[mythtv] what does "DVBRec(1): PID 0x840 discontinuity detected" mean?

[Steven Adeff]

On 9/30/06, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 07:19:02PM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > On 9/29/06, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > These are caused by the next packet being recieved on that pid,
> > > not being the one that is expected.
> > >
> > > The main cause is bad signal, but you've had that sorted.
> > > It can also caused by things like power spikes, or other
> > > intermittant interferance.
> > >
> > > However, looking at this i've noticed something interesting.
> > > We don't throw away the packet if we detect a discontinuity.
> > > This would be okay if the new packet CC = last seen CC, as this
> > > would possibly be a duplicate packet. But if the new packet CC
> > > is > last seen CC + 1 (modulo 0xf) then the full TS packet is
> > > broken and should be thrown away....
> > >
> > > I'll whip up a quick patch for that...
> >
> > thanks, let me know if I can provide any more information. I do know
> > that my HD3000 is more prone to this error than either of my Aver
> > A180's (which 95% of the time show the problem at the same time).
> >
>
> That is to be expected, since some form of electrical interference
> would hit the input and all cards equally. It looks like the HD3000
> is more sensitive to this noise..
>
> The patch has gone in in changeset 11334.

any chance of this getting to the 0.20-fixes branch?

-- 
Steve
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