[mythtv-users] And the bonehead award goes to...ME!

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

I fixed my mysterious video channel tuning problem.

I have a VCR inline to the PVR-250 to make recordings 
of all my video tapes and had forgotten about it when 
Myth went to record a channel on Friday.  When I came 
home Friday to check the new scheduled recordings, 
they were all fuzz.  I spent the entire weekend doing 
Bare Metal installations of FC2 and MythTV.  Using Jarod's 
guide and Axel's RPMs, I got it down to about 3 hours.
After the 5th time, I decided to walk away.  I had to work 
at the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday, so I just figured 
I'd get some separation to think about what might have 
gone wrong.

Let's just say it was divine intervention.  It dawned on 
me when I was in church Sunday morning before going 
to the game that I had probably left the VCR on and 
had forgotten to turn it off Thursday night after making 
a mpg recording from Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown.

As soon as I got hom from working the game, I turned 
off the VCR, finished up configuring Myth for the 6th 
time in 2 days, and voila!,I was able to watch TV 
and record stuff as clear as a bell.  

What an idiot I am...thanks for all the help many of 
you diplomatically offered that explained I either have 
a bad card, the cable went bad, etc.  As I've told 
many people before - PEBCAK.

I had a very good laugh at my own expense...LOL!

Paul