I sort of just got MythTv to run, but I think something is not right.
I have a PVR-250 card and I am using ivtv driver 0.4. I am also using Mandriva 2006.
After going through the setup, I was able to watch TV for a breif moment, but then it locks up.
I see this message repeated in the console I started mythtv in:
2005-12-14 23:39:11.910 prebuffer wait timed out..
2005-12-14 23:39:11.910 waiting for prebuffer...

I have an old Athlon 1.4Gz (200MHz FSB), and I think it might not be able to handle it. I know the card is supposed to have hardware encoding, but I am thinking this might not work.

If I test the card/driver by entering:
$/bin/cat /dev/video>test.mpg
the file size is about 60MB/min. This seems kinf of large to me, but I am new to this.

Is the firmware of the card messed up?

I also have another theory. Is it possible that the refresh rate of my monitor (set in Xorg) is out of sync and is causing this?
Thank you for your help!

A 1.4 Athlon is more then capable of running mythtv.

The hauppauge card is an excellent choice, I am currently using a PVR 250 in one machine and a PVR 150 in another.

Both run perfectly.

The file size seems about right.

A 1 hour of television would be a few gigabytes.

I have never personally seen the error you are recieving, so the only help I can offer is what google dug up.

http://www.google.com/search?hs=wOp&.....&btnG=Search