[mythtv-users] Fwd: Pixelation/Bad Recordings HDHR Prime -- I am at my wits end

[Chris Porter]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Captain Hook <captainhookzero at gmail.com>wrote:

> Background
>  I have been having intermittent issues with recording quality with my
> HDHomeRun Prime with Comcast cablecard since the inception of this project.
> I am really remembering why I gave this HTPC nonsense up years ago, but I'm
> already significantly invested in this at this point and I am determined to
> see it through.
>
> Issues
>  Intermittent issues with recordings on MythTV. Some recordings will be
> perfect, others will have pixelation periodically, others will have heavy
> pixelation, yet others will be so bad that the recordings stop during
> playback. The same channel will not behave the same twice--sometimes things
> are fine, other times they are terrible. This seems to happen on any
> channel and do not occur at any particular time of the day or during any
> other operations or recordings on my network.
>
> During playback the pixelation occurs at exactly the same points on
> damaged recordings. This pixelation is also present in other frontends that
> I have used as well as playing them in VLC.
>
> Screenshot of pixelation:
> http://s18.postimg.org/uq2tslkzt/Capture_zpsfb6e2c2a.jpg
>
> Troubleshooting & Attempts at Resolution Thus Far
>  Ran packet loss tests--no packet loss
>  Signal showing 70-100% depending on channel--added Motorola 2 Port Signal
> Booster
>  Signal now showing 100% signal and 100% quality on channels that have
> shown pixelation--issue still occurs
>
> My Setup
>
> Backend Hardware
>  Intel i5 3570k
>  16GB RAM
>  Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H
>  Seagate 3TB x 3 (recordings volume)
>  Seagate 350GB (OS volume)
>
> Backend Software
>  VMware ESXi 5.1 (Free version)
>  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>  MythTV .26
>  4 vCPU cores
>  12 GB of vRAM
>
> Frontend Software
>  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>  MythTV .26
>  (Have both physical machines and VMs with this setup--pixelation occurs
> identically in the affected recordings as well as through VLC)
>
> Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
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do you have a splitter any where in the chain to the HDHR Prime?

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