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SOLVED MythTV: black screen on live TV! Can't get it to work...SOLVED

post #1 of 18
5/19/09 at 8:35am
Thread Starter 
Solved ! Thank you all !
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Please help me ! I am out of ideas...
I cannot get any live TV picture on my new MythTV build.
Whenever I select live TV, I end up on a black screen, and a minute later the display reverts to the menu.

Hardware is:
- motherboard: EVGA 113-YW-E115-TR nForce 730i/GeForce 9300 integrated graphics
- CPU: Intel Q8300 Quad Core
- RAM: 4GB
- HD: 5x1TB Raid-5 for data + 160GB system drive
- Tuners: 2x Hauppauge PVR-150 + 1x PVR-350
- Analog cable TV

To get to know MythTV, I initially tried Mythbuntu 8.10 on an old Asus A7N8X-E (Athlon 2500) with 2 Hauppauge PVR-150 and 1 PVR-350 tuners without any issues (Radeon 9600 video card). I am in Canada and use Schedule Direct. I use analog cable TV.

I then started to build my dedicated home server with Ubuntu 9.04 and software RAID-5. My intent is to run it as a backend only once fully debugged, but initially it is both front and back end.

I installed the two PVR-150 tuners on the new motherboard, an EVGA 113-YW-E115-TR, which is an nForce 730i/GeForce 9300 integrated graphics with Intel Q8300 Quad Core CPU and 4GB RAM.

I then installed Ubuntu 9.04 and proceeded with the RAID-5 installation without problems.

I then installed MythTV 0.21. MythTV does see the tuners. I configured everything but always get a black screen on live TV.

When I go back to configuration, if I make a scan for the channels, the scan go fast on the active channels, and slower on the unavailable channels. This makes me believe the MythTV correctly controls the tuners. I also verified with a TV that I do have correct video on my tuner inputs.

I reinstalled the tuners in a Windows box to verify fuctionality. They are OK.

Thinking this may be an issue with the way I was adding MythTV to Ubuntu, I disconnected all my HD and hooked up a spare 160GB in order to install MythBuntu 8.10 (which I had working correctly on the old motherboard). Same problem! Black picture on live TV!

I am using the nVidia 177 drivers (which are the latest MythBuntu proposes me).

Any help will be greatly appreciated !
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post #2 of 18
5/19/09 at 11:29am
Have you tried loading the channel info from schedules direct instead of scanning them? Check to see which channels are available in "Channel Editor" (mythtv-setup) afterwards. Also, make sure that the format is correct. I'm guessing that it is NTSC in Canada, i.e. "US-Cable".

Also, your video card is VDPAU-capable (hw acceleration), so you might want to try Avenard's repo: http://www.avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_...epository.html See also here --> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU
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post #3 of 18
5/19/09 at 11:47am
Another thing: if you changed the default locations for TV recordings, etc., then it's probably a permissions issue. The TV recordings dir needs to be writable by the user "mythtv".
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post #4 of 18
5/19/09 at 12:02pm
Thread Starter 
Good suggestions MM.
Yes, I have setup type as US-cable. We are using NTSC up north.
I have always selected to load the channel info from Schedule Direct. I have not tried to edit the list through the channel editor. That is an interesting idea, as the popup description (for load from SD) mentions it could take a long time and I do not see any delay. As I have previously setup another MythTV machine for trials, I was not looking for problems in this area. My account on SD is properly configured though, as I haven't changed anything there since my successful trials in january (on that old AMD machine) and the program guide lists the correct channels for my cable provider.

I have read on VDPAU but I did not intend to use it as this machine will be backend only later on.
If the channel info ends up OK, could my problem be driver related ? I was surprised to see that Mythbuntu only proposed nVidia version 177 as I know later ones exist.

I will check tonight on the channel editor.
THNX
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post #5 of 18
5/19/09 at 12:06pm
Thread Starter 
As for the recording location and permissions, it would be true for my initial Ubuntu 9.04 installation, where I created a /var/RAID/video directory, but my later test with Mythbuntu 8.10 is all default selection...

