[mythtv-users] Occasional vertical pars appearing in picture

[Joel Anderson]

I'm running myth .12 and a pvr-250 card on FC1, and also have this problem
occasionally.  I'm pretty sure it's the ivtv driver causing it, and I'm sure
I have no heat problems.  I am sure this problem (and others) will go away
as the driver matures, and may even be fixed already in newer releases or
CVS.

Regards,
Joel Anderson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gray" <mikegray at erols.com>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Occasional vertical pars appearing in picture


> I'm not certain if this is a MythTv issue, per se, but I'll put it out
> there anyway.
>
> Every so often, maybe weekly, the picture in recorded shows or when
> watching live TV will have a series of vertical bars in the background.
> They're like a light reddish or maybe a pink hue.  If I reboot, the
> problem seems to go away.  But, the bars are definitely recorded into
> shows.  The picture is watchable, but very annoying.
>
> I'm using MythTv 0.12.  Also, my capture card is a Hauppauge PVR-250.
> I'm using an IvyTV driver from maybe 2 or 3 months ago.
>
> My first thought was that maybe its heat related.  I have an Antec
> Sonata case with 2 120mm fans running and there seems to be excellent
> ventilation in there.  I even tried putting one of those little fans
> that sits in a PCI slot directly below the card and that doesn't seem to
> help.  Also, the box is in my basement, where for the last few days it
> has been pretty cold.  I don't have any other typical heat related
> symptoms like random system crashes or the like.  When I pop the cover
> it doesn't seem unusually warm in there.
>
> I thought maybe the capture card is bad, but it would seem like it
> wouldn't be something that pops up every week or two and goes away with
> a reboot.
>
> Has anyone out there had a similar problem?  I'm getting pretty
> frustrated because it seems like a heat-related symptom where there
> doesn't seem to be a heat related problem.
>
> Mike
>
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