[mythtv-users] HD-PVR Dropouts

Alan Young ayoung at teleport.com
Mon Jan 18 18:31:54 UTC 2010


Christopher Meredith wrote:
> I'm running trunk revision 23143 with an HD-PVR as my capture device
> and in general, it works great. But I am experiencing frequent
> dropouts during recording and it's starting to get on my nerves. Myth
> does a good job of picking back up, but it still causes a loss of a
> few seconds and an accompanying glitch. Here is what I get in the
> backend log when this happens:
> 
> 2010-01-17 20:47:34.394 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
> 2010-01-17 20:47:34.398 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error detected
> 2010-01-17 20:47:34.399 DevRdB(/dev/video0): Stop(): Not running.
> 
> It seems to happen at least once during every recording (sometimes
> more) and doesn't seem to be limited to one or a few channels. Does
> anyone have any ideas what could be going on? Thanks!
> 
> Christopher

What source are you recording from - Cable?  Satellite?  And what input are 
you using -  S-Video?  Component?  RCA?  SPDIF?

Alan


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