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

[Bob Gamble]

Sorry it has been some time since I posted and you answered.  I have been
having a lot of success with the main server using the H21 box type.  On the
secondary server I am still using
H20.  This doesn't seem to want to take H21.  But it had been inactive for
the better part of a week.  During this time the main server was recording
perfectly.  I read your last post and
changed the delay to two seconds.  The secondary server started working
again.  I would think this was a strange coincidence.

So is it possible giving more of a delay can have such an affect?  While I
could start livetv on the secondary server, I couldn't change channels
either live or scheduled.  What do you
think?

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM, David Gesswein <djg at pdp8online.com> wrote:

> I get these. They don't seem to indicate anything serious.
> > 2010-02-27 14:07:26.343 [mpeg2video @ 0x69406c0]Missing picture start
> code
>
> > I think the secondary server may have a tuner in it with different
> firmware
> > because it wouldn't work with H21, only H20.
> >
> Probably one of the status/setup screens shows the firmware version.
>
> > Could both my cards be going bad? If they are is there some other card
> you
> > can recommend?
> >
> The channel change failing has nothing to do with the cards. I think you
> said the problems started after an upgrade so it's probably a software
> problem.  I have the PVR-150 which is a similar card. I haven't had the
> same problems you have but have had occasional lockups of my machine.
>
> > So what I'd need to do is plug the tv into the pvr350 and see
> > what happens when changing channels?
> >
> Yes. Hopefully the OSD will show why its won't channge the channel
> which will give me an idea of what I need to change in the script.
>
> In the directv.pl script you may need to change this from .2 to 2 ot
> more to allow you to see the error.
> $clear_osd_delay = .2;
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