after 2-3 hours of watching recorded shows, the creen freezes. after looking at the frontend logs I see the following line:

"ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org" - any ideas why it does this ?

The whole log looks like this:

2006-04-04 08:16:59.533 New DB connection, total: 1
Total desktop width=720, height=480, numscreens=1
2006-04-04 08:16:59.564 Using screen 0, 720x480 at 0,0
2006-04-04 08:16:59.573 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2006-04-04 08:16:59.574 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2006-04-04 08:17:00.343 Switching to square mode (Retro)
2006-04-04 08:17:00.878 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-04-04 08:17:01.133 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-04-04 08:17:01.348 Joystick disabled.
2006-04-04 08:17:01.808 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler
2006-04-04 08:17:01.810 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media handler
2006-04-04 08:17:04.661 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
Failed to find network interface eth0
SIP listening on IP Address :5060 NAT address
SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
Destroying SipFsm object
2006-04-04 08:17:05.662 Starting media monitor.
Error loading image file: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/radio.png
Error loading image file: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/pie.png
Error loading image file: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/radio.png
Error loading image file: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/pie.png
XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Can't open: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Retro/news-ui.xml
XMLParse::LoadTheme(): Using default theme file
MythNews: NewsEngine: failed to set content from xmlfile
MythNews: NewsEngine: failed to set content from xmlfile
2006-04-04 08:19:24.192 All Programs
2006-04-04 08:19:24.672 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.108:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2006-04-04 08:19:24.683 Using protocol version 15
2006-04-04 08:19:43.067 Using protocol version 15
2006-04-04 08:19:45.133 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 08:19:45.133 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 08:19:45.346 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 08:19:46.009 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-04 08:19:46.057 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-04-04 08:20:24.437 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-04-04 08:20:24.453 Changing from None to None
2006-04-04 21:36:42.253 All Programs
2006-04-04 21:37:35.753 All Programs
2006-04-04 21:37:42.715 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 21:37:42.715 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 21:37:42.744 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 21:37:43.310 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-04-04 21:37:43.316 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-04 21:38:29.911 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2006-04-04 21:38:29.966 Changing from None to None
2006-04-04 21:38:38.257 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 21:38:38.257 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 21:38:38.262 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 21:38:38.776 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-04 21:38:38.803 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-04-04 21:47:36.955 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org
2006-04-04 22:06:15.369 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org
2006-04-04 22:36:40.075 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2006-04-04 22:36:40.152 Changing from None to None
2006-04-04 22:43:11.415 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 22:43:11.416 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 22:43:11.447 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 22:43:11.993 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-04-04 22:43:12.007 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-04 22:47:45.856 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org
2006-04-04 23:09:15.181 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2006-04-04 23:09:15.313 Changing from None to None
2006-04-04 23:09:18.277 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 23:09:18.277 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 23:09:18.295 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 23:09:18.812 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-04-04 23:09:18.814 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-04 23:55:08.334 Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
2006-04-04 23:55:08.458 Changing from None to None
2006-04-04 23:55:14.912 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 23:55:14.912 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-04-04 23:55:14.929 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-04-04 23:55:15.445 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
2006-04-04 23:55:15.447 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-04-05 00:08:56.952 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org

sounds like a good reason to try to move to R5B7 with 0.19 ;)

Turn off "Realtime priority" in playback setup menu..

If your not there already, bump ivtv up to 0 0.4.3 or 0.4.4

also, you could try to a kernel with smp turned off. There seems to be some issues with ivtv and smp kernels.

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9218

thanks ! you are right. I moved to R5B7, will see what happens

I'm running R5B7, still getting the annoying messages in the log:

2006-04-06 21:41:11.006 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org
2006-04-06 21:54:30.202 ivtv picture start overflow, please inform mythtv-dev@mythtv.org

when watching recorded programs. does not suck yet, though ...

my next step would be to compile the kernel.

Thanks,
Danny

Why would recompiling the kernel be the next step? If you have a problem and in the logs it state to contact the developers, why not contact the developers?

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