[mythtv-users] Mytv Unreliable

Steve Smith st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com
Wed Mar 26 10:37:55 UTC 2008


On 26/03/2008, Jonny B <jon.the.wise.gdrive at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting.
> >
> > The WAF won't accept me doing lots of messing/patching to get this to
> work.
> > If I were to replace it in the interests of stability, what do you suggest
> I
> > replace it with?  (I would be interested in suggestions for both cheap and
> > expensive cards.  Are there any uk digital terrestrial HD cards out there
> or
> > does this not exist yet?)
> >
> > I was originally planning to use a mini-itx board so I used to be limited
> to
> > only one PCI slot.  Gave that up as a bad job when it wasn't powerful
> enough.
> > With the Athlon X2 machine I'm using now, I have many slots available.
> I'm
> > in the UK using freeview.
>
> HDHomerun gets a LOT of positive reviews. I personally use a pair of
> Pinnacle HDTV PCI capture cards (both in the backend) and after compiling
> kernel 2.6.24, it has worked flawlessly for me. Prior to the kernel upgrade,
> I had scanning problems.
>
> If the WAF isn't technicallly inclined, how would she know if you had
> installed patches that made your system run stable? At my house, there's
> usually a week or two of complete unreliability between updates, while I get
> all the patches, drivers, and whatnot all worked out, and then the MythTV
> boxes go on lockdown. No updates, no hardware changes, etc... and they run
> rock solid. My couple of weeks is due to work restrictions (I work 12 hour
> shifts half the week), so if you've got free evenings, then you could
> probably handle it in a day or two.
>
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I use a Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T PCI card. Seems to work flawlessly
(touch wood)
for me. You could use a pair of them to match your Hauppauge (though I
haven't got 2 so can't guarantee they'll play well driver wise).

Cheers

Steve


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