That's not it
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post #6 of 18
5/19/09 at 12:25pm
Hrm. *buntu 9.04 should give you 180.* driver option. It really doesn't sound like a driver problem to me, though.

Can you try running mythfrontend from a terminal, try to watch live tv, exit out, then post the output here? Maybe we can figure out what's going on.
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post #7 of 18
5/20/09 at 5:03am
Thread Starter 
here it is:
rudy@Server:~$ mythfrontend
2009-05-20 07:58:33.419 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-05-20 07:58:33.940 XScreenSaver support enabled
2009-05-20 07:58:33.940 DPMS is active.
2009-05-20 07:58:33.941 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-05-20 07:58:33.941 Using localhost value of Server
2009-05-20 07:58:33.945 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-05-20 07:58:33.949 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 07:58:33.950 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-05-20 07:58:33.951 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-20 07:58:33.951 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 07:58:33.952 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2009-05-20 07:58:33.957 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-05-20 07:58:33.958 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 07:58:33.959 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
2009-05-20 07:58:33.959 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
2009-05-20 07:58:34.188 No theme dir: /home/rudy/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-8.04
2009-05-20 07:58:34.189 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-20 07:58:34.189 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2009-05-20 07:58:34.189 No theme dir: /home/rudy/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-8.04
2009-05-20 07:58:34.189 Switching to square mode (Mythbuntu-8.04)
2009-05-20 07:58:34.200 Using the Qt painter
2009-05-20 07:58:34.200 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/rudy/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2009-05-20 07:58:34.200 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2009-05-20 07:58:35.432 Specified base font 'medium' does not exist for font clock
2009-05-20 07:58:35.432 Specified base font 'medium' does not exist for font small
2009-05-20 07:58:35.432 Specified base font 'medium' does not exist for font medium
2009-05-20 07:58:35.432 Specified base font 'medium' does not exist for font large
2009-05-20 07:58:35.433 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-8.04/base.xml
2009-05-20 07:58:35.896 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-05-20 07:58:35.916 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-05-20 07:58:35.959 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2009-05-20 07:58:35.980 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
2009-05-20 07:58:35.988 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATA'
2009-05-20 07:58:35.989 Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus -dev=ATAPI'
2009-05-20 07:58:36.003 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40, ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.0.146:5060 NAT address 192.168.0.146
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
2009-05-20 07:58:36.050 No theme dir: /home/rudy/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-8.04
2009-05-20 07:58:41.473 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2009-05-20 07:58:41.474 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-20 07:58:41.492 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-20 07:58:41.493 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-20 07:58:42.696 DPMS Deactivated
2009-05-20 07:59:22.607 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting for recorder to start
2009-05-20 07:59:22.608 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2009-05-20 07:59:22.613 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
2009-05-20 07:59:22.614 DPMS Reactivated.
Destroying SipFsm object
2009-05-20 07:59:27.537 Deleting UPnP client...
rudy@Server:~$
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post #8 of 18
5/20/09 at 6:44am
Don't set it as "analog v4l device"; set it as PVR-x50,500. Also go back and change the 'input connections' section.
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post #9 of 18
5/20/09 at 7:01am
Well, that doesn't really tell us anything that we didn't already know, does it:
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Originally Posted by RudyRedNose View Post

2009-05-20 07:58:41.492 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-20 07:58:41.493 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-20 07:58:42.696 DPMS Deactivated
2009-05-20 07:59:22.607 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting for recorder to start
2009-05-20 07:59:22.608 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2009-05-20 07:59:22.613 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor

So, since you're using the default directories (which means that permissions are ok), there must be a problem with how the tuners are set up in mythtv or with the actual ivtv drivers.

It's been at least 2 years since I've used a PVR-150, and I don't know what may have changed, so I won't be able to help you any further, I'm sorry to say. There are other people here still using them, though, so hopefully they will be able to help you figure out what is wrong. If not, you can try asking on the mythtv-users mailing list.

