[mythtv-users] HD-PVR failure

Greg greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Sun Dec 5 18:57:49 UTC 2010


On 12/05/2010 12:10 PM, James Orr wrote:
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> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:07 PM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:james.orr7 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:18 AM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:james.orr7 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org
>         <mailto:beww at beww.org>> wrote:
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>             On Saturday, December 04, 2010 08:58:18 am James Orr wrote:
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>             > Happened again last night, that's now 3 times in one
>             week with
>             > nothing in the preceding 6 months?  Could it be a
>             temperature thing?
>             >  It's a lot colder now and that's the only thing that's
>             different.
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>             Is your HD-PVR located in unconditioned space? Is your indoor
>             temperature really different now?
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>             Usually cooler temps are good for electronics, and it's a
>             *change* in
>             temperature that can cause problems with chips migrating
>             out of sockets,
>             PC boards cracking and things like that.
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>             I'd be surprised if your problem is temperature related,
>             unless the unit
>             itself is exposed to extreme or repeated wide temperature
>             swings.
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>         It is in the basement, it's not totally unheated (in fact it's
>         only a few feet from the furnace) but it's certainly colder
>         than the rest of the house.
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>     It's now starting to happen pretty much all the time, and within
>     recordings.  This one failed 8 minutes into an hour long recording
>     ...
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>     2010-12-05 09:08:36.657 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
>     2010-12-05 09:08:36.673 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error
>     detected
>     2010-12-05 09:08:36.697 DevRdB(/dev/video0): Stop(): Not running.
>     2010-12-05 09:08:49.845 [h264 @ 0xb7153fa0]error while decoding MB
>     95 27, bytestream (-5)
>     2010-12-05 09:09:05.559 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: StartEncoding
>     failed
>                             eno: Resource temporarily unavailable (11)
>     2010-12-05 09:09:07.569 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Unable to
>     set audio input.
>     2010-12-05 09:09:17.036 RecBase(7:/dev/video0):
>     GetKeyframePositions(894,9223372036854775807,#112) out of 120
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>     Is this more than the usual problem?  Is my HD-PVR broken?
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> If I do end up having to buy a new one, is the HD-PVR still the only 
> game in town for component video capture?
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I believe they have a 2 year warranty..I would check when you purchased 
it first...
Why not (if you have a windows pc available) run a stress test for an 
over night period? It may revel if there is or isn't any problems with 
your HDPVR..
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