[mythtv-users] HD-PVR giving up

[Ron Garrison]

You could try setting the hdpvr_debug level in the kernel level
options to see if dmesg might give you some info.

I just got my hdpvr working last night, and the little I've played
with it it seems to be working quite well.  I compiled from the
22-fixes branch which I updated last night.  What I learned along the
way (which probably has no bearing on your issue, but you never know -
it might trigger something to try).

If you have SP/DIF selected, but your optical is not hooked up (or you
hooked it to the output instead of the input like I did), the
recording will fail.

The patches mentioned on the wiki page turned out to be very important
for me.  Without the patches, It would work until I changed a channel.
 Not sure if mythbuntu incorporates these or not.

I have my box set at 720P I believe (I did this a long time ago and
haven't gone back to verify), but the wiki indicates this should no
longer be an issue.  I was planning on experimenting this weekend.

I am using VDPAU and haven't tryed without.  It was so easy to setup
and worked out of the box.  I'm running an i5 (2.66 GHz) and during
live TV I get 1 to 2% CPU usage on one of the CPUs.

Hopefully something will point you in the right direction.  Good luck.

Ron