EDIT: Also, what QS said
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post #10 of 18
5/20/09 at 9:10am
Not quite sure here but I'm somehow thinking permissions as well. The DB connection occurs it seems so that looks ok. On Mythbuntu, doesn't the user that runs mythfrontend have to be a member of group myth or something along those lines? I'd go set dir permissions to 777 as a test as well - both the myth recording dir and the higher level mountpoint of your raid system.

-Trouble
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post #11 of 18
5/20/09 at 1:51pm
Do an ifconfig and make sure the IP you soecified is correct. I had this same problem with a Mythbuntu 9.04 install on a slave backend/frontend and the static IP didn't work. It was still using dhcp. Had to manually fix it before I got video from the tuner.
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post #12 of 18
5/20/09 at 4:26pm
Thread Starter 
It works !
Thank you all for your help and the good suggestions.

Special thanks to mythmaster for his persistence and quantumstate for identifying the issue.

On my original foray in Mythtv using the old AMD CPU, I did it right. Somehow, after the new build, I never changed the tuner type. Duh!
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post #13 of 18
5/20/09 at 4:41pm
Good job.
{coughs lungs out from lingering swine flu, wishing for sweet death}
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post #14 of 18
5/20/09 at 10:09pm
Ok, so I have a problem I think is similar- I run MythTV frontend using Mythbuntu 8.04, and I'm getting some weird errors. At first I thought it was a channel scanning problem, but I'm pretty sure I was barking up the wrong tree. Thanks ahead of time for any help.

Here's my mythfrontend output, edited some for brevity:

Code:
will@helitele:~$ mythfrontend
2009-05-20 23:59:31.165 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-05-20 23:59:31.474 XScreenSaver support enabled
2009-05-20 23:59:31.474 DPMS is active.
2009-05-20 23:59:31.474 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-05-20 23:59:31.474 Using localhost value of helitele
2009-05-20 23:59:31.481 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-05-20 23:59:31.487 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 23:59:31.489 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-05-20 23:59:31.489 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-20 23:59:31.490 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 23:59:31.491 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2009-05-20 23:59:31.497 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-05-20 23:59:31.497 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 23:59:31.498 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
2009-05-20 23:59:31.505 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-05-20 23:59:31.614 Unable to parse themeinfo.xml for glass-wide
2009-05-20 23:59:31.614 The theme (glass-wide) is missing a themeinfo.xml file
2009-05-20 23:59:31.755 Unable to parse themeinfo.xml for glass-wide
2009-05-20 23:59:31.755 The theme (glass-wide) is missing a themeinfo.xml file
2009-05-20 23:59:31.952 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-20 23:59:31.953 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-20 23:59:31.953 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2009-05-20 23:59:31.954 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-20 23:59:31.954 Switching to square mode (blue)
2009-05-20 23:59:31.975 Using the OpenGL painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2009-05-20 23:59:31.975 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2009-05-20 23:59:31.975 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/will/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2009-05-20 23:59:33.030 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/blue/base.xml
2009-05-20 23:59:33.099 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-05-20 23:59:33.164 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-05-20 23:59:33.229 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-20 23:59:33.543 Using NV NPOT texture extension
2009-05-20 23:59:35.232 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2009-05-20 23:59:35.232 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-20 23:59:35.240 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-20 23:59:35.240 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-20 23:59:36.380 New DB connection, total: 3
2009-05-20 23:59:36.381 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-20 23:59:36.446 DPMS Deactivated 
2009-05-20 23:59:36.577 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 6(2) sr 44100
2009-05-20 23:59:36.578 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
2009-05-20 23:59:37.743 VideoOutputXv: Desired video renderer 'ivtv' not available.
                        codec 'NUV RTjpeg' makes 'xv-blit,xshm,opengl,xlib,' available, using 'xv-blit' instead.
2009-05-20 23:59:37.745 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'
2009-05-20 23:59:37.769 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
2009-05-20 23:59:38.113 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-20 23:59:38.118 FilterManager: failed to load filter 'none', no such filter exists
2009-05-20 23:59:38.118 Couldn't load deinterlace filter none
2009-05-20 23:59:38.119 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
2009-05-20 23:59:38.219 OpenGLVideoSync()
2009-05-20 23:59:38.385 Video timing method: SGI OpenGL
2009-05-20 23:59:39.600 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
It then repeats the final line for 400 or so lines until I exit:

