[mythtv-users] audio randomly cuts out when recording from PVR-350

[Andrew Stadt]

On 10/04/2012 7:29 PM, Dan Christensen wrote:
> I have used a PVR-350 for recording SD output from a cable box for about
> 7 years.  Lately, it has randomly stopped recording audio now and then,
> about once or twice a week.  If I unload and reload the ivtv drivers,
> the audio recording works again for a few days, but then stops working
> again.  It is definitely a recording issue and not a playback issue.
>
> I'm running mythtv-backend 0.24.2-0.0squeeze1 from the Debian multimedia
> repository, and Debian kernel
>
>    Linux boots 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem #1 SMP Mon Jun 13 05:03:09 UTC 2011
>    i686 GNU/Linux
>
> with the included ivtv drivers.  Initialization logs are below.
>
> The problem only started happening over the past few weeks, and I hadn't
> done any upgrades recently when it started.
>
> Suggestions or requests for more information are welcome.  I will post
> on the ivtv-users list if I don't get a solution here, but I thought I
> would try here first.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> [348788.915261] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.1
> [348788.915330] ivtv0: Initializing card 0
> [348788.915333] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
> [348788.915392] ivtv 0000:01:05.0: PCI INT A ->  Link[APC1] ->  GSI 16 (level, low) ->  IRQ 16
> [348788.917390] lirc_i2c: chip 0x0 found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
> [348788.917394] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 10
> [348788.969897] tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev K268, serial# 2867322
> [348788.969902] tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx 68, type 47)
> [348788.969906] tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> [348788.969910] tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
> [348788.969913] tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> [348788.969916] tveeprom 1-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
> [348788.969920] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [348788.993913] saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [348789.124468] saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [348789.169253] msp3400 1-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [348789.169255] msp3400 1-0040: msp3400 supports radio, mode is autodetect and autoselect
> [348789.173704] tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [348789.173758] tda9887 1-0043: creating new instance
> [348789.173760] tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
> [348789.175948] tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [348789.176450] tuner-simple 1-0061: creating new instance
> [348789.176452] tuner-simple 1-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
> [348789.189734] IRQ 16/ivtv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
> [348789.190229] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (16384 kB)
> [348789.190248] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
> [348789.190266] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (4096 kB)
> [348789.190287] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
> [348789.190304] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> [348789.190321] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
> [348789.190340] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
> [348789.190357] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> [348789.190376] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
> [348789.190378] ivtv0: Initialized card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [348789.190603] ivtv: End initialization
> [348789.812031] ivtv 0000:01:05.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> [348789.831569] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [348789.831599] ivtv 0000:01:05.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
> [348789.846882] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> [348790.044364] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> [348790.044490] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> [348790.080115] ivtv 0000:01:05.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
> [348790.124724] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
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This is the lead-in to the kind of behaviour which lead me to believe 
that my 150 was dying, and sure enough, it completely gave up the ghost 
on Monday.  FWIW: It ran for over 3 months with these occasional 
glitches before it died.

Andrew.