<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Matt Mossholder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@mossholder.com" target="_blank">matt@mossholder.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">This just in... it looks like it was a signal level problem, compounded by the 6 Eth being a little flaky.</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div>I reduced the number of splitters etc. in the house down to just the cable modem, the TV in the bedroom, and the 6 Eth, with the 6 Eth and the TV being behind an amp. That seems to have brought the signal level up enough that things are working. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The bit about the 6 Eth being flaky is that it was pretty much stuck at a -48 dBmV signal level until I reset it, which was masking the need for more signal. Once I rebooted it, it went to more reasonable (but still low) levels.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Why I could capture via VLC is a mystery to me.</div><div><br></div><div>I've watched a few minutes of live TV, but have yet to do a real recording. I'll post in the morning with the results of the things it tries to record over night.</div>
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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div> --Matt</div></font></span></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">OK, I think I have bottomed out the source of the issues. As part of the tests to see if the tuners are present, the backend sets the device to a channel, and then after confirming the device is accepting commands, sets the channel AND frequency to 0. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">In my tests, it seems that setting the frequency to 0 causes the tuner to fail, a high percentage of the time, and it only comes back with a power cycle. I've confirmed this from the web interface by setting to a channel, confirming lock, then tuning to 0/0, waiting, then tuning back to the channel. JUST changing the channel seems to not cause the issue.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"> --Matt</div></div>