[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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