[mythtv-users] hdpvr recording o byte files

john jppoet at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 00:24:24 UTC 2009


On Jan 25, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Eppo Eppleston wrote:

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> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> My point is, that while it is possible there is a problem in myth,  
>> it is not likely.
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>> 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.
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>> 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).
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>> Of course, make sure you have applied the patches recommended on  
>> the wiki.
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>> Good luck.
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>> 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 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


Keep reading.

John

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