[mythtv-users] HD PVR driver version 1.5.7.0

Yeechang Lee ylee at pobox.com
Fri Aug 13 18:01:50 UTC 2010


I wrote on 8 August:
> A month later I am pleased to report that the [1.5.7.0] firmware
> does indeed appear to have fixed the power-cycle issue.

and on 11 August:
> I spoke too soon:
> 
> 2010-08-11 20:23:00.265 Channel(/dev/video0) Error:
> SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
>                         while setting input (v4l v2)
>                         eno: Connection timed out (110)

[...]

> 35 days with 1.5.7.0 is an improvement over the seven to 10 with
> 1.5.6.1 before a power cycle being needed, but it is still
> distressing.

Sadly the issue reoccurred today, so the 35 days was pure
luck. Perhaps the next firmware will finally fix the issue, but in the
meanwhile it's back to FireWire and its 100% reliability (but larger
file sizes) for both boxes.

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