[mythtv-users] HD-PVR issues - is there a solution?

[George Galt]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Greg <greg12866 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> On 03/01/2011 05:41 PM, Mark wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Mark<fairlane at springcom.com>  wrote:
>>> Are people having issues with current generation HD-PVR (with a fan)?
>>> Or is this primarily an issue with older HD-PVR's?
>>>
>>> I'm curiously following this thread as I'm planning on picking up an
>>> HD-PVR in the near future.
>>>
>> One of the purposes of this thread was to collect this data, however, it
>> has not worked as intended.  Maybe there's just not that many folks having
>> issues?  I have no idea.
>>
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> I used to get an occasional 0 byte recording,but what cured mine (I
> havent had a 0 file in 6 months) was a different STB...The old one was
> a  SA 4250HDC,the new one is a Samsung Smt-h3260...The channel changes
> are much faster than the 4250... This is Time Warner in Northern New York...
>
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I had 0 length files, and issues with drops in the middle of the file,
and sync issues for a while.  It turned out it was a power supply
going ever-so-slowly bad.  New power supply, no more problems.

I've only skimmed much of the thread, but I hadn't seen anyone
suggesting that you check your power supply and your USB
hubs/connections.  These could be the culprits as well as something to
do with Myth (FYI, I originally thought my issue was my upgrade to
0.23, which happened shortly before these issues started cropping up).

George