[mythtv-users] And Bone Head of the Week Award goes to...

[Michael Starks]

> For the last couple of days I have been troubleshooting what I thought 
> was a video encoding problem where all I see on live tv and in 
> recordings was a black screen.  I haven't spent a huge amount of time on 
> troubleshooting this problem as I've been very busy with work but I've 
> worked on it as time has permitted.  After trying everything I could 
> think of to remedy the problem including recompiling myth and installing 
> various versions of the ivtv driver SEVERAL times I finally tracked down 
> the source of my black screen video problem.....  my cable box was off.  
> When do I receive my trophy.  :)

A scsi tape drive which is turned off will also give a lot of
problems. :)  If we can't laugh at ourselves, what hope do we have?