[mythtv-users] broken mpeg4 recordings with SD bt878/bttv tuners

[jedi]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 08:48:11AM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:30 AM, jedi wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 06:14:35PM -0700, Russ Dill wrote:
> >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Steve Briggs  
> >> <zzybaloobah at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> I have consistent problems with broken mpeg4 recordings.
> >>>
> >>> The first recording (after starting a backend) is good,
> >>> the subsequent ones (on that backend) are almost always
> >>> corrupt.  When I try and play them back (with
> >>> mythtv-frontend) I get a zillion mpeg4 errors:
> >>>
> >
> >    bttv? Isn't that a dinosaur? Why not use something like a PVR150?
> 
> I think the analog part of the pcHDTV-5500 card uses bt878. This is a  
> current card.

   The bt878 is an ancient part. It is by no stretch of the imagination 
"current". If that is infact the part in question then it is a dinosaur that
is sapping more resources by being put into use than would be wasted by it's
replacment.