[mythtv-users] mythtv tv recording suddenly grainy / ugly

[Fred Squires]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Alan <alan at ufies.org> wrote:
> So I've had mythtv on an amd 2600 and 2G ram and a hauppage pvr-350
> running just fine for ages.  I got a loaner new tv (went from a 21" tube
> to a 52" plasma).  In theory nothing changed in terms of the hardware or
> the connection method from the pvr to the tv.
>
> However now recorded (and live) TV is very ugly and grainy (think really
> extreme digital noise or high jpeg compression).  Playing divx movies
> show up just fine and nice and sharp.
>
> I haven't changed any settings in the mythbox and I have re-attached the
> old TV and it shows up there as well.  I've rebooted, reset all the
> cards and ram, but no change.  I've also checked the coax cables and
> splitter.  Even going from the wall straight into the PVR has no change
> (normally there's a splitter to split from the wall to the TV and the
> PVR).  The TV reception of video works just dandy of course.
>
> Any suggestions or thoughts as to what to look at or check?  I've not
> see this before and am quite perturbed as to what would be wrong.
>
> TIA

Test your recordings on another machine to see if it's the recordings
or your output.
It could possibly be interference on the recorders or your output.

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