[mythtv-users] HD3000 DVB Recordings - Freezes on Playback

[Michael Haan]

On 1/20/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday 20 January 2006 10:47, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> > On 1/19/2006 11:51 PM frank s wrote:
> > >Hello, I am a newbie to mythtv and have a setup that
> > >is working fairly well, but is having a problem with
> > >freezes under certain conditions.
> > >
> > >I have been searching the board for MythTV users who
> > >are having a problem similar to what I am experiencing
> > >and have turned up a couple of posts that are similar.
> > > Neither have a posted resolution or are linked, but
> > >they may be the same.
> > >
> > >First a short description of the problem as I am
> > >experiencing it:
> > >
> > >Setup
> > >- HD3000 connected to us-cable (digital)
> >
> > Terrestrial here.
> >
> > >- Dell 4700 w/Pentium 4 Processor 530 with HT
> > >Technology (3.00GHz, 800 FSB)
> >
> > AMD 2800+ on Nvidia GeForce2 chipset
> >
> > >- 512 MB RAM
> >
> > Ditto.
> >
> > >- 160 GB EIDE SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
> >
> > And a 200 GB EIDE Drive in a lvm config with my 160 GB.
> >
> > >- Hauppauge PVR 1081 RT connected to us-cable (analog)
> >
> > PVR 250
> >
> > >- Fedora Core 4
> >
> > Gentoo 2.6.13-r5 kernel.
> >
> > >- MythTV 0.18.1
> > >- frontend and backend are both on this box
> >
> > Same.
> >
> > >Problem symptoms
> > >- watching live HDTV sometimes freezes (mostly with
> > >720p format)
> > >- playing back HDTV recordings made while watching
> > >analog tv usually freeze
> > >- playing back HDTV recordings made while frontend is
> > >idle appear NOT to freeze (7 hours of recordings made
> > >with no freeze)
> > >- when freeze occurs kswapd0 becomes very active and
> > >the disk usage grows with time
> >
> > Haven't noticed this but then my HD3000 install is still very new.
> >
> > >- a particular recording will always freeze at the
> > >same point on multiple playback attempts
> > >- skipping past the freeze point does not cause a
> > >freeze, but audio is lost even though the video is
> > >good
> >
> > I have this problem too.  Suspected either I didn't have something right
> > in my config or due to weak signal.  I know my signal strength bounces
> > around (80, 70, 75, 65, 68, 72, etc.)  on one station and so far, this
> > behavior has been limited to recordings on that channel.
> >
> > >- playing the recording in the window of the select
> > >recording page allows the video to play right through
> > >the freeze point without freeze occurring (of course
> > >there is no audio at all in this case)
> >
> > Haven't tried this as I have thumbnails selected.
> >
> > >- the frontend reports a prebuffering pause when the
> > >freeze occurs
> >
> > Same here.
> >
> > >- the freeze occurs at the same point when mplayer is
> > >used to play the recording
> >
> > Haven't tried this but I will.
> >
> > >Two previous posts that I found which appear to be
> > >related to this problem are:
> > >
> > >http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2006-January/116465.html
> > >and
> > >http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2005-December/115226.html
> > >
> > >I would appreciate any ideas on how to correct this
> > >issue.  Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > I'll be watching this thread with interest as I have no idea what's
> > going on.  :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Drew
>
> You guys should seriously consider upgrading to SVN, Lots of fixes for HD,
> I've had my HD3000, and DCT6200 and a PVR150 all connected and running
> fine,
> HD works great, etc.
>
> --
> Steve
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So, how would that work if my original instal was from Jarod's guide?
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