only happens after I use
> MythTV to watch tv or record.  But if I reboot the machine, and start
> with cat /dev/video0 > out.mpg, the remote continues to work fine.  So
> it seems like mythtv *is* somehow involved with my problem...
>
> Mike
>

Ok, so it seems that turning off the ability to have closed captions
in mythtv-setup solved this problem for me....  Sorry to bug everyone,
but
I just wanted to close the loop.

Mike