[mythtv-users] hdpvr recording o byte files

[Eppo Eppleston]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Eppo Eppleston <eppo120 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:38 PM, john <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Jan 25, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Eppo Eppleston wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:24 PM, john <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I have two very early models: a "rev c1" and a "rev c2".  The c1 was the
>>> very first version, and does not have any cooling at all.  The c2 is the c1
>>> with a fan added to it.  I have had the c1 for over seven months and the c2
>>> for almost 6.  In that time I have had to power-cycle them (to fix a
>>> recording problem) a total 5 times.  They have been very reliable.
>>>
>>> While Myth's support is still in flux, it has also been very reliable for
>>> recording.  There are occasional issues with playback, but recording is
>>> solid.  I have missed recording from time to time, but it has never been
>>> because of Myth's HD-PVR module -- mythbackend occasionally goes out to
>>> lunch for other reasons.
>>>
>>> I am running Myth trunk from around two weeks ago.  I believe I am
>>> running firmware 1.035.  I am using the linux HD-PVR driver from a couple of
>>> months ago, but I don't think much has changed since then.
>>>
>>> My point is, that while it is possible there is a problem in myth, it is
>>> not likely.
>>>
>>> I do remember people having trouble with their USB ports.  You may want
>>> to try plugging the HD-PVR into a different USB port.  If you have other USB
>>> devices, you may want to try unplugging them, to make sure they are somehow
>>> not interfering with the HD-PVR.
>>>
>>> What else is happing when the recording fails?  Is the CPU or disk under
>>> heavy load?  The HD-PVR recorder makes use of Myth's input ringbuffer, but
>>> that will only save a recording for a few seconds of heavy load.  You can
>>> increase the size of the ringbuffer by upping the value defined in
>>> mythtv-setup (be careful not to run out of RAM).
>>>
>>> Of course, make sure you have applied the patches recommended on the
>>> wiki.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>>
>>> John
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>> its good to speak with someone that has experience with the HDPVR. ok,
>> first thing is the firmware, all i did was hook it up to a windows box, and
>> install the software, and i used to to configure it and capture some video
>> to test it. do i need to upgrade the firmware?
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>> That would have automatically upgraded the firmware if it was necessary.
>>  I assume you downloaded the latest software from Hauppauge when you did
>> this.
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>> also, i thought those patches were currently incorporated into the current
>> build?
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>> Then you must not have read the wiki.
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>> if not, what is the command to apply the patch? and you apply it before
>> you run configure/make?
>> hopefully that info should help out.
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>> If you don't know how to apply patches, then you probably should not be
>> trying to run TRUNK.  The development version of Myth is completely
>> unsupported.  If you are not a contributer towards the project, you will get
>> no support with problems related to the TRUNK branch.  This does not mean
>> you have to be a programmer contributing code, but it does mean that you
>> need to have knowledge of how all the pieces work.  You need to be able to
>> understand the logs, and know how to generate BT to help the developers
>> solve segmentation faults.
>>
>> If you are purely a "user", the development version of Myth should be
>> avoided at all cost.  Running TRUNK will constantly frustrate you with
>> various bugs and crashes.  You are much better off using 0.21-fixes and
>> waiting for 0.22 to come out.
>>
>> John
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>> the only reason i'm using the svn version is for the hdpvr support. is it
>> available in the fixes version?
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>> according to the hdpvr wiki page:

The original ticket <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5443> for Myth
support of the HD-PVR has been locked. The initial patches have been applied
to Trunk, and no patching is currently necessary for basic usage of the
HD-PVR in MythTV
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