[mythtv-users] Mytv Unreliable

[Nick Morrott]

On 25/03/2008, Dean Harding <dean.harding at dload.com.au> wrote:
> Tim Sawyer wrote:
>  > - unreliability in recording, some tuners just wouldn't record programmes, so
>  > when I came to look at the list of recorded programmes, there would be some
>  > where it couldn't find the file, and there would be no picture in mythweb.
>  > Sometimes the back end process would fail for some reason and then next time
>  > I looked at the recorded programmes list it would tell me that the back end
>  > was not running.
>
>
> I used to have that same problem with my Nova-T 500, but I found that if
>  I enabled the "open device on-demand" option in MythTV (I can't remember
>  where it is at the moment... sorry) that fixed those problems. I'm sure
>  there's a reason that option is off by default, but I don't know what it
>  is :-)

There have also been some reports that disabling the card's IR
receiver can help to reduce/stop the USB disconnects.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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