Code:
2009-05-20 23:59:45.351 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-20 23:59:45.351 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-20 23:59:45.415 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-20 23:59:45.415 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-20 23:59:45.415 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-20 23:59:45.564 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-05-20 23:59:46.063 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2009-05-20 23:59:46.967 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:48.406 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:49.811 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:51.217 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:52.656 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:54.061 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:55.466 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:55.985 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1684_20090520235935.nuv): Waited 8.0 seconds for data to become available...
2009-05-20 23:59:55.985 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to..
2009-05-20 23:59:56.888 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:58.294 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-20 23:59:59.733 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-21 00:00:01.172 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-21 00:00:02.577 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-21 00:00:03.982 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-21 00:00:03.986 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1684_20090520235935.nuv) Error: Waited 16 seconds for data, aborting.
2009-05-21 00:00:04.150 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- begin
2009-05-21 00:00:04.151 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- middle
2009-05-21 00:00:04.151 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- end
2009-05-21 00:00:04.224 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2009-05-21 00:00:04.284 DPMS Reactivated.
2009-05-21 00:00:05.039 Deleting UPnP client...
Again, thanks,
Will
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post #15 of 18
5/21/09 at 6:30am
Your video is not able to keep up with the audio, Jibber. I don't know what kind of video card you have, and it looks like you don't have VDPAU, so set your TV Playback Profile to Slim.
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post #16 of 18
5/21/09 at 9:22pm
Ok, so I went to change my setting to Slim, had it selected, and hit "Delete Profile" instead of Next. I had previously been using CPU--, though I have no idea what that means. I've been working to set a new record in the moron category.

Edit: I tried on Normal mode (because I don't have Slim anymore and I get the same problem, it appears. Also, if you know the settings for Slim, I can certainly input them manually. Sorry for the extra work.

I'm using an NVidia 7950 GT graphics card, and I have the drivers enabled and in use. It says it's getting happy OpenGL support. Not sure if this is useful, but in case there's something else that might be conflicting, below is my lspci and lsmod:

