[mythtv-users] My HDPVR just died...

[George Galt]

Brian:

I got the same thing, about 2 or 3 tries for each recording all of 0
bytes.  Since I hadn't noticed the fail for about 36 hours, I had to delete
a bunch of empty recordings.

George


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sorry to revive an old thread, but I just wanted to add another data
>> point.  I too thought my HDPVR had died, but found this thread.  I have a
>> NetBit power supply, and replacing it restarted the HDPVR.  Score one for
>> searching before fixing.
>>
>
> +1.  Same thing happened to me two or three weeks ago.  I had seen these
> threads in the past, so I grabbed another 5V 2A power supply and it powered
> right up. I contacted Hauppauge with my serial number and they shipped me a
> new PS as well.
>
> My only complaint is MythTV (0.24-latest) kept recording empty 0-byte
> recordings from the HD-PVR.  Not sure if this is a V4L or MythTV
> deficiency, but I've seen it mentioned multiple times.  If MythTV starts a
> recording and lays down 0 bytes in 5 minutes, it should fail the recording,
> raise a red flag, something.  :)
>
> /Brian/
>
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