[mythtv-users] PVR-350 audio quits while recording (Fedora)

[Jarod Wilson]

On May 12, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Greg Fruth wrote:

> Thanks, Gary, the suggestion to use dd=/dev/video0 is brilliant! I had forgotten about low-level
> troubleshooting, since the card had been working properly for 5+ years.
> 
> You're absolutely right, the audio has the same problem when using dd=/dev/video0, so it's not a
> MythTV problem. The dmesg errors look like:
> 
> [ 1911.814182] ivtv0: Audio has died (Encoder OK) : ivtv_serialized_open
> [ 1911.919083] ivtv0: Decoder has died : ivtv_serialized_open
> [ 1911.919090] ivtv0: Detected in ivtv_serialized_open that firmware had failed - Reloading
> [ 1912.686864] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [ 1912.711139] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> [ 1913.001059] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
> [ 1913.111809] ivtv0: Firmware restart okay
> 
> These messages appear to be associated with the time I restart dd=/dev/video, not with the time that
> the audio dies. There's doesn't appear to be a message printed when the audio dies. Googling these
> errors 

I'd ask the ivtv driver maintainer, he may know for sure whether
or not this is an indication the card is toast. Andy? :)

(Something this low-level is really no longer mythtv-related, it
v4l/dvb driver-related, and better discussed on the linux-media mailing
list, but hey).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com