[mythtv-users] 720p HD content from WPVI in Philly periodic a/v sync issues

Byron Poland wpoland at gmail.com
Sun Dec 13 04:48:52 UTC 2009


On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Rick <rbonafied at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Byron Poland wrote:
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>> for the past couple of months anything I record from WPVI in Philadelphia (delivered via clear qam from Verizon FIOS in Wilmington, DE), has had playback problems where the video and audio fall out of sync, and myth then speeds up the video and/or drops frames for a second or 2 to catch up.  I've read the list and seen other threads describing a similar phenomenon, including being isolated to one channel.  All other 720p and 1080 recordings are playing back fine.  I've yet to find a solution though, and don't have much hair left to pull out.
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>> I have 2 front-ends (with a remote backend) and I'm experiencing the same thing on both.  I've tried forcing the recording with both my pci-tuner, and my HD Homerun, but no difference.
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>> I put a small piece of log from -v playback up on pastebin:  http://pastebin.com/f1b8af467
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>> Any pointers or suggestions... thanks!
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> Hi Byron,
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> I have comcast in Wilm.  I'll set up a few recordings with my HDHR and see if I see the same problem.  I'm curious if it's isolated to fios. I'm using 0.21-fixes.  Any shows in particular I should pay attention to?
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> Regards,
> R


Hi, I notice it on any new primetime programming I record off abc
(WPVI).  I have an OTA antenna at my parent's house who live a few
miles away that I will try as well.

Thanks for looking into it from the comcast end.


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