Code:
will@helitele:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 HECI Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7950 GT] (rev a1)
03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6101 single-port PATA133 interface (rev b1)
07:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
07:00.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
07:00.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
07:00.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
07:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
07:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
Code:
will@helitele:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
af_packet              23812  2 
rfcomm                 41744  2 
l2cap                  25728  13 rfcomm
bluetooth              61028  4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev                  10372  0 
ipv6                  267908  16 
cpufreq_userspace       5284  0 
cpufreq_conservative     8712  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        9740  0 
cpufreq_stats           7104  0 
cpufreq_powersave       2688  0 
freq_table              5536  2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
container               5632  0 
dock                   11280  0 
sbs                    15112  0 
video                  19856  0 
output                  4736  1 video
sbshc                   7680  1 sbs
battery                14212  0 
iptable_filter          3840  0 
ip_tables              14820  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16132  1 ip_tables
ac                      6916  0 
sbp2                   24072  0 
lp                     12324  0 
dvb_pll                13476  1 
snd_ice1724            92264  1 
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx      5120  1 snd_ice1724
snd_ac97_codec        101028  1 snd_ice1724
ac97_bus                3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_ak4114             10752  1 snd_ice1724
snd_pt2258              5504  1 snd_ice1724
snd_i2c                 6528  2 snd_ice1724,snd_pt2258
snd_ak4xxx_adda         9472  2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_mpu401_uart         9728  1 snd_ice1724
psmouse                40336  0 
serio_raw               7940  0 
snd_seq_dummy           4868  0 
parport_pc             36260  1 
parport                37832  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
lgdt330x                9732  1 
cx88_dvb               14084  135 
cx88_vp3054_i2c         3968  1 cx88_dvb
videobuf_dvb            7812  1 cx88_dvb
dvb_core               81404  2 lgdt330x,videobuf_dvb
evdev                  13056  4 
pcspkr                  4224  0 
snd_seq_oss            35584  0 
snd_seq_midi            9376  0 
snd_rawmidi            25760  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
cx88_alsa              14216  0 
snd_pcm_oss            42144  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi_event      8320  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
tuner                  42912  0 
tea5767                 6788  1 tuner
tda8290                12420  1 tuner
tuner_simple           10248  1 tuner
mt20xx                 13192  1 tuner
tea5761                 6020  1 tuner
snd_seq                54224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm                78596  5 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,cx88_alsa,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              24836  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_seq_device          9612  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_page_alloc         11400  1 snd_pcm
cx8802                 19588  1 cx88_dvb
cx8800                 35720  0 
cx88xx                 65960  4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800
snd                    56996  19 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pt2258,snd_i2c,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,cx88_alsa,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ir_common              36100  1 cx88xx
i2c_algo_bit            7300  2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx
tveeprom               16656  1 cx88xx
compat_ioctl32          2304  1 cx8800
soundcore               8800  1 snd
videodev               29440  2 cx8800,cx88xx
v4l2_common            18304  4 tuner,cx8800,cx88xx,videodev
v4l1_compat            15492  1 videodev
videobuf_dma_sg        14980  6 cx88_dvb,videobuf_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx
videobuf_core          18820  5 videobuf_dvb,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc               5896  4 cx88_alsa,cx8802,cx8800,cx88xx
nvidia               7825536  26 
iTCO_wdt               13092  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     4868  1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_core               24832  13 dvb_pll,lgdt330x,cx88_vp3054_i2c,tuner,tea5767,tda8290,tuner_simple,mt20xx,tea5761,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,nvidia
button                  9232  0 
shpchp                 34452  0 
pci_hotplug            30880  1 shpchp
intel_agp              25492  0 
heci                   59936  0 
agpgart                34760  2 nvidia,intel_agp
ext3                  136840  1 
jbd                    48404  1 ext3
mbcache                 9600  1 ext3
usb_storage            73792  1 
usbhid                 32128  0 
hid                    38784  1 usbhid
sg                     36880  0 
sr_mod                 17956  0 
cdrom                  37408  1 sr_mod
libusual               19236  1 usb_storage
sd_mod                 30720  5 
ohci1394               33584  0 
ieee1394               93752  2 sbp2,ohci1394
ata_piix               19588  2 
pata_acpi               8320  0 
ata_generic             8324  0 
pata_marvell            7936  0 
libata                159600  4 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic,pata_marvell
scsi_mod              151436  6 sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd               37900  0 
uhci_hcd               27024  0 
usbcore               146412  6 usb_storage,usbhid,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
e1000                 126016  0 
thermal                16796  0 
processor              36488  1 thermal
fan                     5636  0 
fbcon                  42912  0 
tileblit                3456  1 fbcon
font                    9472  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6784  1 fbcon
softcursor              3072  1 bitblit
fuse                   50708  5
Again, thanks so much!
Will
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post #17 of 18
5/22/09 at 5:37am
Oh man. You remind me of my brother.

OK, your video chipset is supported by the 180 series nVidia driver, and it appears you have a binary nVidia driver installed, but no idea which one.

So let's just rebuild Slim.
Add New: Slim
Add New Entry
Match: >= 1280 720
Decoder: Standard 1
Video xv-blit softblend
Next
Primary one field
Fallback one field
Finish

Add New Entry
Match: > 0 0
Decoder: Standard
Video: xv-blit softblend osd
Primary: linear blend
Fallback: linear blend
Finish

Add New Entry
Match: >= 1280 720
Decoder: Standard 1
Video quartz-blit softblend
Next
Primary: None
Fallback: None
Finish

Add New Entry
Match: > 0 0
Decoder: Standard
Video: quartz-blit softblend osd
Primary: linear blend
Fallback: linear blend
Finish

Next, etc.
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post #18 of 18
5/27/09 at 4:20pm
Sorry for the long delay, moved all my stuff halfway across the country.

Anyway, I recreated Slim as described above, no problem. You didn't specify the loopfilter setting, so I assumed it should be off (it said something about lower CPU usage, which seems to be my problem.)

