[mythtv-users] Misc problems, ideas and general thoughts

[William]

homer wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I've been playing around with MythTV for a while now and although I've
> had my fair share of problems, I think I have just about got myself a
> pretty sweet system.
> 	Just a quick run down on my setup:
> 	ASRock P2i65G mother board with 2gb cpu (could be better)
> 	2Gb ram (does the job nicely)
> 	1x 120GB hdd (for the system)
> 	1x 80GB hdd (for the video capture)
> 	1x 640Gb external USB hdd (for backup)
> 	Fedora 9 (fully updated)
> 	1x DVT1000 (remote not set up... too lazy)
> 	1x bttv card (for foxtel/austar)
>
> 	I'm using my Myth box as my local network server aswell, (eg wireless
> broadband through Tel$tra, samba, apache, squid etc)
>
> 	Had tried a DTV2000H rev j but compatibility issues forced me to buy an
> older card and recycle my bttv card for Foxtel/Austar.  Was hoping to
> only need the one capture card but hey, what do you do?
>
> 	The problems I'm having at the moment are probably very trivial to most
> people but they are driving me insane.
>
> 	1) viewing/recording in MJPEG mode is unwatchable (ie: plays 1 sec out
> of every 5)
> 	2) viewing/recording in rtjpeg mode is perfect but results in 2gb files
> for 30mins of normal viewing
> 	3) sound through bttv/Foxtel/Austar ok, but still a little crackly even
> with mp3 setting on high( value=0)
> 	
> 	If I had a choice of only 1 problem to fix, it would definately be #1.
> I (at some point but no idea how to return to this mode) had it
> recording/playing fine in mpeg mode which was good because an episode of
> the Simpsons came in at about 500mb.
> 	
> 	As I have mentioned in another thread, I think it would be cool if
> while in normal viewing (eg Watch TV) that the system could break the
> files up into 30 minute blocks and delete those that are older than say,
> 2 hours.  This would prevent the hdd from being filled up when left on
> "Watch TV" for hours at a time.
> 	Just got word that MythTV is supposed to do this but for some reason it
> is not working on my system,
>   
Easiest fix is to buy a large dedicated hard drive and not worry about a 
few gigs of recordings filling your drive.  Expire does work correctly 
if you leave it alone to do its work. I recently saw 1.5TB drives for 
about 120USD.