[mythtv] Wrong time of recordings when using PVR 350

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 12:01:18PM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Thursday 30 September 2004 11:37 am, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:44:02PM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 29 September 2004 05:21 pm, Petter Gundersen wrote:
> > > > Hello, I have posted similar mails on the ivtv-devel and mythtv-users
> > > > mailing lists, but so far I have received no suggestions to solutions.
> > > > I'm hoping someone here have any clues what could be causing my
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > I'm running mythtv 0.16 with a PVR 350, using the ivtv-0.1.10-pre2
> > > > driver with Chris Kennedy's patches. After I changed from patch ck100z
> > > > to the ck112 and greater patches, I have been having problems. When I
> > > > use the PVR 350 tv-out feature, Mythtv is calculating wrong time on my
> > > > recordings.
> > >
> > > If it broke once you updated ivtv, why would you assume that it's a
> > > mythtv issue?
> >
> > If myth is *capable* of showing two different lengths for the *same*
> > recorded program, depending on which driver is installed *at playback
> > time*, then I'd say that myth has *some* issue, wouldn't you?
> 
> It's capable of showing two different lengths because it needs to be, to 
> handle PAL and NTSC properly.  The reason it's showing a different time is 
> that the ivtv driver is broken and not reporting if it's in PAL or NTSC mode 
> properly.  There is no issue in myth.

Ok, see, now that was useful information to both the guy with the
problem, ad to Chris (though likely he knows it already).

> Why do I get blamed every time Chris incompetently breaks more stuff in the 
> driver?  It just doesn't make sense to me.

Why do you a) have to continually interpret people's innocent queries,
asked to help them find their problems, as *blame*, and b) have to
continually dis Chris, who is over there busting his left ass to make
those cards -- which a large number of people seem to want to use --
work better?

I just don't understand it.

Cheers,
-- jra
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