[mythtv-users] Weird FOX recording problem

[Brad Fuller]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've got a recording from FOX.  It's all digital, HD, recorded OTA.
>>>
>>> When I play this back, my xorg CPU usage goes to about 90% and stays
>>> there.  Normal usage is about 20-30% for HD recordings.
>>>
>>> Also, the sound is weird.  It is as if the recording only has the rear
>>> channels and not the front channels.  It's a motocross event; you can hear
>>> the motorcycles and audience, but not the announcers and the level is
>>> really low.  As soon as a commercial comes on, the sound goes to normal
>>> and then drops again when the show comes back.  (I have not tracked the
>>> CPU usage at commercial time.)
>>>
>
> Do you have a 5 speakers? Sometimes voice/announcers are in the center
> and if you are missing the center speaker and don't have the virtual
> center setting, then you may miss the center signal.

oppss.. I should have said: sometimes voice is ONLY in the center speaker.
So, if you don't have a center speaker and don't have your amp to play
a virtual center, you'll miss voice. Lost used to be like this.