[mythtv-users] Quality of recordings degraded

[Kyle Kelly]

John OKeefe wrote:

>I just got my MythTV setup working and it has been up and running for almost
>two days. The recordings have been great so far. Then this morning it
>recorded a show and the quality of the recordings has degraded. This also
>happens in LiveTV. Specifically I am getting some slight noise and some
>transparent blue vertical lines in the picture. I have watched the shows on
>the T.V. without the MythTV box and they look fine so I know it is not the
>signal from that Satellite receiver.
>
>I was looking at the recording profiles last night but I am pretty sure I
>did not change any settings. Could changing the recording profiles i.e. bit
>rate or recording type affect the recording/LiveTV like I mentioned above?
>
>Any thoughts on what is causing this?
>
>Is the box getting to hot and that is affecting the picture? Is that
>something that typically happens? I am not at home right now so I am unable
>to check the box to see if it is hot or not.
>
>Here are my system specs:
>KnoppMyth R4V4
>P4 1.4 Ghz
>PVR-250
>120GB Maxtor 7,200 RPM hard drive.
>512mb ram
>AC97 On board sound.
>Elite P4VXMS motherboard.
>
>Thank you for any help in advance!
>
>- John
>  
>
Its an ivtv problem, you didn't mentioned what version of ivtv you use, 
I'll assume 0.1.9 like me, so heres the fix:

test_ioctl -p 3; sleep 5; test_ioctl -p 2

Hope that helps.