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

[jedi]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 01:18:06PM -0700, Russ Dill wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
> 
> I do plan on purchasing a pcHDTV-5500, but that only gets me about 8
> channels in digital. I'll still have my two Booktree Bt878's for
> capturing all the channels I can only get in analog. Plus, something
> being ancient is no reason not to fix something. Having no one who

Like I said. That all depends on how inefficient it is.

> cares enough to spend the time is the only good reason not to fix bugs
> :)
> 
> Maybe one day getting 100% of the digital channels I pay for will be
> as easy as playing a DVD under Linux, but until I start hearing about
> deDTCP or whatever it will be, I'll need my analog stuff.