[mythtv-users] canceled recording (Recorder Failed) mystery

[Bob Gamble]

Thank you Tom.  I am looking for suggestions just like this.  After seeing
your reply I switched my driver to VDPAU using Ubuntu's repositories.  I
will need to test it for a couple days to see if that alone may have made a
difference.  I will also swap the cards into different PCI slots and crank
my adjustable fan up a notch to see if indeed they may be overheating as
well.  Thanks for your reply.  I will post my results this weekend.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Tom Gerrard <mythtv at simpletcpip.com> wrote:

> On 2 February 2010 08:23, Bob Gamble <kiksadiweb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Still no solution to the below.  Other errors in addition to "Canceled
> > recording.  Recorder failed" include:
>
> Just a thought - have you switched to VDPAU?  For a few months after
> switching we had recordings fail randomly.  Eventually realised that
> the failures only occurred when we had been watching a recording/live
> TV when the program was due to record.
>
> Not sure if it was the heat increase or interference from the graphics
> card, but after getting a PCI riser and mounting the capture cards
> vertically (below and perpendicular to the graphics card) the problems
> went away.
>
> Tom
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