<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 5:08 AM Jim <<a href="mailto:lists@morton.hrcoxmail.com">lists@morton.hrcoxmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 7/1/2020 9:23 PM, DryHeat122 . wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:32 AM Greg <<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> On 6/27/20 9:46 PM, DryHeat122 . wrote:<br>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:59 PM DryHeat122 .<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dryheat122@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:41 AM Stephen Worthington<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz</a>>><br>
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>> On Sun, 10 May 2020 20:20:30 -0700, you wrote:<br>
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>> >On Sun, May 10, 2020, 7:58 PM Greg <<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gregl@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gregl@nycap.rr.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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>> >Ok thanks I will investigate that. But it's been<br>
>> working fine with the<br>
>> >current power source for like a year now, and others on<br>
>> this list use it<br>
>> >too.<br>
>><br>
>> <snip><<a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a>><br>
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>> Thanks for all the suggestions. I will investigate all of<br>
>> them. Something I do not see in here is an opinion that some<br>
>> software problem could have evolved. I was kind of thinking<br>
>> of that as a possibility given that it worked fine for so<br>
>> long then seems to be degrading. OTOH I never thought of the<br>
>> possibility that the USB connection could be degrading. I'm<br>
>> going to try Greg's connector, assuming I can get parts<br>
>> during the Apocalypse. Also, his link specifies Radio Shack<br>
>> parts. What's Radio Shack?!? ;-)<br>
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>><br>
>> Well folks this is getting frustrating. I addressed a possible<br>
>> ventilation issue. I also unplugged the power cord I had from<br>
>> the Myth box USB and connected it to an old iPad charger rated at<br>
>> 5V/2A. No help. It wouldn't record anything, no matter how much<br>
>> rebooting and power-cycling. So I concluded the HDPVR was hosed<br>
>> and got a new one (more accurately, a replacement circuit board<br>
>> for it). Powered it with the same wall wart. Recorded great for<br>
>> a day. Just turned it on and I have failed recordings and it<br>
>> won't respond when I try to manually play a channel. Reboot, and<br>
>> it works fine, same pattern as before.<br>
>><br>
>> I finally got a molex connector and am still going to try what<br>
>> Greg suggested, but I really don't think it's a power issue. <br>
>> Apply makes good electronics and that wart has the same specs as<br>
>> the power supply that comes with the HDPVR. The HDPCR isn't<br>
>> overheating. It's not the HDPVR itself. That only leaves the<br>
>> software on the myth box. Anyone have ideas how to troubleshoot<br>
>> that?<br>
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>><br>
> The next time it won't record,try to cat it and see if it<br>
> responds. This is the command I use, cat /dev/video0 > test ..<br>
> dmesg for the proper port it's connected to. This may help too see<br>
> if it is the software or not..<br>
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> I am curious were you got the motherboard? There used to be a<br>
> place in Ohio (I believe) ,but they have gone out of business.<br>
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> It failed again (despite putting the conf file in place). Here's the <br>
> result:<br>
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> steve@steve-EP45-UD3P:~$ cat /dev/video0 > test.ts<br>
> cat: /dev/video0: Input/output error<br>
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> I don't know how to "dmesg for the proper port it's connected to." I <br>
> think it's just connected to a USB port, but I don't know how to find <br>
> out which one. Can you be more specific?<br>
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This works on my system<br>
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dmesg | grep pvr<br>
[ 6.231302] hdpvr 2-2:1.0: firmware version 0x15 dated Jun 17 2010 <br>
09:26:53<br>
[ 6.452748] hdpvr 2-2:1.0: device now attached to video0<br>
[ 6.452844] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr<br>
docbuntu:~$<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ok next time it crashes I will try that.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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