<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Be sure you have the most recent drivers for your<br>
ethernet device. As another thread indicated, there are<br>
some ethernet devices on some platforms that actually<br>
run best at 100Mb/s (and fail at gigabit speeds).<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm on a very recent linux kernel and the backend has an Intel PCIe NIC, which uses the kernel e1000e driver. If it was a cheesy Realtek NIC, I'd probably worry about that, but I'm not too worried about the Intel NIC on a pretty recent kernel :)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
While the supplied HDHR Prime power supplies are better than<br>
some, try replacing the power brick with something equivalent,<br>
as a failing power supply can result in various pixelation issues<br>
(and the earlier gen HDHRs were notorious with their power<br>
supplies failing). SiliconDust sells official replacement<br>
power supplies for a nominal price, but they also provide<br>
(on their forums) the details for compatible supplies should<br>
you want to acquire locally. If you have more than a few<br>
external power brick devices, you likely have something to<br>
test with (from memory, do not use without checking on<br>
their site, you need 5V at 2.5A (higher amps OK) for<br>
production (and for limited testing, you can get away with<br>
a 2A supply as long as your do not use a USB powered<br>
TA (AFAIK none as USB powered, but.....)).<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is a brand new HD Homerun Prime, so unless it's a bad power supply out of the box?<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
In addition, there is a (proposed) feature patch in trac to collect<br>
(and optionally report) additional streaming information for a<br>
HDHR. That (might) provide some hints as to whether the<br>
fault is the source or the network or your system. You can try<br>
applying the patch to your copy of the source and see what<br>
you see: <a href="https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11565" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11565</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's interesting, I may apply that patch manually and recompile to see if I can generate stats that may help me troubleshoot, thanks. <br></div></div></div></div>