I tried tuning to TV, still not working, though the lower channels on my new cable connection work just fine. Looks like the same problem:

Code:
will@helitele:~$ mythfrontend
2009-05-27 18:17:56.297 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-05-27 18:17:56.604 XScreenSaver support enabled
2009-05-27 18:17:56.604 DPMS is active.
2009-05-27 18:17:56.605 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-05-27 18:17:56.605 Using localhost value of helitele
2009-05-27 18:17:56.611 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-05-27 18:17:56.615 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-27 18:17:56.616 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-05-27 18:17:56.617 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-27 18:17:56.617 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-27 18:17:56.618 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2009-05-27 18:17:56.624 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-05-27 18:17:56.625 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-27 18:17:56.626 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org
2009-05-27 18:17:56.626 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-05-27 18:17:56.687 Unable to parse themeinfo.xml for glass-wide
2009-05-27 18:17:56.687 The theme (glass-wide) is missing a themeinfo.xml file
2009-05-27 18:17:56.798 Unable to parse themeinfo.xml for glass-wide
2009-05-27 18:17:56.799 The theme (glass-wide) is missing a themeinfo.xml file
2009-05-27 18:17:56.964 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-27 18:17:56.965 Primary screen 0.
2009-05-27 18:17:56.965 Using screen 0, 1680x1050 at 0,0
2009-05-27 18:17:56.966 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-27 18:17:56.967 Switching to square mode (blue)
2009-05-27 18:17:56.980 Using the OpenGL painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2009-05-27 18:17:56.980 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2009-05-27 18:17:56.980 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/will/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2009-05-27 18:17:57.926 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/blue/base.xml
2009-05-27 18:17:57.967 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-05-27 18:17:58.002 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2009-05-27 18:17:58.061 No theme dir: /home/will/.mythtv/themes/blue
2009-05-27 18:17:58.344 Using NV NPOT texture extension
2009-05-27 18:17:59.955 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2009-05-27 18:17:59.956 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-27 18:17:59.963 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-27 18:17:59.963 Using protocol version 40
2009-05-27 18:18:01.071 DPMS Deactivated 
2009-05-27 18:18:01.074 New DB connection, total: 3
2009-05-27 18:18:01.074 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2009-05-27 18:18:01.155 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 44100
2009-05-27 18:18:01.155 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
2009-05-27 18:18:01.297 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 Video Texture'
2009-05-27 18:18:01.323 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
2009-05-27 18:18:01.605 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-05-27 18:18:01.611 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
2009-05-27 18:18:01.710 OpenGLVideoSync()
2009-05-27 18:18:01.779 Video timing method: SGI OpenGL
2009-05-27 18:18:05.795 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-05-27 18:18:07.617 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:08.955 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:10.294 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:11.632 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:13.020 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.020 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.020 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.020 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.020 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.444 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.445 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.445 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.445 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:13.491 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-05-27 18:18:14.861 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:16.200 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:16.457 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:16.457 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:16.457 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:16.457 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:16.457 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!

2009-05-27 18:18:21.792 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:21.792 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
2009-05-27 18:18:21.907 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2009-05-27 18:18:21.991 NVP: prebuffering pause
2009-05-27 18:18:23.344 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:24.682 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:26.021 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:27.359 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:28.698 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:30.036 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:30.684 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1030_20090527181805.nuv): Waited 8.0 seconds for data to become available...
2009-05-27 18:18:30.684 Checking to see if there's a new livetv program to switch to..
2009-05-27 18:18:31.375 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:32.713 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:34.052 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:35.390 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:36.745 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:38.084 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2009-05-27 18:18:38.686 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1030_20090527181805.nuv) Error: Waited 16 seconds for data, aborting.
2009-05-27 18:18:38.787 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- begin
2009-05-27 18:18:38.787 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- middle
2009-05-27 18:18:38.788 ~OpenGLVideoSync() -- end
2009-05-27 18:18:38.818 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2009-05-27 18:18:38.824 DPMS Reactivated.
2009-05-27 18:18:46.171 Deleting UPnP client...
Thanks again for your help!
Will
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