[mythtv-users] HD-PVR power cycling

[Mark Lord]

On 11-05-04 03:46 PM, greg at nodecam.com wrote:
..
> If I swap which machine each HD-PVR is hooked up to, the same backend is
> still rock-solid and the other one is still flaky.  The stable one is an
> older AMD box, and the unstable one is a newer Intel box.  They're running
> basically the same custom kernel (with a few different drivers for HD
> controllers etc)
> 
> The conclusion that I'd come to is that the Intel chipset's USB drivers
> weren't playing nicely with the HD-PVR, but I haven't had a chance to do
> more digging on it beyond that.

One way to "fix" that might be to insert a USB2 hub between the computer
and the HDPVR.  That way, only the hub has to interface to the HDPVR,
and the host talks only to the hub.

I've used this idea to workaround several "flaky" USB devices in the past.

Cheers