[mythtv-users] Recording Stops

Chip33AZ at netscape.net Chip33AZ at netscape.net
Tue Mar 9 09:07:26 EST 2004


I have a PVR-250.  

I tried again last night and it might have recorded a full show, I will have to check it later today.  I downloaded a newer firmware driver from Hauppauge.

"MythTV" <mythtv at hribnak.com> wrote:

>Those were the same symptoms I had but with multi recordings..
>
>What Tuner/Capture Card do you have?
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <Chip33AZ at netscape.net>
>To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 3:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recording Stops
>
>
>> I only tried to record one TV show at a one specific time just to see how
>it worked.  I went into the program guide and picked a 1/2 hour show at
>random and told it to record once.  I get the little S in the listing and at
>the time the show is supposed to begin, the recording starts.
>>
>> Unfortunately, at some point in time, it quits.  Once it worked for 14
>seconds, another was over 9 minutes, one lasted over 22 minutes and the last
>one was only about 5 minutes.
>>
>> After each freeze, I would have to stop the backend and restart it.  I am
>thinking it might be due to the hardware, but not sure.
>>
>> "MythTV" <mythtv at hribnak.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I had this problem as well are you recording back to back shows? have you
>> >changed start and end times? Are you doing record once or record everyday
>> >in this time slot? I had changed start and end times as well as had back
>to
>> >back recordings, and they were set to record at the same time everyday.
>> >
>> >Right now I just blew away the DB and was testing with record once for 1
>> >recording, I set this for the week (manually selected the show and said
>> >record once), this week I have set that same show to record everyday in
>that
>> >timeslot Everything has been working GREAT. In a few days I will setup my
>> >other recording which is at 9am (other show is 10am) and see what
>happens.
>> >
>> >
>> >Jim
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message ----- 
>> >From: <Chip33AZ at netscape.net>
>> >To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:43 PM
>> >Subject: [mythtv-users] Recording Stops
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have just installed MythTV on a PC at home and am having a problem
>with
>> >recording.
>> >>
>> >> I set up Myth to record a show and it will run for a bit and then stop
>> >recording. If I go into the frontend, I can't watch live TV because it
>says
>> >that there is an in-progress recording.
>> >>
>> >> I have a KT133 MB running Debian Testing with a 2.4.25 kernel with a
>> >PVR250 card. I appended noapic on the kernel to stop it from loading (saw
>> >this at ivtv website).
>> >>
>> >> Where would I look to see what could be causing this problem? Also,
>would
>> >it pay to get a SATA controller/drive and use that for recording? In
>> >addition, how big of a file should a 1 hour show be?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help you can give.
>> >>
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